EMMANUEL K PRADERE
Douglasville,GA
Summary
Empathetic mental health professional highly accomplished in domestic violence counseling, crisis intervention and treatment analysis and planning.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
PCMS- Institutional Program Director
The Department Of Juvenile Justice
06.2022 - Current
- Provides Coordination and implementation of service delivery for Programs and Case Management Services
- Coordinating the quality and accessibility of the generalized counseling, programs, and case management services for the Programs and Case
- Management Department for the Office of Behavioral Health Services (OBHS).
- Analyzes and assesses the effectiveness of existing programs to ensure the identified outcome measures are achieved.
- Establishes goals and objectives that are consistent with the organization's mission.
- Acts as the chair to the managing team (supervisory team) to design and structure programs. Implements changes in policy/procedure/workflow/staff assignments to units.
- Coordinates with OBHS Regional Administrator to ensure carrying out of agency's purpose.
- Ensures that controls are used in establishing and maintaining confidentiality of case records.
- Sets priorities, assigns work, and reviews and evaluates records with JDCs in managing workloads and workflows. Ensures effective and timely use of resources.
- Coordinate an internal quality assurance program to assess the quality and consistency of the programs services provided and ensure compliance with professional standards, policies, and directives.
- Monthly & Quarterly Quality Assurance Meetings
- Develop Agenda
- Chair Monthly QA Meeting
- Ensure that all staff members who are unable to attend review & sign meeting minutes.
- Develop corrective action reports as needed.
- Pull monthly statistics reports.
Juvenile Detention Counselor
The Department Of Juvenile Justice
01.2018 - 06.2022
- Performs and/or directs intake services to youth.
- Provides counseling to individuals, groups, or families, to effect positive change in the youth’s behavior and/or social situations
- Provide collaborative meetings with other agency stake holders for discharge recommendations.
- Leads or participates as a member of a multidisciplinary team to identify youths’ strengths, resources, symptoms, and behavioral challenges to develop and monitor an effective implementation of the service plan.
- Prepares and submit required reports and other documentation.
- Attend continuing education course geared towards trends and professional development in the field of Case Management Services.
- Maintain confidentiality of Case Record and release information as required by policy.
- Support of the delivery of programs & case management services and substance abuse services in assigned facilities.
- Works with program staff to ensure that services are in keeping with best practices and departmental policy.
- Under limited direction, provides structured cognitive behavioral groups and/or life-skills group counseling sessions, documents all programmatic activities, and performs a variety of administrative duties designed to facilitate juvenile rehabilitation and ensure a safe and secure environment at a youth detention facility.
- Facilitate or Co-facilitate Groups lead or participate in facility wide PBIS activities, work hours to include Afternoon/evening/Holiday/Weekends and conduct parent education/training workshops.
Health Intensive Case Manager
Mental, Cobb/Douglas Community Service Board
07.2009 - 11.2017
- Coordinate mental health rehabilitative services and supports necessary to assist clients with mental health diagnosis achieve their goals as identified in their Individual Recovery Plans
- Assess client's needs; identify appropriate services which will minimize the negative effects of client's mental health symptoms that interfere with his/her daily living; individualized independent functioning and personal development; develop strategies that avoid out-of-home placement; assist clients with increasing their social support skills; and assist clients with developing coping mechanisms to alleviate stressors resulting from client's disability
- Monitor client's progress toward treatment goals
- Provide crisis intervention
- Ensure client is receiving appropriate quantity, quality, and effective services consistent with client achieving devised goals of Individual Recovery Plan
- Prepare intake reports and case history records
- Maintain statistics for evaluating programs effectiveness
- Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment
- Recorded client information on special flow sheets, accurately indicating suicidal precautions, sleep flow and restraints
- Monitored client census by using the Daily Movement Report and recording admissions, discharges, doctor appointments and site visit data
- Facilitated a smooth discharge by encouraging and reassuring clients throughout their transitions
- Developed and implemented treatment plans and modified when needed
- Trained in substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and the effect of employment and housing issues on mental health
- Connected clients with community service and resource agencies
- Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources
- Displayed sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic needs of the clients and families served
- Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Presented case history material to review and discussion with other staff members
- Involved clients in planning social service programs.
Professional Development Specialist
Families United Services
04.2008 - 07.2010
- Receive referrals of clients in need of mental health services (performs intake) and monitors consumer's behavior in relation to treatment and goals and client's needs
- Maintain a caseload of individuals with personal social behavior problems including severe mental health illness
- Respond appropriately to mental health emergency situations and utilizes crisis intervention techniques and procedures Act as a liaison, providing casework direction and supervision to providers of contracted services
- Provide Family Training Enhancing skill buildings Family Linkages Ensuring children stays at home with
- Their families Provide Families with the foundation for a healthy environment in order to overcome barriers
- Facilitated a smooth discharge by encouraging and reassuring clients throughout their transitions
- Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Preventive Counselor Supervisor
Family Dynamics Reviewing Individualized Service Plan
08.2001 - 08.2005
- Provide Counseling for family in crisis in order to promote healthy relationship/development, and Avert the need for children in Foster Care
- Educate Parents in formulating and utilizing appropriate limits for their children Conduct parenting classes
- Conduct home visit Formulate Service Plan that would ensure the safety of the children involved Conduct
- Psycho-Social I interviews and screening of clients to evaluate their service needs
- Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments
- Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources
- Ran individual therapy and family therapy sessions for children ages 13 to 19
- Provide supervision to a staffs of 8
Case Manager
Autistic Children
01.1996 - 11.2001
- Assisting Family with advocating for their children needs such as occupational therapy, speech, And /or recreational services Attend school meeting IEP review, observe child in the school setting
- Monitoring progress or advocate to ensure that services are being met through IEP Coordinating services, locating doctor, dentist or recreational activity that the child Would benefit from Assist child and family transitioning into public school Received in Service Training Seminars led by professionals on various clinical advocacies Conduct home visit Complete Individual Service Plan
- Aided parents in arranging medication evaluations and psychological testing
- Led summer day treatment groups and therapeutic activities to teach functional living skills and address behavioral issues
- Participated in a nine month collaborative training program on theories and implementation of Combined
- Parent Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Education
Master -
Strayer University
2013
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Long Island University
1995
Skills
- Excellent people skills Proficient in MS Word, Word
- Perfect CPR Certification Training in
- Seclusion/restraint techniques
- Dual diagnoses expert
- Expertise in crisis intervention techniques
- Culturally sensitive
- Daily living activities educator
- Knowledge of juvenile justice system
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) expert
- Case management proficiency
- Certified Target Trainer
- Completed SAVRY Assessment Training
Timeline
PCMS- Institutional Program Director
The Department Of Juvenile Justice
06.2022 - Current
Juvenile Detention Counselor
The Department Of Juvenile Justice
01.2018 - 06.2022
Health Intensive Case Manager
Mental, Cobb/Douglas Community Service Board
07.2009 - 11.2017
Professional Development Specialist
Families United Services
04.2008 - 07.2010
Preventive Counselor Supervisor
Family Dynamics Reviewing Individualized Service Plan
08.2001 - 08.2005
Case Manager
Autistic Children
01.1996 - 11.2001
Master -
Strayer University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Long Island University
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