Background
Pickens, Randi Ellen was born on January 28, 1954 in Tallahassee. Daughter of Andrew Lee and Anita Lee (Stone) Pickens.
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Randi Ellen Pickens
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Bachelor of Science, Florida State University, 1976; Master of Social Work, Ohio State University, 1979.
Career
Clinical counselor I, partial hospitalization unit, Spartanburg (South Carolina.) Area Mental Health Center, 1976-1977; field placement worker, Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome Clark County, S.W. Satellite, Springfield, Ohio., 1977-1978; field placement worker, Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital, 1978-1979; assistant health service officer, medical social worker, National Health Svc. Corps, United States Public Health Service, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1979-1982; senior assistant health services officer, United States Public Health Service, 1979-1982; casework consultant, 1st Tennessee Regional Public Health Office, Johnson City, 1979-1981; mental health counselor, Santee-Waterce Mental Health Center, Camden, South Carolina., 1982-1983; clinical social worker, Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center, Columbia, South Carolina., 1983-1989, 89-91; senior social worker forensic service, William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, South Carolina., 1989-1995; director social work I, forensic service, William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, South Carolina., since 1995. Facilitator S.R.S. Self Help Group of Mental Health Association, 1986-1987, Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders Group, 1984-1985.
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Membership
Secretary Kershaw County Interagy. Council, 1983; board directors Museum Partners, Columbia Art Museum, 1985-1989. Board directors Helpline, 1988-1991.
Member NASW, American Psychiatric Patient Education Association, South Carolina. Association Social Workers, Columbia Art Museum, Columbia Ski Club.
