LYNDIN (WORTH) BOLTON, MSW Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist Certified Clinical Supervisor Thirty-plus years of progressive practice in the behavioral healthcare field with special emphasis in the intervention and treatment of Substance-Related Disorders. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1973-77 BA Social Sciences with emphasis in Social Work and Criminal Justices Studies. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1977-81 Master of Social Work Mental Health Services (Completed degree in off-campus work/study program.) EMPLOYMENT: Cape Fear Substance Abuse Center 1975-82 Wilmington, NC Outpatient substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment services in a private, non-profit agency. Began as Outreach Worker and later became Clinical Director before leaving to start my own business. Coastal Training Associates, Inc. 1982-87 Wrightsville Beach, NC Training, Consulting and Technical Assistance services to human service agencies, business & industry, governmental, and community organizations on behavioral health issues. Charter Northridge Hospital 1987-89 Program Administrator for inpatient & outpatient services in hospital-based, adult substance abuse and mental health program. Responsible for day-to-day clinical programs and linkages to all hospital operations. Westhaven 1989-96 Design, develop, and implement intensive outpatient substance abuse services in a private-for-profit behavioral health program. Services included hospital consultations and development of referral networks with employee assistance programs and managed care systems.
Lyndin Worth Bolton Page 2 PSI The Solution Center (full-time) 1996-97 (part-time) 1997-98 Coordinator of Substance Abuse Services in behavioral healthcare clinic serving adolescents, adults and older adults. Partial hospital, intensive outpatient, and outpatient services networked with local hospital services and managed care systems. JNA/Keys to Recovery (part-time) 1997-00 Contracted consultant services to adult substance abuse outpatient clinic with assessment, treatment planning, individual, and group counseling services with attendant record-keeping responsibilities. Client/family education and outreach services also provided. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1997- School of Social Work s Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program Clinical Instructor for graduate students in Substance Abuse Certificate Program and Educational Specialist to community mental health and social services programs to implement workforce development mandates statewide via contract with N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services. OTHER RELEVANT NC Department of Human Resources 1982-85 EXPERIENCE: Substance Abuse Services Section Staff Consultant/Writer to a multi-system workgroup to develop/implement a cooperative effort between state justice and behavioral health treatment systems titled The North Carolina Justice- Treatment Interface Project. NC Department of Human Resources 1989-91 Mental Health Study Commission Staff Consultant and Technical Writer to a legislative workgroup that developed the model for continuum of care for adults with substance abuse problems. The Adult Substance Abuse Plan was included and funded as part of a legislative appropriations request for the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services in DHR.
Lyndin Worth Bolton Page 3 Education and Training Programs, Inc. 1993-97 Windsor, CN Clinical Preceptor providing clinical supervision and training services to substance abuse counselors on military bases in eastern North Carolina by contractual agreement with ETP, Inc. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: National Association of Social Workers 1982- NASW Steering Committee Chair-ATOD Section 2001-03 NASW Steering Committee-ATOD Section 1999-01 N. C. Chapter-Representative, ATOD Section 1997-99 Academy of Certified Social Workers 1991- -Certified by the Academy in Clinical Social Work N.C. Certification Board for Social Work 1994-04 Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.) NC License #C001960 N.C. Substance Abuse Professional Certification Board -Founding Board Member and past Chair 1978-86 -Certified Drug Abuse Counselor (CDAC#007) 1982-86 -Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS#0145) 1994- -Licensed Clinical Addictions Spec. (LCAS#452) 1998- N.C. Foundation for Alcohol & Drug Studies -Board Member and past Chair 1984-91 -Member of the annual faculty 1978- Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions 1999-03 Field Reviewer and member of the editorial review board. (*A list of publications, presentations, and references are available by request.)
BIOSKETCH L. Worth Bolton, MSW, LCAS, is currently working with the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UNC, Worth has 27 years of work experience in substance abuse services to adults and adolescents in a wide variety of service settings. He is a Clinical Instructor in the graduate Social Work program at UNC coordinating and teaching in the Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies Program. Worth is past Chair and Board Member of the N.C. Foundation for Alcohol & Drug Studies and the N. C. Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board. Worth is also past Chair of the Steering Committee of NASW in the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Practice Section. He has provided training, consultation and technical assistance to business/industry, social service agencies, and the military. Current areas of interest and study are; Assessment and Treatment Planning for the Dually Diagnosed, Clinical Services to Addicted Offenders, Clinician Credentialing in Addictions, Clinical Supervision and Clinical Services to Combat Veterans. Worth is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist and is certified in Clinical Supervision and Addiction Services. LWB 07/28/08
LYNDIN (WORTH) BOLTON, MSW, LCAS Clinician, educator, trainer and advocate for Substance Abuse Practice for the past thirty years. Currently teaching in the Substance Abuse Certificate Program at the UNC School of Social Work s Masters Program. Actively involved in the substance abuse credentialing issue in N.C. since 1978. Advocate for Social Workers in Substance Abuse since 1981. Has provided training in this practice area for the past twenty-five years. 97-99: NC Liaison for Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs practice section for NASW-NC. 96-97: Served as NASW-NC representative to transdiciplinary workgroup that developed the state s Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist credential to recognize practitioners who practice in addictions at the Masters level and above. 97: Served as N.C. s representative to the Substance Abuse Certification Board of Florida to develop a certification process for addiction counselors working in criminal justice services. Licensed Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Certified in Clinical Supervision of addiction counselors. Past Member and Chair of the Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs Steering Committee for NASW-National Office. Currently serving on the N.C. Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board representing the South Central Region of NC. Past Field Reviewer for the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.