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Jennifer E. Ellis

Columbus,GA

Summary

Knowledgeable Prevention Specialist with proven background in implementing effective prevention programs. Skillfully collaborated with community organizations to reduce substance abuse and foster healthy behaviors. Demonstrated expertise in risk assessment and program development to meet community needs.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Student Behavioral Analyst and Registered Behavior Technician

PBS Corporation
05.2024 - Current
  • Program writing, researching literature to assist with the development of programming
  • Develop comprehensive prevention plans for the prevention of harmful behaviors and other behavior reduction
  • Collaborate with prevention partners, and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with the development of prevention system, conducting assessments, analyzing results, writing protocol and executing of the behavior prevention process, and training staff
  • Develop valid and reliable data collection methods with baseline and skill acquisition goals and target behavior to assess prevention efforts of behaviors
  • Implementing individualized therapy programs designed by a (BCBA) to teach communication, social, and daily living skills, assisting with conducting assessments, data collection and analyzing of data, making updates and changes to programs for clients as needed, and training caregivers on implementation of behavioral strategies
  • Provide one-on-one and small group Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to children with ASD
  • Implement behavior intervention plans developed by BCBAs
  • Collect and record data on client progress
  • Use positive reinforcement and other ABA techniques to promote skill acquisition and behavior reduction
  • Collaborate with BCBAs, parents, and other team members to ensure the highest quality of care
  • Advise and educate parents and other Registered Behavior technicians on prevention activities that will reduce harmful behaviors and increase social and communication skills
  • Build the prevention and awareness of Autism and how to reduce harmful behavior, increase communication and social skills with the community through outreach and education by having event fairs

Lead Social Service Specialist III- Foster Care

Muscogee County Dept. Family & Children Services
08.2022 - Current
  • Serve as Lead worker in unit with guidance on cases and policy
  • Align policies to facilitate collaboration and integration across stakeholders to improve well-being, and safety and prevent inter-related problem behaviors with family dynamics
  • Delegate tasks to the unit to gain permanency for children and ensure their education, medical, and emotional needs are being met
  • Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being, safety, and academic functioning of children
  • Collaborate with juvenile court with court interventions with parents on their court-ordered case plans
  • Advise and educate families on primary prevention activities to decrease substance abuse, domestic violence, and children with harmful behaviors in the home
  • Arrange and finalize adoptions, and find foster homes for children
  • Build the prevention capacity of suicidal ideation, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance abuse in the community through outreach and education with collaboration with different agencies and stakeholders
  • Develop valid and reliable data with behavior changes to prevent continued harmful behaviors that diminish the parental protective capacity to ensure the child is safe

ABA Trainer/ Lead Registered Behavior Technician and Student Analyst

Siskin Children Institute
08.2021 - 06.2022
  • Provides ongoing training to RBTs to continually improve the skill set of all RBTs within the clinic
  • Ensures ABA therapists promptly complete new hire training, including RBT training requirements
  • Tracks new hire training performance of staff members, provides specific feedback to trainees, and reports to the Clinic Manager and BCBA, providing regular updates, metrics, results, and escalated items to appropriate managers
  • Provide coaching, modeling, and demonstration of specific strategies
  • Conduct 1:1 therapy 50% of the time or as needed within the clinic, home, or school
  • Develop comprehensive prevention plans for the prevention of harmful behaviors and other behavior reduction
  • Advise and educate parents and other Registered Behavior technicians on prevention activities that will reduce harmful behaviors and increase social and communication skills

Registered Behavioral Technician

Applied Behavioral Company
02.2021 - 09.2021
  • Provide ABA Therapy in the home setting
  • Complete daily acquisition skills, maintenance, and mastered skills as directed by BCBA
  • Collect accurate data on a daily basis
  • Complete all data sheets, programming sheets, and progress notes daily
  • Follow behavior intervention plan, individualized treatment plan, and reinforcement schedule as prescribed
  • Implement appropriate teaching strategies and behavior modification approaches

Registered Behavior Technician

Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center
11.2020 - 01.2021
  • Complete daily acquisition skills, maintenance, and mastered skills as directed by BCBA
  • Collect accurate data on a daily basis
  • Complete all data sheets, programming sheets, and progress notes daily
  • Follow a behavior plan, individualized treatment plan, and reinforcement schedule as prescribed
  • Implement appropriate teaching strategies and behavior modification approaches
  • Complete all programming requests from BCBAs and Program Coordinators in a timely manner
  • Maintain organization of patient binder and ensure proper storage of binder at the end of each day
  • Maintain cleanliness of the center and ensure it looks presentable at all times
  • Assist in providing a safe environment for all patients and staff
  • Assist with problem-solving to improve efficiency and morale within the clinic

Care Coordinator

River Valley Community Care Services Program
09.2019 - 11.2020
  • Review financial, medical, and social information of applicants from referral sources
  • Verify Medicaid eligibility
  • Determine if the client is eligible for program and broker services to the client based on the level of care
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the community
  • Coordinate, plan, organize, implement, analyze, and integrate primary prevention efforts through collaboration with stakeholders and partnerships with Providers
  • Participate in case conferences with LPN/RN and Care Coordinator to discuss plans of care as needed for clients
  • Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate services to meet patients by developing a 30 day care plan
  • Serves as liaison between the assessment process and the effective start date of direct services
  • Monitors service delivery to clients to ensure needs are being provided
  • Document case activity
  • Make monthly contact with clients to keep care plans up to date
  • Complete service authorizations for payment for services
  • Approve/deny provider requests for increased services
  • Attend Network meetings
  • Utilize different programs and software to input data, monitor reports, and document critical incidents, medications, and assessments to maintain connectivity with staff/nurses and providers
  • Provide education on any risk per assessments with health
  • Build the prevention capacity of suicidal ideation, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance abuse in the community through outreach and education with collaboration with different agencies and stakeholders

Social Services Case Manager II

Muscogee County Dept. Family & Children Services
11.2015 - 09.2020
  • Serves as the case manager for children in foster care; ensures that the children are placed in permanent stable families within as short a time frame as possible
  • Visits foster homes; supervises visits between children and parents; testifies regarding the status of the agency and/or parent’s progress towards the court approved placement
  • Conduct assessments and level of family functioning, complete reports, and write service plans
  • Manage records of clients and make sure all documentation is entered in the database system
  • Transport children to new placement, appointments, meetings and court dates
  • Performed periodic evaluation of client progress to update case plans as needed
  • Provided patient referrals to alternate care facilities, mental health and drug treatment as necessary
  • Build the prevention capacity of suicidal ideation, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance abuse in the community through outreach and education with collaboration with different agencies and stakeholders
  • Develop valid and reliable data with behavior changes to prevent continued harmful behaviors that diminish the parental protective capacity to ensure the child is safe

Behavior Technician

Muscogee County School District
08.2013 - 11.2015
  • Assist instructional personnel in the education, training, and supervision of students with autism
  • Assist with implementing behavioral plans and modifying behaviors
  • Apply strategies and techniques to foster independence, self-reliance and social skills
  • Use positive reinforcement strategies and other appropriate techniques to assist students in the development of appropriate behavior
  • Provide intensive behavioral intervention to individual and small groups of children
  • Use Discrete trial training for academic and vocational skills based on place on ABIL and AFILS grid
  • Participate in IEP meetings to discuss goals
  • Assist in instructing vocational jobs for placement after High school

Behavior Technician

First Choice Therapy
03.2014 - 08.2014
  • Assist in the development and implementation of behavior intervention plans
  • Provide support to children with severe autism whose parents or guardians are military members
  • One-on-one behavioral services will include utilizing and modeling positive behavioral interventions, coaching clients and caregivers in alternative behaviors, offering structure and support, and reinforcing desirable behaviors through structured rewards systems and praise

Lead Family Independent Case Manager

Muscogee County DFCS
04.2010 - 05.2013
  • Interview applicants and recipients to determine eligibility for use of social programs and agency resources
  • Key in a high volume of data using standard office hardware and software
  • Determine the needs of clients during intake by providing an assessment
  • Document all information the client provides
  • Provide follow-up to determine the eligibility of services or conduct a 6-month review
  • Provide a full range of economic support and employment services to families
  • Provide community outreach referrals for different resources from other agencies

