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CATHERINE ABALOS

Canoga Park,CA

Summary

Accomplished ICF/DD-H Facility Administrator with a proven track record at Excel Care Services and JJ Excel Care Home 2 adept in facility management and emergency preparedness. Excelled in ensuring regulatory compliance, enhancing staff performance, and maintaining a safe, efficient environment. Demonstrated expertise in environmental compliance and leadership, significantly improving operational standards.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

ICF/DD-H FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR

EXCEL CARE SERVICES
09.2014 - Current

Ensuring compliance with regulations, implementing and monitoring individual service plans, maintaining a safe environment, and overseeing staff training and performance.

Maintained physical condition of facilities, applying available resources and personnel to achieve safe, clean, and functional environment.

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight:

  • Conducted regular facility inspections to identify repair needs or improvements.
  • Informing Staff of Changes: The administrator must inform staff of any changes to regulations.
  • Enforced compliance with applicable health, safety and environmental regulations to reduce risks.
  • Reporting Discontinuance/Disruptions: Immediately notify the Department if services are discontinued or disrupted, or if there's a threat of a walkout, earthquake, fire, power outage, or other calamity.
  • Prepared reports and schedules with accuracy.
  • Maintaining a Safe Environment: Ensure the facility is structurally sound and meets safety requirements.
  • Client Assessment: Review and update preadmission evaluations, assess client's developmental status, and share assessments with staff and clients/representatives.
  • Medication Administration: Ensure all consumer medications are administered according to facility procedures, documented, and monitored.
  • Incident Reporting: Document all significant incidents using appropriate forms and procedures.

ICF/DD-H ADMINISTRATOR

J-J EXCEL CARE HOME 2
01.2002 - Current

ensuring compliance with regulations, implementing and monitoring individual service plans, maintaining a safe environment, and overseeing staff training and performance.

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight:

  • Informing Staff of Changes: The administrator must inform staff of any changes to regulations.
  • Reporting Discontinuance/Disruptions: Immediately notify the Department if services are discontinued or disrupted, or if there's a threat of a walkout, earthquake, fire, power outage, or other calamity.
  • Maintaining a Safe Environment: Ensure the facility is structurally sound and meets safety requirements.
  • Client Assessment: Review and update preadmission evaluations, assess client's developmental status, and share assessments with staff and clients/representatives.
  • Medication Administration: Ensure all consumer medications are administered according to facility procedures, documented, and monitored.
  • Incident Reporting: Document all significant incidents using appropriate forms and procedures.
  • Maintained personnel records and updated internal databases to support document management.
  • Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies.
  • Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
  • Conducted regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.

Education

Bachelor of Science - ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
ANGELES CITY PHILIPPINES
06-1995

Skills

  • Budget administration
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Environmental compliance
  • Facility management

Timeline

ICF/DD-H FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR

EXCEL CARE SERVICES
09.2014 - Current

ICF/DD-H ADMINISTRATOR

J-J EXCEL CARE HOME 2
01.2002 - Current

Bachelor of Science - ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
CATHERINE ABALOS