Jenna Weyant, LMSW
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Case Manager
University Of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Institute
02.2024 - Current
- Assess assigned patients needs and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to develop a safe discharge plan
- Educate and support patients and their families during their acute rehabilitation admission by promoting understanding of treatment goals, discharge expectations, and providing community resources
- Monitor progress in patient's admission to facilitate further discussion on patient's care plan and how to navigate barriers to discharge
- Assist patients and families in preparing for discharge by coordinating Interdisciplinary Family Training Days, Family Conferences, setting up follow-up appointments, arranging home care, and/or coordinating transfer to another step down facility.
- Ensure compliance during tasks that coincide with hospital policies, as well as HIPPA, CARF, and Joint Commission standards
- Member of Traumatic Brain Injury Unit Length of Stay KPI where the committee's focus is to collect and review data as well as create new ways for the TBI Unit to maintain a lower length of stay for our patient population while maintaining patient's rehab goals and overall satisfaction
- Assisted the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit Length of Stay KPI in developing Interdisciplinary Training Days where every patient has a family member/caregiver come in within the first 10 days of admission for Interdisciplinary Training. This has allowed the patients, families, and caregivers a time to become oriented to the team, as well as, have a better understanding of expectations for discharge early on in the patient's admission.
- Member of the Hospital Wide Length of Stay Committee where the focus is on standardizing processes across the hospital to assist in lowering the length of stay for out patient population while maintaining patient's rehab goals and overall satisfactions
- Assisted the Hospital Wide Length of Stay Committee in developing a process used during Team Conferences called 'Barriers to Discharge Focused Reporting'. This process was developed to streamline conversations, ensure actionable items are being addressed, and support an efficient discharge plan for our patient's throughout the hospital.
- Winner of 2024 Rehab Week - Excellence in Therapy Support Staff Award
Social Worker
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center
02.2017 - Current
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments on all patients to assess for needs and to identify barriers to treatment compliance; make appropriate referrals to local community organizations, as well as public, private, or nonprofit state and federal agencies
- Provide psychotherapy to patients and family members for adjustment to illness, anxiety, grief, bereavement, and crisis intervention
- Work with the treatment team to develop a safe and timely discharge plan that complies with regulations and laws regarding patient and family wishes. Responsible for the case management and placement of patients experiencing homelessness, requiring hospice/palliative placements, community dialysis referrals, and guardianship procurement
- Assist with advance care planning and end-of-life preparation and care including: resources for advanced directives, palliative care and hospice agency referrals
- Serve on an interdisciplinary family-centered care committee to support initiatives to enhance supports for families throughout their family member’s intensive care hospitalization
- Developed and lead group for family members of patients in the Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit to create a sense of community while providing various resources related to public health programs in the community
- Works side by side with Police agencies across the state of Maryland, Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, SBIRT Peer Recovery Coaches, as well as stakeholders in the Baltimore community to ensure Shock Trauma patients have access to resources as well as grants to assist with adjusting to life after trauma
- Collected and input data for Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-Related Social Needs Screening to assist patients with receiving referrals to community programs
- Complete SAFE-T assessments on patients who have been screened to have possible risks for suicide. Assessment includes identifying risk and protective factors, conducting an inquiry into patient’s current and past thoughts regarding suicide, determining a risk level and interventions pertaining to suicide prevention.
- Nominated for hospital-wide award, “Special Friend of Nursing” in 2019
Medical Social Work Intern
AseraCare Hospice
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Assess patients on hospice through a psychosocial lens and provide mental health and bereavement resources to patient and/or family based on assessment
- Work with interdisciplinary team to assist patients and families to adjust to patients end of life diagnosis
- Assist Licensed Social Workers with paperwork as required for patient’s on hospice
School Social Work Intern
Amelia County Public Schools
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Facilitated study groups and counseled middle school students in issues ranging from truancy to bullying
- Worked with Amelia County School Board to develop anti-bullying programs for middle and high school students
- Assisted School Psychiatrist with assessments for students possible needing Individualized Education Programs
Adult Protective Services Intern/ Temporary Homeless Coordinator for Harford County
Harford County Department of Social Services
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Collected intake forms from members of the community in regards to concerns for the safety of vulnerable adults in Harford County
- Assisted with home visits to clients homes to further assess their needs for supports through Adult Protective Services
- As Temporary Homeless Coordinator, spoke with every unhoused client that sought shelter through Adult Protective Services to assess availability for shelter placement.
- Collected and input data into the Homeless Management Information Systems database to assist in tracking the needs for the unhoused in the Harford County community
Education
Master of Social Work -
Virginia Commonwealth University
05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Longwood University
05.2015
Timeline
Case Manager
University Of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Institute
02.2024 - Current
Social Worker
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center
02.2017 - Current
Medical Social Work Intern
AseraCare Hospice
05.2015 - 05.2016
School Social Work Intern
Amelia County Public Schools
01.2015 - 05.2015
Adult Protective Services Intern/ Temporary Homeless Coordinator for Harford County
Harford County Department of Social Services
05.2014 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Longwood University
Master of Social Work -
Virginia Commonwealth University
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