Youth Program Tracker

Southwest Key Program
12.2009 - 03.2010
  • Responsible for completing face-to-face daily contacts
  • Assist in coordinating youth activities and groups
  • Participates in youth’s daily program activities, groups, recreation, and transportation, as necessary
  • Provide youth advocacy in the areas of health, education, vocation, legal and family work
  • Provides crisis intervention and administers first aid when necessary
  • Attend youth court dates to obtain placement for foster care, youth detention, or group home
  • Complete intake process for services and install tracking ankle monitors
  • Complete monthly reports and assessments, office correspondence, special projects, proposals or confidential documentation
  • Enters data in both DJJ JTS system and SWKey Social Solutions

Behavioral Aid

New Horizon Community Services
03.2008 - 04.2009
  • Monitored
  • Observe and record client’s behavior
  • Provide daily assessments by using different therapeutic interventions
  • Direct interaction with client’s activity, and function by assisting consumers with personal care, activities, current events, and safety issues
  • Provide training on basic living skills according to the consumer’s psychiatric rehabilitation goals such as communication, coping and social skills, and substance abuse
  • Provide referrals to clients for other services needed

Administrative Assistant

Columbus Housing Authority
03.2007 - 01.2008
  • Prepared Correspondence, purchase orders, and eviction notices, and fine notices
  • Used Data entry using Microsoft applications and other program systems
  • Interviewed low-income family’s clients for rental/utility assistance, and gave out other outreach referrals
  • Answered telephone, maintained files, facsimile, and printer, and scanner machine, process mail
  • Collect rent and fine payments
  • Assist with move-in and move-out

Education

Postgraduate Certificate - Applied Behavior Analysis

Purdue Global University
01.2024

Masters of Science - Marriage and Family Counseling

Liberty University
05.2015

Bachelor's Degree - Psychology

Troy University
12.2008

Skills

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Case Management
  • Behavioral Health
  • Social Services
  • Mental Health
  • Non-profit program Development
  • Child Welfare
  • Medicaid
  • Foster Care
  • Discrete Trial Training, Natural Environment Training
  • Data Collection
  • Family Services
  • Treatment Planning
  • Community Outreach
  • Care Coordination
  • Implement behavior plan
  • Developing goals
  • Intake Processing
  • Behavior Management
  • Substance Abuse
  • Microsoft Office
  • Clerical Skills
  • Customer Service
  • Documentation
  • Home Visits
  • Social Work
  • Counseling
  • Procedures Interviewing
  • Assessments
  • Implement transition goals
  • Develop Prevention Planning
  • Data Analysis
  • Community needs assessments

Certification

  • Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) - Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
  • Certified Case Manager- University Of Georgia Continued Learning
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association.

Timeline

Student Behavioral Analyst and Registered Behavior Technician

PBS Corporation
05.2024 - Current

Lead Social Service Specialist III- Foster Care

Muscogee County Dept. Family & Children Services
08.2022 - Current

ABA Trainer/ Lead Registered Behavior Technician and Student Analyst

Siskin Children Institute
08.2021 - 06.2022

Registered Behavioral Technician

Applied Behavioral Company
02.2021 - 09.2021

Registered Behavior Technician

Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center
11.2020 - 01.2021

Care Coordinator

River Valley Community Care Services Program
09.2019 - 11.2020

Social Services Case Manager II

Muscogee County Dept. Family & Children Services
11.2015 - 09.2020

Behavior Technician

First Choice Therapy
03.2014 - 08.2014

Behavior Technician

Muscogee County School District
08.2013 - 11.2015

Lead Family Independent Case Manager

Muscogee County DFCS
04.2010 - 05.2013

Youth Program Tracker

Southwest Key Program
12.2009 - 03.2010

Behavioral Aid

New Horizon Community Services
03.2008 - 04.2009

Administrative Assistant

Columbus Housing Authority
03.2007 - 01.2008

Masters of Science - Marriage and Family Counseling

Liberty University

Bachelor's Degree - Psychology

Troy University

Postgraduate Certificate - Applied Behavior Analysis

Purdue Global University

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