Jameka S- Manuel
Birmingham,AL
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.Hands-on Experience in various community outreach and social work programs and reimbursement immense knowledge of health care systems medical. Exceptional knowledge of various state and city resources, the knowledge of health systems data base and there functions. The ability to outreach eligible clients for medical and case managements services. The ability to assist with implementing care goals. The ability to provide special need care and assist with transitional service needed.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Day Program, Director
Progressive Healthcare Providers of Alabama
02.2021 - Current
- Provided planning direction and leadership on the fiscal
- Program services and personal management areas to assure the Day Habilitation Program met guidelines for Medicaid licensure according to the state requirements
- Provides leadership, supervision and direction to all staff and actively monitors effectiveness of Day Habilitation services and overall operations
- Ensure individual assessments to be completed by Professionals/Consultants to determine the correct level of functioning within thirty (30) days of admission, at least annually and as needed
- Develop objectives and goals based on the PCP to include task analysis, guidance, criteria, review sheets and projections
- Ensure the implementation of the Person-Centered Plan (PCP’s) and activity schedules while at The Day Service Program
- Train staff on multiple in-services, program implementation and other subjects using demonstrations, practice, observations, and feedback methods to ensure staff mastery of technique is achieved
- Assist with job-ready skills and or referrals for individuals seeking community employment
- Actively monitors programs and documentation of programs for service delivery and quality
- Participates in the admissions and discharge processes for individuals
- Became certified as a CSI Investigator (Conducting Serious Investigations)
- Became certified as a Job Coach and Discovery Investigate to assist Intellectual disability adults with obtaining employment
- Completed and submitted payroll for individuals working in the Day Program
- Completed Monthlies, Quarterly and other assigned progress reports for all programs.
Unit Manger /Case Manager
The Arc of Jefferson County
03.2016 - 04.2017
- Responsible for coordinating the habilitation plan process for clients in the unit
- Ensure that all related paperwork (client rights forms, baseline data sheets, schedules, curriculum guides, functional assessments, behavior management revisions and pertinent signatures and dates) is completed and filed with the habilitation plan, and chairing the actual meeting
- Overseeing unit staff on a day-to-day basis, including: scheduling staff assignments in regard to consumer monitoring, staff breaks, staff’s residential transportation assignments, staff’s residential medical appointment assignments; observing staff’s interaction with consumers and assuring that these interactions are appropriate; ensuring training is being conducted appropriately
- Ensure that consumer clinical records are accurate and up-to-date.
Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager
Alabama Clinical Schools
11.2013 - 01.2015
- Provide weekly home visit to foster child in the home along with providing basic living skills and family support to foster parent
- Monthly face to face or telephone contact with therapist to monitor fosters child’s progress in counseling
- Provide transportation to various appointments when needed
- Assist foster parent with the completion of Medicaid billing weekly
- Develop and maintain adequately detailed and accurate client records
- Work in partnership with DHR and other agencies providing services to foster child.
Case Manger II
Jefferson –Blount - St. Clair Mental Health Authority
05.2008 - 01.2013
- Provide access to a wide range of services for the seriously mentally ill; including 60% direct services, as assigned by the supervisor
- Properly assess needs and devise individualized service plan for each client
- Develop and maintain adequately detailed and accurate client records
- Provide transportation to clients when necessary
- Serve as a liaison between the client and various service providers to ensure continuity of care
- Provide accurate documentation in debriefing for weekly and monthly reports/meetings as stipulates by program demands.
Qualified Developmental Disability Professional
Progressive Healthcare Providers of Alabama
10.2017 - 02.2011
- Ensures overall program consistency and compliance with applicable State and Federal standards, regulations and guidelines by means of regular monitoring and observation
- Assigns, trains, supervises, and schedules subordinate staff
- Reviews staff schedules, making adjustments as needed
- Makes recommendations on personnel matters, such as employment and disciplinary actions
- Assures staff is trained on behavior support or medical support plans prior to assigning them to work with individuals with specialized needs
- Assures that individuals who seek admission receive thorough consideration by the IDT
- Provides assistance to individuals as well as family/guardian during the admission process
- This includes completion of all required documentation, preparing the home in advance, and adequate staff coverage to provide a smooth transition
- Asserts and safeguards the human, civil and legal rights of each individual on respective caseloads by assuring family/guardians are invited to annual support plan meeting, maintaining communication regarding all aspects of the individual’s program with family/guardians and other service providers, reviewing individual rights annually, updating Annual Social Assessment annually, completing and filing Social Services Review quarterly, serving as a member of the Human Rights Committee and coordinating home/off campus visits with family.
Education
MSW Social Work - Social Work
Alabama A&M University
Huntsville, AL05.2005
BSW Social Work - Social Work
Talladega College
Talladega, AL05.2001
Skills
- Training Facilitation
- Organizational Skills
- Program Development
- Conflict Resolution
- Problem Solving
- Client Assessment
- Case Management
- Program Evaluation
- Decision Making
- Enrollment Procedures
- Data Analysis
- Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Progress Monitoring
Affiliations
- The National Association of Social Worker
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Timeline
Day Program, Director
Progressive Healthcare Providers of Alabama
02.2021 - Current
Qualified Developmental Disability Professional
Progressive Healthcare Providers of Alabama
10.2017 - 02.2011
Unit Manger /Case Manager
The Arc of Jefferson County
03.2016 - 04.2017
Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager
Alabama Clinical Schools
11.2013 - 01.2015
Case Manger II
Jefferson –Blount - St. Clair Mental Health Authority
05.2008 - 01.2013
MSW Social Work - Social Work
Alabama A&M University
BSW Social Work - Social Work
Talladega College
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