Katheen Weihbrecht

Maintain a high quality program team to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to promote inclusion in the community through person centered and natural supports.

Manage team performance through effective communication, training, performance management, staff meetings, employee recognition

Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to continue efficiency in improvements of department and services performed.

Maintain budgeting

Develop and update documentation for individual support plans (ISP's)PCP person centered plans with the interdisciplinary team to include any concerns, observations, and behavior management.

Cooperate with licensing, audits and inspections as well as investigations

• Direct support Professional
• Activities of daily living , dr appointments, overseeing staffing , scheduling, on call, budgeting , trainings, staff meetings, performance assessments.
• certifications, CPR first aid, CPI. Danielle's law, kominos law, medication assessment
• community inclusion.
• diets
• adaptive equipment
• guardian communication
• medical appointments
• ISP PCP meetings and documentations
• Licensing, audits, investigations
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• Assisted supervisor in evaluating employee performance and cultivating improvement initiatives.
• Resolved conflicts between team members in an effective manner.
• Mentored staff to enhance skills and achieve daily targets, using hands-on and motivational leadership.
• worked along with staff to complete daily job duties to show hands on experience.
• Followed directions from Program Manager.

• Maintained records of building maintenance requests, repairs, inspections and other related activities.
• Monitored facilities and identified maintenance and repair needs.
• Surveyed facility to maximize safety and security.
• Ordered cleaning supplies and maintenance materials to keep appropriate stock of inventory.
• Monitored facility maintenance for cleanliness and recommended improvements to overall aesthetics.
• Handled occupant complaints and dealt with issues.
• Established relationships with local vendors to secure competitive pricing for materials needed for construction projects.
• Monitored security systems including alarms and access control points throughout the facility.
• Collected rents, deposits and payment of insurance premiums.
• Understood and followed oral and written directions.
• Conducted regular inspections of buildings to identify potential hazards or areas needing repair or improvement.
• Assisted with emergency response and evacuations.

• Turned and repositioned bedridden patients on a regular schedule to prevent bedsores.
• Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
• Observed and reported unusual symptoms and changes to charge nurse.
• Communicated with patients to determine feelings, need for assistance or social and emotional support.
• Supplied, collected and emptied patient bedpans on frequent basis.
• Responded quickly to emergency situations involving sudden illness or injury.
• Answered call lights promptly and responded to patient needs accordingly.
• Used mobility devices to transport patients.
• Collected specimens for testing purposes upon request from physicians or nurses.
• Provided basic patient care by taking vital signs, measuring height and weight, and recording intake and output.
• Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers.
• Measured and recorded food and liquid intake and output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
• Maintained accurate, timely flow of information by completing thorough patient records and updating healthcare team on patient status.
• Provided physical support to assist patients with bathing, dressing and toileting.
• Planned and served meals and snacks to patients according to prescribed diets.
• Reported changes in patient condition to registered nurse or physician.
• Helped residents walk with or without self-help devices.
• Supported non-ambulatory residents in range of motion exercises.
• Documented activities and recorded information in EMR system.
• Safeguarded patient privacy with strict adherence to HIPAA protocols.
• Participated in educational programs related to nursing assistant skills development.
• Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores and surgical site wounds.
• Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
• Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems for review by medical staff.
• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.

• Utilized appropriate body mechanics when lifting or transferring patients from one area to another.
• Provided physical support to assist patients with bathing, dressing and toileting.
• Delivered high level of care to every patient.
• Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous visit experience.
• Helped residents walk with or without self-help devices.
• Assisted with lifting patients to move on or off beds, examination tables and surgical tables.
• Supplied, collected and emptied patient bedpans on frequent basis.
• Participated in team meetings with other healthcare professionals about individual patient plans of care.
• Changed bed linens, cleaned patient rooms and assisted with transfers of patients in wheelchairs or beds as needed.
• Maintained accurate, timely flow of information by completing thorough patient records and updating healthcare team on patient status.
• Facilitated activities of daily living, personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
• Exhibited compassionate care and communication regarding issues surrounding death and dying.
• Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores and surgical site wounds.
• Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
• Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
• Answered signal lights, bells or intercom systems to determine resident needs.