Erica Zaleck
Shohola,PA
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Caseworker
Orange County Adult Protective Services
Goshen, NY
09.2021 - Current
- Duties: Assess and investigate referrals made to Adult Protective Services for impaired vulnerable adults who are at risk of abuse, harm or self-neglect including financial exploitation.
- Develop a comprehensive case plan for people who are at risk. This includes linking them to healthcare services such as Managed Long term Care, Medicaid, healthcare appointments, and/or developing financial plans to ensure financial stability and other unmet needs.
- Effectively communicate within the Department of Social Services and other community based agencies who provide services to impaired adults.
Patient Navigator
The Center for Prevention and Counseling
Newton, NJ
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Duties: Provide case management services to individuals struggling with substance use disorder who are in need of assistance with housing, employment, transportation, legal services, health care and maintaining a clean and sober lifestyle.
- Assist and educate patients with: applying for Medicaid/Medicare and other forms of County/State assistance.
- Provided training to local hospitals on the Opiate Overdose Recovery Program that has been implemented in hospital settings.
- Communicate with the State Opioid Treatment Authority.
Jail Service Coordinator
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County
Goshen, NY
07.2016 - 02.2018
- Duties: Deliver "Thinking for a Change" and "Employment Skills" curriculum to incarcerated individuals.
- Complete COMPAS assessments to determine eligibility for program participants; including interaction with incarcerated individuals in a classroom setting.
- Complete 90-day Intensive Case Management to individuals upon release from incarceration including transportation to necessary appointments, interaction with government agencies such as Probation and the court system,
- Maintaining a detailed record and charting of participants progress.
Treatment Counselor
Pike County Correctional Facility
Lords Valley, PA
10.2009 - 07.2016
- Duties: Provide counseling to incarcerated offenders identified as having: behavioral issues, difficulty adjusting to incarceration, learning disabilities, personal tragedies, escort offenders to programs, counseling sessions and provide referral services for out of jail community based treatment programs.
- Maintain ongoing statistical reports such as recidivists, purchases for new service programs or videos, volunteer applications and statistical reports specific to inmate attendance to required programs.
- Act as the "point of contact" for the Correctional Facility to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Pike County Probation, Pike County Public Defenders Office, Pike County Workforce Development, Department of Welfare and other Social Services agencies.
- Serve on internal Correctional Facility boards; offender disciplinary board hearings, inmate grievance committee, classification committee for housing, Safety and Sanitation committee, employee awards committee and facility yearly newsletter committee.
- Develop and implement volunteer programs, facilitate new volunteer orientation, edit offender handbook, attend ongoing professional meetings and seminars, provide trainings for internal staff as well as external treatment and service organizations.
Education
Bachelor's - Psychology
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
12-2007
Skills
- Good communicator
- Case Management
- Self-Motivated
- Problem Solver
- Confident public speaker
Certification
- Certified Instructor Thinking for A Change Program
- Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Timeline
Social Caseworker
Orange County Adult Protective Services
09.2021 - Current
Patient Navigator
The Center for Prevention and Counseling
08.2018 - 09.2021
Jail Service Coordinator
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County
07.2016 - 02.2018
Treatment Counselor
Pike County Correctional Facility
10.2009 - 07.2016
Bachelor's - Psychology
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania