Andy Flaherty

He have been a social worker since 2008 after he received his Master of Social Work degree from CSU Chico. He worked as a Clinical Social Worker for 4 years specializing in addiction and recovery for adolescent males. He began work as a graduate research assistant at the University of South Carolina in 2014.

He bring an extensive background of evidence-based implementation and research experience to Compass. As a PhD candidate, he specialized in implementation science and clinical social work interventions. Specifically, his primary research interest focuses on evidence-based behavioral interventions and factors that influence the implementation of these approaches in non-medical settings. HIs secondary research interest focuses on behavioral health clinical skills training within health and human services education, curriculum development and the use of direct observation.

He have extensive experience managing federally funded social work training programs. He was a Graduate teaching assistant at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work for 3 years and was a visiting professor at the Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. He completed his PhD dissertation in the fall of 2020.

At Compass he develop training products and curricula to ensure that the case managers and direct service providers receive industry leading training, developing high levels of competency in caring for the clients. He also evaluate the efficacy of the training and development programs.