Diamond I. Tally
Pleasantville,NJ
Summary
Human services professional with hands-on experience supporting children, individuals, and families with behavioral, emotional, and community-based needs. Brings strengths in risk assessment, service planning, crisis intervention, resource linkage, and multidisciplinary collaboration, with a strong focus on safety, stability, and timely follow-through.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
CARE MANAGER
Cape Atlantic Integrated Network for Kids
Mays Landing, NJ
06.2023 - 10.2026
- Managed an assigned caseload while providing comprehensive care coordination, assessment, advocacy, and ongoing support to clients and families with complex behavioral, medical, social, and environmental needs.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify client strengths, needs, risks, barriers, family concerns, environmental factors, and appropriate service interventions, ensuring tailored support for each client.
- Conducted regular home and community visits to assess clients' living conditions, safety concerns, access to resources, functioning, and overall well-being.
- Gathered relevant information through client and family interaction, observation, record review, and collaboration with service providers to assist with identifying needs and appropriate courses of action.
- Developed individualized care plans based on assessment findings and established measurable goals that address each client's identified needs.
- Reviewed client progress and adjusted care plans to address changes in functioning, family circumstances, health, safety, or service needs, enhancing overall client care.
- Engaged clients and families in the planning process and worked to obtain their cooperation and participation in recommended services.
- Provided counseling, education, emotional support, and problem-solving assistance to clients and families experiencing challenging circumstances.
- Advocated for clients' rights and facilitated access to behavioral health, medical, social service, educational, housing, and community-based resources.
- Coordinated services with community agencies and other professionals to promote continuity of care and reduce barriers to receiving needed services.
- Established and maintained professional relationships with community partners to strengthen service availability and improve outcomes for clients and families.
- Responded promptly to crisis and emergency situations, assessed immediate needs, implemented appropriate interventions, and maintained composure while making time-sensitive decisions.
- Assisted clients and families with developing strategies to improve safety, stability, self-care, medication adherence, healthy decision-making, and overall functioning.
- Prepared case-related documentation summarizing client needs, services provided, progress, concerns, and recommendations.
- Participated in case conferences and interdisciplinary meetings to review client needs, identify barriers, develop solutions, and coordinate services.
- Implemented quality improvement strategies designed to strengthen case management practices and improve client outcomes.
- Demonstrated the ability to work independently in community settings while maintaining agency standards, documentation requirements, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.
BEHAVIORAL TECHNICIAN
Sunshine Advantage
Lakewood, NJ
05.2022 - 09.2024
- Provided intensive one-on-one behavioral intervention services to clients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other behavioral needs.
- Managed caseload of four clients, ensuring effective implementation of treatment plans, behavioral interventions, safety procedures, and progress monitoring to enhance client outcomes.
- Implemented individualized behavior intervention plans designed to reduce unsafe or challenging behaviors and increase appropriate behavioral, social, communication, and daily living skills.
- Observed client behaviors and collected objective data to identify behavioral patterns, triggers, progress, and areas requiring additional intervention.
- Assisted with functional behavior assessments by gathering information regarding antecedents, behaviors, consequences, environmental factors, and possible functions of challenging behavior.
- Used collected data to support treatment planning and provided feedback and recommendations regarding potential modifications to behavioral programs.
- Maintained awareness of client safety and responded appropriately to escalating or challenging behaviors.
- Implemented approved crisis management and de-escalation procedures to protect the safety of clients and others.
- Built therapeutic rapport with clients while maintaining clear, appropriate, and professional boundaries.
- Supported clients in developing communication, social, emotional regulation, coping, and problem-solving skills.
- Implemented positive reinforcement, prompting, modeling, visual supports, task analysis, and other evidence-based interventions based on individual client needs.
- Assisted clients in increasing independence with daily living skills through structured teaching, repetition, and reinforcement.
- Supported clients during community outings, fostering appropriate social interaction, independence, and safety awareness while facilitating generalization of learned skills.
- Collaborated with parents and caregivers on client progress and strategies, ensuring consistency in behavior management across home and community settings.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to review client progress, discuss behavioral concerns, and collaborate on treatment recommendations.
- Maintained accurate and timely case documentation, including session notes, behavioral data, progress reports, treatment-related information, and incident reports.
- Attended ongoing professional development and training related to behavioral intervention, Applied Behavior Analysis, crisis management, and evidence-based treatment practice.
- 2 Years
BEHAVIORAL TECHNICIAN
Interactive Kids
Linwood, NJ
03.2022 - 05.2024
- Provided intensive one-on-one behavioral intervention services to clients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other behavioral needs.
- Implemented individualized behavior intervention plans designed to reduce unsafe or challenging behaviors and increase appropriate behavioral, social, communication, and daily living skills.
- Managed caseload of four clients, ensuring effective implementation of treatment plans and behavioral interventions to promote client progress and safety.
- Observed client behaviors and collected objective data to identify behavioral patterns, triggers, progress, and areas requiring additional intervention.
- Assisted with functional behavior assessments by gathering information regarding antecedents, behaviors, consequences, environmental factors, and possible functions of challenging behavior.
- Utilized collected data to inform treatment planning and recommended modifications to behavioral programs, enhancing client outcomes.
- Implemented approved crisis management and de-escalation procedures to protect the safety of clients and others.
- Maintained calmness and professionalism during behavioral crises while following established safety and intervention protocols.
- Supported clients in developing communication, social, emotional regulation, coping, and problem-solving skills.
- Implemented positive reinforcement, prompting, modeling, visual supports, task analysis, and other evidence-based interventions based on individual client needs.
- Assisted clients in increasing independence with daily living skills through structured teaching, repetition, and reinforcement.
- Supported clients during community outings to promote appropriate social interaction, independence, safety awareness, and generalization of learned skills.
- Collaborated with parents and caregivers to discuss client progress and strategies, ensuring consistency of interventions across home and community settings.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to review client progress, discuss behavioral concerns, and collaborate on treatment recommendations.
- Maintained accurate and timely case documentation, including session notes, behavioral data, progress reports, treatment-related information, and incident reports.
- Followed established confidentiality standards, safety procedures, treatment protocols, agency policies, and ethical guidelines.
- Attended ongoing professional development and training related to behavioral intervention, Applied Behavior Analysis, crisis management, and evidence-based treatment practice.
- 2 Years
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology
Rutgers University
Camden, NJ01-2022
Associate's Degree - Human Services
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, NJ01-2020
Skills
- Service coordination
- Family assessment
- Risk assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Service planning
- Behavioral intervention
- Family engagement
- Information gathering
- Community visits
- Client advocacy
- Progress tracking
- Electronic documentation
- Incident reporting
- Team collaboration
- Verbal communication
- Community Resource Linkage
Trainings
- NJ Wraparound: Values & Principles
- Child & Family Team Process
- The Nurtured Heart Approach
- CANS: Strengths & Needs Assessment
- Effective Facilitation of Team Meetings
Timeline
CARE MANAGER
Cape Atlantic Integrated Network for Kids
06.2023 - 10.2026
BEHAVIORAL TECHNICIAN
Sunshine Advantage
05.2022 - 09.2024
BEHAVIORAL TECHNICIAN
Interactive Kids
03.2022 - 05.2024
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology
Rutgers University
Associate's Degree - Human Services
Atlantic Cape Community College