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Street Address Michaels CtWoodbridge, NJ Street Address
PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE (cell)EMAIL AVAILABLEProfessional Profile: Enthusiastic and well-organized professional who possesses several years of case management experience; Results driven with a proven track record of achieving and exceeding goals/objectives that increase efficiency within a company.Experience:Westchester County DSS, Sr. Social Caseworker, Yonkers, NYNovember 2019-PresentEvaluates and implements casework services to families who have been separated.Makes family-centered or individual field reviews to the home, foster care facility, school, hospital, court proceedings, etc. to determine living conditions, socioeconomic status, and other factors regarding applicants, or for the recipient of care and services.Makes collateral contacts necessary for understanding case issues and to assist in efforts of reunification.Evaluates the services provided to clients as court ordered.Utilizes community resources for assistance with problems outside the scope of departmental programs.Maintains all necessary forms and records pertinent to a case as part of the case record or authorization systems.Responsible for making case assessments and developing plans.Cedar Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Social Worker, Ossining, NYMarch 2019-November 2019Provided rehabilitative and supportive casework geared toward restoring patients to their optimum level of social and health adjustment. This includes assisting patients and their families in understanding, accepting, and following medical recommendations.Helped patients utilize the resources of their families and the community. This may be accomplished by either referring the patients to resources or acting as an advocate on behalf of the patients in their dealings with other health and welfare agencies.Assisted patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties, which predispose them toward illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.Consulted with the physician and other members of the health team for the purpose of assisting them to understand significant social, emotional, and environmental factors related to the patients health problems.Prepared clinical/progress notes on the day of the visit and incorporated same in the clinical record weekly; provided summaries and re-evaluations if indicated.Attended case conferences.Participated in staff development activities and in-service education.Participated in discharge planning and in-service programs.Acted as a consultant to other agency personnel.Morningside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Social Worker, Bronx, NYFebruary 2018-March 2019Complete a social history and/or psychosocial assessment for each resident that identifies social, emotional, and psychological needs.Participate in the development of a written, interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident that identifies the psychosocial needs/issues of the resident, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions.Provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long-term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs.Ensure or provide support and education to residents/family members/significant others to assist in their understanding of placement and facility issues in addition to referring them to the appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services.Provide groups for residents/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs.Provide clinical interventions to address catastrophic events that occur during the residents stay in the facility.Coordinate the residents discharge planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the residents return to the community.St. Dominics Home, Family Foster Care Case Planner, Bronx, NYJuly 2016-January 2018Establish and adjust as necessary, the permanency goal for each child on his/her caseload.Provide ongoing services and counseling to children in placement or on trial discharge status, through interviews in foster home, family home, office or other designated location.Provide casework services to the biological family, as indicated in the case plan, through interviews in family home and office, or other designated location.Arrange collateral services to child and family, as indicated in the case plan.Work cooperatively with foster parents and all agency staff to ensure coordinated delivery of services to child and family.Produce FASPs, Progress Notes and all other paperwork as required for city, state and Agency accountability in a timely and specified manner.Establish productive working relationships with birth parents, children and foster parents on caseload.Participate in Family Team Conferencing to ensure coordinated efforts to establish permanency.Provide referrals to services necessary to achieve reunification of families.Attend all court hearings related to children on caseload.Attend training, as required by the Agency, and indicated by the Supervisor.Participate in all Child Success related Group Work and becomes trained in group work related to KEEP and PTCBerkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, Family Specialist, Bronx, NYOctober 2011- March 2015Provided intensive community-based services that include strength- based assessments, treatment planning and coordination, individual, group and family treatment and discharge planning/intervention to youth diverted from P.I.N.S services.Acted as a liaison to the family by remaining in close contact with social and community-based services.Advocated for clients within the NYC school systems.Conducted weekly home visitation with clients.Maintained clear, accurate and time sensitive records.F.E.G.S. (Adult Protective Services), Case Manager, Bronx, New YorkMarch 2010 October 2011Investigated abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of adults who are elderly or have disabilities.Developed service plans that will best fit the individual clients needs i.e.: referral for psychiatric and/or medical and ongoing care, assistance in obtaining and recertifying for Medicaid and Home Care, assisted in obtaining and recertifying SSI or SSD benefits, applications for payment or utility arrears, petitioning Housing Court for Guardian ad Litem to assist with eviction prevention, identification of alternative living arrangements, financial management of Social Security benefits, made referrals to NYPD and D.A. to address allegations of exploitation and/or abuse, provide heavy duty cleaning services, and petition the Supreme Court for Community Guardians to manage financial and domestic affairs.NYC Childrens Services, Child Protective Specialist/Family Service Unit, Bronx, New YorkOctober 2007- January 2010Made initial evaluation and re-evaluation of clients' need for services.Made recommendations for action to the Unit Supervisor on the need for services, such as foster care, institutional care, day care, homemaker, housing, casework services, employment, and information and referral services.Interviewed clients for services and makes necessary collateral contacts with employers, relatives, friends, physicians, hospitals and other social agencies.Made and carried out plans in cooperation with the Unit Supervisor to deal with individual problemsof cases assigned.Utilized community resources for assistance with problems outside the scope of the programs of the department.Reviewed cases to determine changes in situations affecting need for service.Attended training and participates in training programs, as assigned.Maintained all necessary forms and records pertinent to a case as part of the case record or authorization systems.Reported findings to the Court in an efficient and timely manner.Queens Private Correctional Facility, Correctional Officer, Jamaica, New YorkDecember 2006 March 2007Supervised offenders mandated to the prison by the U.S. Marshals in their living quarters, on inside movements, in various activities (visitation, medical, religious services and others) to assure their continuous safety and secure custody.Communicated with offenders to give instructions and listen to their complaints, identify potential problems and act on those, which are within an officers span of control or refer problems/complaints to the correct staff member(s).Performed searches of offenders, living quarters and other locations to confirm the areas are free of contrabandEducation:John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NYBachelor of Science in Criminal Justice June 2006Technical Strengths:Microsoft Suite, Connections, Promis, ATS (D.O.E. attendance system), Internet savvy.Professional Strengths:Posses outstanding ability in problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills, extremely productive in a high volume and stressful environment, Efficient in time-management, Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an eye for detail, Profound initiative to take leadership role to meet goals and produce effective outcomes. |
