Darlene Sinnette-Atherley
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Inpatient Social Worker
VA Medical Center
02.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with veterans and their families to access their medical, psychiatric, behavioral, and psycho-social problems
- Complete thorough psycho-social assessment to determine the Veteran's functional and social status
- Participate in daily Interdisciplinary Team Meetings in order to discuss medical treatment course and appropriate discharge planning
- Collaborate with Short Term Rehab nursing facilities in order to place veterans for rehabilitation services
- Assist veterans and their family in completion of Long Term Care Application for Long Term Nursing Facility placements
- Refer veterans to Drug and Alcohol treatment centers, and complete return to Mental Health Clinics for Behavioral Health Services
- Schedule transportation services with the Veteran's Transportation Department in order to assist veterans to be transported to their identified disposition location once the veteran is cleared for discharge.
Service Coordinator Supervisor
AmeriHealth Caritas
08.2019 - 11.2021
- Complete weekly analysis of data for caregiver program
- Analyze the frequencies of services provided
- Determine if there is any discrepancy of services, if there is discrepancy have the Service Coordinator follow up with the services provider to determine what caused the delay of services provided
- Report on data and provide updated quantitative data to management to review
- Run weekly reports of work productivity of Service Coordinators
- Determine and analyze delays in work performance and address these issues with the Service Coordinator
- Review complete service assessment completed by Service Coordinator, provide corrections and provide a scoring system for workers to identify work productivity and performance
- Oversee 15 Service Coordinators and their caseloads
- Audit caseload compliance is within standards of the Office of Long Term Care
- Provide weekly data and statistics of Home Health Supportive Services provided to community base participants
- Provide 1:1 supervision and team huddle meetings to Service Coordinators
- Supervise Service Coordinators in assisting participants in gaining access to needed LTSS services and other covered community resource services
- Participated in assisting external customers complaints/ grievances and Department of Health and Human Service Fair Hearings
- Compose spreadsheets of the outcomes of the Human Services Fair Hearing Meetings
- Evaluate Service Coordinators customer services skills during supervision and during quarterly and annual performance assessments in order to determine salary appraisals.
Complex Team Social Worker
Maxim HealthCare Services & Social Work PRN
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Work in Health Care Settings Completing Case Management/ Social Work functions
- Complete assessments and documentations
- Collaborate with team members and other appropriate agencies in order to coordinate services
- Conduct visits in the field and conduct necessary appointments and screenings in home settings
- Use appropriate documentation and screening tools., Discharge difficult cases to decrease hospital length of stay of 15 days and more (Caseloads of 10-15 patients)
- Obtain safe and appropriate placements dispositions in the community
- Obtain authorization from commercial insurance for SNF placements
- Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to provide status updates on Complex Caseloads
- Collaborate weekly with State Employees to provide clinical information in order to obtain State Long Term Bed
- Initiate Long Term Insurance application process
- Heart Failure/ LVAD Discharge Planner:
- Complete Inpatient Assessments
- Complete Biopsychosocial for potential LVAD patients
- Participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds to obtain clinical updates and discharge planning
- Make appropriate referrals to Short Term or Long Term Rehab Placements
- Collaborate with patients and their families for discharge planning while providing choice
- Coordinate transportation assistance to placement locations.
Senior Social Worker/Case Manager
Christiana Care Health System
09.2015 - 11.2017
- Non-Surgical Medical Unit/ Discharge Planning:
- Participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds to obtain clinical updates and discharge planning
- Complete Inpatient Assessments
- Initiate Long Term Insurance application process as needed
- Obtain authorization from Commercial Insurance for medication that requires prior authorization
- Resume dialysis appointment appointments and transportation services for ongoing dialysis participants
- Collaborate with patients and their families for discharge planning while providing choice for placement locations
- Coordinate transportation assistance to placement locations
- Making appropriate referrals to DME, SNF, Acute Rehabs, and Hospice services to address discharge planning needs.
