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Audrey Kelly

Murfreesboro,TN
Audrey Kelly

Summary

Dedicated Human Service professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

14
years of professional experience

Work History

Kindred Hospice
Murfreesboro, TN

Medical Social Worker
10.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Maintains patient charting according to Medicare standards
  • Assists families in obtaining resources for optimum patient care
  • Responds to patient/family crisis situations
  • Participates in weekly interdisciplinary group meeting to monitor patient plan of care
  • Assess for psychosocial needs of patient
  • Assists families with obtaining final arrangements for hospice patients
  • Able to assist families with respite care through coordination with community partners
  • Provides emotional support for patients and families as needed
  • Awarded Employee of month August 2021 and June 2022
  • Provides exemplary customer service to community providers and patients
  • Advocates for equality, and patient rights
  • Developed and maintained community relationships
  • Educates families on care and resources
  • Sends referrals to community providers and maintains consistent communication
  • Completed psychosocial evaluations and needs assessments.
  • Documented case notes daily and coordinated follow-up for seamless case management.
  • Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Worked with medical teams, patients and families to implement effective treatment plans.
  • Coordinated program referrals for community-based resources.

Casa De La Luz Hospice, PRN
Tucson, AZ

Medical Social Worker
05.2019 - 10.2019

Job overview

  • Maintains compliance with patient charting with over 50 patients
  • Performs ceremonies for recognized veterans
  • Ensures patients and families have necessary resources to meet patient needs
  • Responds to crisis situations per on call shift
  • Participates in Interdisciplinary group meetings to ensure cohesive patient care
  • Ensures that veteran patients are receiving VA benefits
  • Assesses social, emotional, and financial needs of patient
  • Provides initial bereavement support
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
  • Assists in mortuary planning and serves as link to other community resources, as needed

Catholic Community Services
Sierra Vista , AZ

Home Team Lead
06.2018 - 09.2019

Job overview

  • Ability to conduct comprehensive assessments
  • Works closely with Division of child and family safety
  • Collaborates with team members and organizations to assist in development of individualized service plans
  • Completes collaborative documentation and weekly progress reports for all clients
  • Conducts weekly sessions utilizing various interventions
  • Supports family members in creating skills to enhance healthy family functioning
  • Provides case management according to agency standards
  • Supervises 3 family support workers to ensure compliance with contract
  • Ensures availability for crisis situations
  • Operates with families in culturally competent manner
  • Manages client files to ensure compliance with agency contract
  • Provides support to other in-home workers as needed
  • Has established rapport with DCS and other community partners
  • Developed partnerships with parents, businesses and organizations to build awareness, increase support and share resources.
  • Briefed new hires on essential job information, such as company policies, employment benefits and job duties.
  • Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes.
  • Created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement.

Casa De la Paz Hospice
Sierra Vista , AZ

Internship Student
04.2018 - 04.2019

Job overview

  • Visited hospice patients in their nursing home settings to assess their status and needs
  • Participated in Interdisciplinary team meetings to report on and discuss patient status
  • Completed documentation according to agency standards
  • Provided emotional support to patients and family
  • Assisted patient and family in locating resources to support them in their home
  • Provides short term crisis intervention for individuals and families when indicated
  • Assessed patient and family understanding of end-of-life issues and coping with terminal illness
  • Performs initial psychosocial, emotional and bereavement assessments
  • Assists in development and implementation of goal directed Interdisciplinary Group care plans
  • Completed bereavement visits and assessed for bereavement levels
  • Provided community resources to patients and families
  • Assisted families in crisis situations

Arizona’s Children Association
SIerra Vista , AZ

Case Manager
04.2017 - 05.2018

Job overview

  • Manages 90 client files according to contract
  • Documents client progress within policy standards
  • Communicates effectively with parents and staff in professional manner
  • Coordinates services with specialty providers and partner agencies
  • Coordinates client daily activities
  • Maintains client confidentiality
  • Facilitates Child and family team meetings (CFT’s)
  • Helped patients receive appropriate, high-quality care with reasonable results

Alamance County Department of Social Services
Burlington , NC

Social Worker
03.2016 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Exemplifies strong communication skills in dealing with children and families
  • Consistently ensure safety of children
  • Ability to assess families in crisis situations and offer client support
  • Coordinated client services with community agencies
  • Maintained client confidentiality and paperwork
  • Works closely with Law enforcement and other community partners.
  • Completed detailed charts to summarize interactions with patients and booked follow-up sessions

Maxim Health Care Services
Greensboro, NC

Mental Health Specialist
04.2014 - 08.2014

Job overview

  • Managed client paperwork
  • Provided information regarding patient care
  • Monitored client progress towards treatment goals
  • Assisted client in community in variety of social settings
  • Coordinated client daily activities
  • Coordinated services for client through partner agencies
  • Maintained client records in accordance with agency and funding source requirements
  • Knowledge of medical assistance screening.

