Melissa Black, Residential Program Manager

Melissa Black Graduated from CSU Monterrey Bay, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Collaborative Health and Human Services with an emphasis in social work.  Prior to working with Psynergy she worked with a foster youth program promoting community solutions for independent living.  She has been involved with social work for five years, and mental health for three.

“My job is difficult sometimes, and I can’t always be the ‘nice guy.’  There are a variety of hats that I wear.  Sometimes I’m running groups, other times I am developing programs, other times I take a case management role.  I also provide crisis support and run interference so that clients don’t end up in the hospital.  Part of my job is party planner, part is serious case management and part is programs.  There is a lot of responsibility, but I love what I do– it’s very fulfilling.” --Melissa Black