Case Management Supervisor
Northeast Treatment Center
10.2014 - 09.2015
- Manage a team of 5 Case Managers, 1 Outcome Specialist, and 1 Case Aid
- Audit completed assessment furnishes qualitative data to workers and provides feedback for corrections
- Provide weekly supervision to Case Managers
- Provide data of services and completion of assessments to management
- Relinquish update clinical information to the State Child Welfare Program
- Uphold to DHS standards for Child Welfare Safety Protocol
- Provide weekly supervision to Case Managers in order to effectively manage their caseloads
- Plan/Organize and coordinate assignments and activities for case
- Managers
- Evaluate Social Service programs and make recommendations to improve effectiveness of operations
- Exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting policies and procedures consistent with overall policy and objectives of the program
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with representatives of private and public agencies
- Prepare and analyze reports pertaining to social service programs.
Lead Clinician
Northeast Treatment Center
05.2010 - 10.2014
- Complete Functional Behavioral Assessments and create antecedents to track and address each behavioral dysfunction
- Gather quantitative data of behaviors of children with behavior dysfunction
- Develop behavioral plans to address identified behavioral issues
- Track improvement of behaviors and readjust behavioral treatment plan
- Provide updates of tracked behaviors to school and parents to show the effectiveness of treatment services provided
- Analyze data and make necessary adjustments to the Behavioral Management Treatment Plan
- Participate in phone reviews with Case Manager(s) in order to obtain authorization for continuation in behavioral support services
- Provide therapeutic support to children with mental and behavioral issues in a school setting
- Complete and update treatment plans to address services provided to clients
- Perform weekly therapeutic sessions with children, and provide updates to parent, school and Community Behavioral Health
- Provided therapeutic interventions to client and staff faculties to address mental health needs, including individual, group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and other treatment modalities
- Supervise ten employees and provide weekly supervision as needed
- Develop daily progress notes to document sessions with clients
- Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings to discuss and develop appropriate plans of care.
Medical Social Worker
Heartland Hospice
11.2008 - 05.2010
- Assess needs of terminally ill patients and their families by linking them to community resources
- Participate in Bi-weekly Multi-Disciplinary Team to discuss and develop appropriate plan of care
- Provide grief counseling and referrals to suitable multi-disciplinary team members
- Attend monthly care plan meetings at nursing home facilities
- Completing grant requests to assist families that have financial difficulties
- Conduct field and home visits
- Establish proper level of care in order to conduct discharge planning.
Social Worker
Elkton Care and Rehab
10.2006 - 11.2008
- Provide social services to long and short term residents tailored to the individual's needs
- Complete Assessments and Mini Mental
- Document in resident chart determining resident's goal, mental status, and discharge plans
- Participate in admission meetings
- Attend daily Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings to discuss and develop appropriate plan of care
- Arrange appropriate discharge plans which may include; ordering DME equipment, home health or outpatient services
- Completing MDS process for Medicare reimbursement for facility
- Collaborate and attend care plan meetings to address resident and family concerns
- Assist in making referrals to community resources for residents and their families
Education
Masters - Social Work
Adelphi University
05.2006
Bachelor Degree - Social work
State University of Stony Brook
05.2005
Skills
- Supervisory Skills
- Audits & Analysis
- Evaluate Services & Functionality
- Coordinating Services
- Advanced Directives
- Federal Guidelines
Additional Information
- CPRSMDSEnsocareLICENSE, License Social Worker, State of Pennsylvania- May 2021
Timeline
Inpatient Social Worker
VA Medical Center
02.2022 - Current
Service Coordinator Supervisor
AmeriHealth Caritas
08.2019 - 11.2021
Complex Team Social Worker
Maxim HealthCare Services & Social Work PRN
02.2018 - 01.2019
Senior Social Worker/Case Manager
Christiana Care Health System
09.2015 - 11.2017
Case Management Supervisor
Northeast Treatment Center
10.2014 - 09.2015
Lead Clinician
Northeast Treatment Center
05.2010 - 10.2014
Medical Social Worker
Heartland Hospice
11.2008 - 05.2010
Social Worker
Elkton Care and Rehab
10.2006 - 11.2008
Masters - Social Work
Adelphi University
Bachelor Degree - Social work
State University of Stony Brook
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