Arizona Children's Association
Sierra Vista, AZ

Case Manager
07.2013 - 03.2014

Job overview

  • Managed cases for children involved with CPS, and Foster Care
  • Facilitated Child and Family Meetings (CFT's)
  • Coordinated Services for children and families through partner agencies
  • Developed and monitored treatment plans with clients and participating agencies as appropriate to contract
  • Maintains accurate client records in accordance with agency and funding source requirements
  • Conducted intakes for client services
  • Assists clients in securing variety of social services
  • Monitors client progress toward treatment goals as appropriate to contract
  • Knowledge of managed care systems, and medical assistance screening
  • Knowledge of DSM-IV
  • Supported families in foster care process
  • Managed caseload of 60 children in welfare system to provide comprehensive, community-based care

Fresh Start LLC Group Home
Greensboro, NC

House Manager
10.2012 - 05.2013

Job overview

  • Ensure safety of children in group home
  • Administered medication to clients
  • Transported clients to different locations (i.e., doctor’s appointments, church, etc.)
  • Filled out daily behavioral forms for clients.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Piedmont
High Point, NC

Case Manager
05.2012 - 07.2012

Job overview

  • Supervise and conduct case management for volunteer-child matches
  • Developed strategic interventions to identify and strengthen match relationships
  • Create and facilitate group match activities to support match relationships
  • Assess and provide for individual training needs
  • Assure child safety
  • Assist in developing volunteering recruitment strategies and event planning
  • Coordinated activities for at risk youth
  • Managed clientele of 90 matches

United States Army Reserve
Salisbury , NC

Soldier
02.2008 - 07.2012

Job overview

  • Entered data for 100's military personnel
  • Managed multi-lined phones
  • Process soldiers’ files
  • Handles various bookkeeping duties
  • Maintain/run office
  • Aided in job placement and referrals of active-duty soldiers
  • Proficient in conducting Labor market analysis/surveys
  • Combat readiness
  • Expert skills in Transportation

The Children’s Center
Winston-Salem, NC

Internship Student
01.2012 - 05.2012

Job overview

  • Performed volunteer services with children with wide range of disabilities
  • Interned for 4 months at Children’s Center school for disabled Children, aided in transportation of 3 or more disabled infants and toddlers
  • Lifted children in/out of wheelchairs and assisted with variety of educational needs and confidential records
  • Maintained positive attitude in stressful situations
  • Knowledge of Individualized Education Plans paperwork when dealing with disabled children

Education

University of Southern California
, Los Angeles, CA

Master of Social Worker (MSW)
05.2019

University Overview

  • Relevant Coursework: Policy & Advocacy

Winston-Salem State University
, Winston-Salem, NC

Bachelor of Science from Rehabilitation Studies
05.2012

University Overview

Cum Laude

Skills

  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Collaboration
  • Good listening skills
  • Decision Making
  • Self-motivated professional
  • Leadership
  • Organization and Time Management

Timeline

Medical Social Worker

Kindred Hospice
10.2019 - Current

Medical Social Worker

Casa De La Luz Hospice, PRN
05.2019 - 10.2019

Home Team Lead

Catholic Community Services
06.2018 - 09.2019

Internship Student

Casa De la Paz Hospice
04.2018 - 04.2019

Case Manager

Arizona’s Children Association
04.2017 - 05.2018

Social Worker

Alamance County Department of Social Services
03.2016 - 01.2017

Mental Health Specialist

Maxim Health Care Services
04.2014 - 08.2014

Case Manager

Arizona Children's Association
07.2013 - 03.2014

House Manager

Fresh Start LLC Group Home
10.2012 - 05.2013

Case Manager

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Piedmont
05.2012 - 07.2012

Internship Student

The Children’s Center
01.2012 - 05.2012

Soldier

United States Army Reserve
02.2008 - 07.2012

University of Southern California

Master of Social Worker (MSW)

Winston-Salem State University

Bachelor of Science from Rehabilitation Studies
Audrey Kelly