Kearney Smith
Orlando
Summary
Dedicated and resourceful Social Worker with the ability to establish meaningful rapport seeking to obtain employment with a community focused, patient centered organization designed to serve the needs of the patients.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Acute Care Social Worker
Veterans Administration Hospital
11.2023 - Current
- Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
- Provides psychosocial, and case management, and discharge planning services to eligible Veterans and their family members to meet biological, psychological, social and environmental needs on the Acute Care Medical/Surgical Units.
- Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
Care Coordinator Full-Time
Orlando Regional Medical Center
04.2021 - 11.2023
- Takes the lead in ensuring the continuity and consistency of care, across the continuum (inpatient, emergency and ambulatory care/outpatient) to ensure integrated delivery across all settings to include the facilitation comprehensive discharge planning (in the hospital) and follow-up care (as an outpatient)
- Develops an effective working relationship with the Patient and Family Counselors/ Social Workers and the UR nurses to engage the patient/family to collaborate, advocate and problem solve, to support and enhance their functional ability, while ensuring an appropriate and timely discharge plan.
- Daily monitoring of progress towards discharge plans and/ or need to alter discharge plan due to change in patient condition / family needs with a priority placed on those patients at highest risk for complication/ admission/ readmission.
- Identifies support needs for patients and their families, develops action plan(s), and provides creative guidance in initiating and overcoming any self-management strategies.
- Educates patients and families about the health care system and facilitates relationship building between the various settings.
- Ensures patients have access to prescriptions, durable medical equipment (DME), and other services as identified.
- Advocates for patients in order to optimize their health care needs
- Participates in clinical outcome measurement to include the identification of strategies that promote population health.
- Facilitate appropriate transport
REACH Coordinator Intern
ORLANDO HEALTH
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Ensuring the continuity and consistency of care, across the continuum (inpatient, emergency, and ambulatory care/ outpatient) to ensure integrated delivery across all settings to include the facilitation comprehensive discharge planning and follow-up care as an outpatient.
- Refers patients to education regarding the healthcare delivery and reimbursement systems, prescription drug programs, health & wellness programs, community agencies, public and private organizations, housing options, and other services, as appropriate.
- Contributes to problem solving within the team through communication, collaboration, data collection, obtaining consensus and evaluating outcomes of treatment options to include tracking patient progress towards care plan goals and revising the care plan as indicated.
- Provides education assistance to patient/family regarding discharge plan, payor sources and benefits, hospital/community agency resources
- Provides appropriate problem-solving interventions to increase patient/family compliance with discharge plan.
Family Support Specialist Intern
Econ River High School
08.2018 - 07.2019
- Coordinate, develop, and implement support systems to meet students’ social, emotional and behavioral needs.
- Facilitate psychoeducational groups
- Administer Adverse Childhood Experiences Assessments (ACEs)
- Build and maintain positive, cooperative, and effective relationships and conduct skill-building seminars with staff, students, families, community, and colleagues.
- Administered Risk and Resiliency Assessment for Adolescence Experiencing Trauma
- Support the student orientation process
Education
Masters of Social Work -
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL07.2020
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Florida Memorial University
05.2017
Skills
- Active Listener
- Rapport Building
- Case Management Proficiency
- Treatment Planning
- Reliability/Flexibility
Certification
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Functional Assessment Rating Scale(FARS)
Children's Functional Assessment Rating Scale(CFARS)
Timeline
Acute Care Social Worker
Veterans Administration Hospital
11.2023 - Current
Care Coordinator Full-Time
Orlando Regional Medical Center
04.2021 - 11.2023
REACH Coordinator Intern
ORLANDO HEALTH
08.2019 - 03.2020
Family Support Specialist Intern
Econ River High School
08.2018 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Florida Memorial University
Masters of Social Work -
University of Central Florida
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