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Wayne Burns
LSCSW, ACSW, BCD
Counseling Wichita, Ks.

Therapists and Counselors

BMSPA
7829 E. Rockhill
Building 100
Suite 101
Wichita, Ks
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Clinic Hours
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Mon - Thur
8:00 - 6:00
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Friday
8:00 - 2:30
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Evening
Appointments
Available
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Phone:
316-686-5195
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Fax:
316-686-8714

Related Training

1986 - Center for Dispute Resolution, Boulder, CO
Member of steering committee to develop mediation services provided by select therapists from the Wichita Child Guidance Center.

1982 - 1985 - Rational Behavioral Therapy Institute, KY.
RBT Therapist. Completed the four levels of training in RBT that included the advanced standing level. Training provided by the RBT Center located at the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky.

Education

BA in Sociology - McPherson College, McPherson, KS - 1974
MSW - School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Educational tracts: Administration and Community Organization - 1977

Private Practice. Serving clients by referral and providing other contractual services to organizations requesting clinical services.

• BMSPA - Behavioral Medicine Specialists, P.A. - Wichita, KS

2004 to present. Full Corporate Partner.

Professional Service and History

1986 - 1988 - Selected to serve on a national steering committee to work with U.S. Senate staff in developing programs for families and farm communities by Rural Farm Crisis.

1978 - 1980 - Served on the Board of Directors of the Youth Center of McPherson County following my resignation from the facility as the Executive Director.

1978 - President elect of the KFDA. Past president-elect of the Kansas Juvenile Detention Association (KJDA). Was involved as one of the founders of this organization and worked to establish seminars to train line staff working in detention facilities.

Director. Oversight and direction of the Family and Children Community Services, FCCS/COMCARE program.

• Family and Children Community Services at COMCARE, Wichita, KS

2000 to 2004.

• Supervision of CMT - Children's Management Team.
• Member AMT - Administrative Management Team.
• Member CBS - Community Based Service Directors.
• Provide LSCSW Supervision for clinicians at FCCS/COMCARE.

• United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Wichita, KS

1999 to 2000.

Supervisor of Special Needs Unit - SNU.

• Development of placement strategies.
• Enhanced relations with provider contractors.
• Clinical consultation with ACT - Assertive Community Treatment teams.
• Secured benefits for children with severe emotional and behavioral issues.
• Dispute resolution between ACT and CMHC's.
• Determined clinical necessity for patient placement.
• Exceeded goals monthly through utilization of a managed care philosophy.

• United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Newton, KS

1997 to 1999.

Vice-President - Residential Programs.

• Supervision of Residential and Campus Directors - Newton and Dodge City, KS.
• Clinical/Administrative supervision/direction provided for Dodge City Campus.
• Supervision of clinicians for the Newton Campus.
• Supervision of juvenile intake case manager for the judicial district.
• Supervision of QI/QM and JCAHO accreditation for policies and standards.
• Served as a representative on the management team of the agency.

• Wichita Child Guidance Center, Wichita, KS

1994 to 1997.

Director of Clinical Programs

• Supervision of wrap-around programming for the agency.
• Supervision of all off-site clinical programs.
• Development & implementation of new clinical programming for the facility.
• Supervision and oversight of Medicaid screening program.
• Direct clinical services to a small caseload of clients.
• Contracted consultation for the Wichita Childrens Home.
• Contracted consultation for the Bridges Independent Living program.

• Wichita Child Guidance Center , Wichita, KS

1989 to 1994.

Assistant Director

• Clinical oversight/supervision of the clinical Social Workers on staff.
• Co-review and co-approval of all referrals made to the facility.
• Designed/implemented utilization review process including elimination of unneeded services cutting length of treatment interventions.
• Designed/implemented file review system monitoring service delivery and corresponding documentation records.
• Wrote clinical policies and procedures for the facility.
• Chaired Quality Assurance Committee for the agency.
• Peer review coordination.
• Co-Director of annual performance appraisals of clinical staff.
• Oversight of Medicaid screening program for the agency.
• Implementation/supervision of case management program.
• Implemented procedures to help achieve CE provider status training facility.
• United Way Speakers Bureau presentations.
• Supervisor of Family Life Education Coordinator and the coordinator of the Visions Program, a program for deaf and hard of hearing clients.

• Wichita Child Guidance Center, Wichita, KS

1985 to 1989.

Social Worker

• Provided individual and family therapy.
• Provided in-service training to clinicians for RBT and effective use with children.
• Provided training to graduate level field placement students.

• United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Newton, KS

1978 to 1985.

Milieu Therapy Supervisor

• Supervision of one treatment team staff for youth care.
• Provided individual and extensive family therapy sessions.
• Wrote/implemented new individual treatment plan that included MBO principles.
• Provided supervision for bachelor and master's level Social Workers completing their practicum's at the agency.
• Development of observation/training room at the facility.
• Completion of statistical quarterly reports and development of an after care program for the discharged residents.

• Youth Center of McPherson County, McPherson, KS

1977 to 1978.

Administrative Director

• Worked with SRS and KDHE on licensing and statistical updating for clients.
• Publicity and public relations for the facility.
• Grand writing and budgeting for the facility.
• Worked with other evaluation and diagnostic facilities in the state to write standards for detention and evaluation/diagnostic facilities.
• Supervision of all Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychometricians and caseworkers in the facility.

City Hall, Kansas City, MO 1976 - 1977.

Graduate field placement at the Community Services Department, Community Development Division at City Hall. Worked with local industries and community leaders in the Sheffield/Blue Valley areas of Kansas City. Developed and implemented the "Clean-Up Program" in Kansas City, which began operation in April 1977. Developed industrial survey tools that were the primary source of response to acknowledge and verify industrial sector intention to participate in the clean up of green belt areas in the identified communities.

Graduate Field Placements for Wayne Burns

Kansas City Spanish Speaking Office, Kansas City, MO 1975 - 1976

Graduate field placement at the Spanish Speaking Office to work primarily with Mexican-American clients as a resource worker in the Central, Argentine, Armourdale, and Rosedale areas of Kansas City. Counseled clients on personal, family, and financial concerns. Established a young women's social skills group and a young men's organization to work toward reduction of the incidence concerning juvenile crime and delinquency in the local communities.

Rural Family Issues Coalition:

Leadership

Wayne Burns served as VP of residential programs with responsibility for the oversight and management of the residential facilities on the Newton Campus, Dodge City Campus, Emergency Shelter of Dodge City, and the Finney County Group Home. These facilities composed a total of 138 beds that were the preferred placements for children in need of care. These children were referred to the Foster Care Privatization Contract.

After serving as the Interim Executive Director at the request of the Board of Directors at the Wichita Child Guidance Center, Mr. Burns assumed the role of Director of Clinical Programs at the request of the Executive Director of the facility.

At the request of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director Search Committee of the Wichita Child Guidance Center Mr. Burns was pomoted to the position of Assistant Director to support the transition of a new Director into the facility.