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Carey Ferrara

Johnstown,NY

Summary

Dedicated Behavioral health technician and home care assistant brings over 20-year background visiting patients in-home and conducting physical and mental assessments, assting with Activities of daily living skills and life skills. Polite and courteous professional with in-depth knowledge. Committed to collaborating with physicians and families to provide quality patient care . Dedicated to delivering consistent and focused attention to client safety, comfort and dignity. Well-versed in direct personalized patient care, maintaining appointments ,schedules ,time management and recordkeeping.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Home Care Provider

Homeinstead Senior Care
Gansevoort, New York
10.2021 - Current
  • Assisted patients with handling daily chores and errands by transporting to appointments, cleaning personal spaces and purchasing supplies.
  • Assisted patients with meal preparations.
  • Assisted patients with personal requirements for housekeeping and grooming assistance.
  • Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
  • Companionship and socialization.

Associate

Kohls Department Store
Saratoga Springs, NY
10.2021 - 01.2022
  • Worked as a seasonal employee for holiday season.
  • Worked varied hours, days, nights and weekends as business needs dictate.
  • Managed customer relations and customer service through daily communication and interaction.
  • Maximized customer interactions by promptly identifying needs and wants.
  • Assisted with cash registar and organizing merchandise.

Behavioral Health Technician

St. Marys Pros North
Gloversville, NY
01.2015 - 06.2021
  • Built and maintained positive staff relationships to promote teamwork and better serve clients.
  • Maintain a safe and welcoming enviroment for peoples with Mental Illness and /or addictions whom are in recovery.
  • Create curriculums for facilitating classes incuding life skills,a cooking class, recovery, coping skills, types of therapy, medication aweness,and other more specific classes based on diagnosis.
  • Working with a group of consumer
  • volunteers
  • Taking individuals into the community for different activities treapeutic reasons and also as recreational activities.
  • Listening to consumers when they just need to talk. Assisting when possible and updating the clinicians .
  • Attended off site education and training seminars

Brand Promoter

Blue Buffalo
Albany, NY
05.2017 - 09.2018
  • Increased brand awareness through event marketing, demonstrations, sales and brand promotion.
  • Engaged, educated and befriended customers to deliver amazing shopping experience.
  • Showed understanding of customer's personal style and preferences when offering product advice.
  • Communicated product information with confidence and educated consumers about company.

Mobile CrisisEvaluator

Fulton County Mental Health Services
Gloversville, NY
05.2013 - 09.2015
  • Maintained on call status during scheduled weekends for 24/7 mental health emergency crisis evaluations.
  • Communicated with local police, sheriffs,county correctial facility, and community residences to assist with in person evaluations for persons in crisis to determine a follow up plan or a need to seek inpatient hospitalization.
  • Contact with on call evaluators for follow up if transported to hospital. Communication with current psychiatric providers for updates.

Psychiatric Assistant

St. Marys Club North
Gloversville, NY
05.2009 - 01.2015
  • A social club for persons with a mental illness
  • Supportive environment, recreational activities and preparation of and serving lunch with members
  • Transporting of members to and from program and on recreational activities.
  • Supervising a work program for members whom worked at an off site work program.
  • Supervised a in house work program .
  • Held groups on substance use/mental illness and life choices.

Rehabilitation Assistant

St. Marys Healthcare Psychiatric
Amsterdam, NY
01.1999 - 05.2009
  • Assisting persons with a mental illness in completing Activities with daily living skills.
  • Evaluating and documenting mental status and increase or decrease of symptoms
  • Emergency room evaluations to evaluate a person in crisis and confer with psychiatrist to determine the need for hospitalization or outpatient follow up
  • Administered structured activities to socialize patients.
  • Accompany patients for medical needs within the hospital.
  • Complete admission and discharge paperwork. Check charts for appropriate paperwork including legal status forms for psychiatrists.
  • Member of the QI commitee and took minutes.
  • Met with the State OMH do hear finding after walk through evaluations.

Home Health Aide

Home Health Care Services
Amsterdam, NY
01.1999 - 07.2004
  • Assist families and clients with healthcare services in the home setting
  • Assist with Daily living skills such as ambulation, meal assist, medication reminders, bathing and in some cases pure companionship and or comfort care in end stages of life.
  • Provided mobility assistance such as walking and regular exercising.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Wells Nursing Home
01.1997 - 01.1999
  • Provided activities of daily living skills to residents in a skilled nursing facility

Home Certified Nursing Assistant

VanAllen Nursing
07.1995 - 01.1997
  • Provided activities of daily living skills to residents in a skilled nursing facility

Education

Ashford University

Maria College
Albany, NY

Human Services

Fulton Montgomery Community College

Herkimer County Community College

courses to earn my Certified Nursing Assistant certification. -

Herkimer County Votec
Herkimer, NY
05.1995

High School Diploma -

Oppenheim Ephratah Central School
St.Johnsville ,NY
06.1995

Skills

  • Healthcare Education
  • Prescribed Exercises
  • Family Support and Instruction
  • Quality Program Protocols
  • Mental Health Support
  • Knowledge of Behavioral Health and crisis deescalation
  • Customer Service
  • Soft Skills
  • Determination and persistence

Timeline

Home Care Provider

Homeinstead Senior Care
10.2021 - Current

Associate

Kohls Department Store
10.2021 - 01.2022

Brand Promoter

Blue Buffalo
05.2017 - 09.2018

Behavioral Health Technician

St. Marys Pros North
01.2015 - 06.2021

Mobile CrisisEvaluator

Fulton County Mental Health Services
05.2013 - 09.2015

Psychiatric Assistant

St. Marys Club North
05.2009 - 01.2015

Rehabilitation Assistant

St. Marys Healthcare Psychiatric
01.1999 - 05.2009

Home Health Aide

Home Health Care Services
01.1999 - 07.2004

Certified Nursing Assistant

Wells Nursing Home
01.1997 - 01.1999

Home Certified Nursing Assistant

VanAllen Nursing
07.1995 - 01.1997

Ashford University

Maria College

Human Services

Fulton Montgomery Community College

Herkimer County Community College

courses to earn my Certified Nursing Assistant certification. -

Herkimer County Votec

High School Diploma -

Oppenheim Ephratah Central School

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