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Richard Cabezas attended Miami Dade College, University of Florida, Nova Southearstern University and Barry University. He is a Certified Grief and Bereavement Counselor and has an Associates Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Social Work.Mr. Cabezas has over 27 years of clinical social work and management experience. He began his career working in children and family services for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Interface Youth Program in Gainesville, Florida, and the University of Miami's Mailman Center for Child Development. He developed his broad clinical and case management skills while working with children of varying exceptionalities which included physical, mental and emotional disorders and victims of domestic violence. These early experiences laid the foundation for his professional commitment to serving vulnerable populations and led him into the field of geriatric health care.Mr. Cabezas has worked for OpusCare (formerly Hospice Care of South Florida) since 1995. He served three years as a member of the Board of Directors and has held various positions and management responsibilities within the agency, which included Volunteer Coordinator, Bereavement Counselor, Clinical Social Worker and Director of Social Work. Mr. Cabezas assisted in developing and implementing the agency's policies and procedures, train and supervise staff members, and provided direct patient care and case management services to many of the patients and their families. He is currently Director of Social Work and works closely with the Community Outreach Program to assess and educate the clients and other health care providers on the benefits of hospice and palliative care.Mr. Cabezas maintains a private practice in medical case management specializing in end-of-life and grief counseling with an emphasis on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. He was also an Officer and Vice President of Bluechip Consulting Strategies Corporation which advised emerging companies on employee assistance programs, personnel management and technology systems.