Jennifer Tanger-King
Cheshire,OR
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic and accountability. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Positive interpersonal skillset. Strength based focus on client relationships. Willingness to learn and accept feedback.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
LCSW
Masonicare Home Health and Hospice
Wallingford, CT
01.2019 - Current
- Provide psychosocial assessments, counseling, psychoeducation and linkage with community resources for clients and their families on hospice or homecare services as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Attend and contribute to interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Collaboration with community providers.
- Provide services and complete documentation per insurance and agency guidelines.
LCSW
Med Options Inc
East Lyme, CT
09.2009 - 11.2018
- Provide behavioral health assessment and treatment for residents of contracted assisted living facilities and nursing homes.
- Collaborate with providers and facility staff.
- Provide psychoeducation to clients, family and staff related to behavioral health issues.
- Provide services and complete documentation within agency and insurance guidelines.
Director of Counseling and Complementary Therapies
Masonicare Home Health and Hospice
Wallingfdord, CT
09.1999 - 05.2009
- Provide Supervision to social work, expressive arts, spiritual care, massage therapy staff working in homecare and hospice.
- Develop and oversee programs related to social work and complementary services, including establishing and monitoring related budgets and guidelines within insurance, regulatory, and agency parameters.
- Develop and provide education to interdisciplinary staff, including around issues of mandatory reporting, risk assessment, ethics, behavioral health issues, interpersonal relations.
- Participate in professional organizations; develop, promote and maintain relationships with these organizations and community providers.
In Patient and Out-patient Clinical Social Worker
Hospital For Special Care
New Britain, CT
06.1990 - 09.1999
- Provide psychosocial assessment, counseling, care coordination, discharge planning and education as part of an interdisciplinary care team.
- Complete documentation within agency, insurance and regulatory requirements.
- Attend and contribute to interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Develop and run diagnosis specific support groups.
- Provide education and support to patients, families, and providers around behavioral health aspects of illness and disability.
- Maintain working knowledge of and provide linkage with community resources to patients, families and providers.
Education
MSW - Clinical Social Work
University of Oklahome
Norman04-1990
Skills
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients to enhance outcomes
- Identification and alignment with client goals
- Individual, family and group counseling
- Working knowledge of the intrapersonal and interpersonal impacts of illness and clients and those around them
- Networking within and outside of the health care system
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Ability to understand and work within regulatory, insurance and agency guidelines
- Positive work ethic and accountability
- Effective in written, verbal and oral communication
- Ability to learn and use computer for job tasks, including use of electronic medical records
Timeline
LCSW
Masonicare Home Health and Hospice
01.2019 - Current
LCSW
Med Options Inc
09.2009 - 11.2018
Director of Counseling and Complementary Therapies
Masonicare Home Health and Hospice
09.1999 - 05.2009
In Patient and Out-patient Clinical Social Worker
Hospital For Special Care
06.1990 - 09.1999
MSW - Clinical Social Work
University of Oklahome
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