Danielle Warner
Oakham,MA
Summary
Caring and skilled Developmental Specialist/Case Manager passionate about positively impacting programs and helping participants by providing expert support. Familiar with mental illness, schizophrenia, autism, developmental disabilities, and neurodiverse diagnosed adults and always looking for ways to improve operations and personalize assistance. Well-organized and resourceful with detail-oriented and conscientious approach. Support day-to-day program operations with expertise in records management and resource coordination. Skillfully meet diverse needs and address issues to maintain efficiency and program outreach. Demonstrated success in building long-lasting relationships.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Developmental Specialist
Horace Mann Educational Associates
Millbury, MA
01.2019 - Current
- Guided developmentally disabled adults through customized day programs.
- Completed projects in alignment with target deadlines and financial objectives.
- Developed individualized and group programming and safety plans in support of academic achievement.
- Administered government-supported community development programs and promoted department programs and services.
- Designed, planned, organized and directed orientation and training programs for employees or consumers.
- Monitored employee performance to look for areas in need of improvement.
- Staff Scheduling, assigning, and monitoring case loads
- Quickly respond to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose
- Developed anger management techniques, relation skills, impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills, and functional living skills.
Residential Treatment Specialist and Interim Super
Thrive Behavioral Health
Warwick, RI
10.2000 - 12.2018
- Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
- Worked collaboratively with other mental health professionals to provide consistent care and minimize diversion.
- Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans and connected clients and families to appropriate resources.
- Consulted with other staff members regarding treatment plans as deemed appropriate by team leader.
- Developed goal-oriented psychoeducational and activity therapy groups to improve clients' level of functioning.
- Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
- Completed one-on-one counseling with broad range of clients suffering from mental illness and schizophrenic diseases and issues.
- Offered and documented treatment consent forms in patient health records.
- Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.
- Medication supervision to clients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Psychology, And Justice Studies
Rhode Island College
North Providence, RI01.2004
High School Diploma -
Warwick Veterans Memorial High School
Warwick, RI06.1996
College Prep Courses in Summer High School -
Brown University
Providence, RI08.1995
Skills
- CPR Certified
- First Aid Certified
- AED Certified
- Restrain Authorized Certified
- Solve and Specialized Solve Certified
- Narcan Certified
- Disaster Preparedness Trained
- Communicable Disease Prevention
- Blood-Borne Pathogen Trained
- HIPAA Trained
- Food Safety Trained
- Fire Safety Trained De-escalating clients Trained
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with a team to organize and staff the Isolation Center when the Covid crisis began.
- Achieved the 2021 Award for Excellence through the development of The Isolation Center.
- Achieved the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award for Millbury Day habilitation two years in a row.
- Awarded the Board of Directors Exemplary Staff Award in 2022
- Awarded the HMEA Hero award 2020
Timeline
Developmental Specialist
Horace Mann Educational Associates
01.2019 - Current
Residential Treatment Specialist and Interim Super
Thrive Behavioral Health
10.2000 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Psychology, And Justice Studies
Rhode Island College
High School Diploma -
Warwick Veterans Memorial High School
College Prep Courses in Summer High School -
Brown University
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