KETURAH NAOMI DAWSON
Birmingham,AL
Summary
Talented Case Manager adept at handling high caseloads without sacrificing quality of care. Operates in high-pressure environments while recommending best resources and courses of action to benefit patient needs and return each to optimal quality of life. Has a great character of temperament, integrity, and empathy.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Case Manager
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility
2021.12 - Current
- Provide Therapeutic Education for inmates.
- Caseload of 54, managing 25-50 Residents
- Support PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act)
- Conducts risk/need assessments and creates individual treatment plans for each assigned participant to establish measurable criteria of expected behavior and accomplishments and time frame for achieving specified goals.
- Reviews plan with participants on regular basis and document progress or revisions so that they are gaining life skills necessary to make successful reentry into community.
- Facilitates psycho-educational/behavior modification groups using evidence-based curriculum.
- Assists participants to establish personal budget, locate suitable housing, enroll in educational and vocational programs and participate in family and community activities, as appropriate, to ensure that they are working towards financial independence.
- May orient participants upon arrival at facility to provide smooth assimilation into program including having them complete paperwork, take facility tours, or introduce to other participants have you developed any policy or procedures to improve onboarding procedures.
- Intakes are conducted once a week.
- Plan organized games and activities, facilitates classes like Relapse Prevention, Life Skills, Wellness, and Beyond Trauma for 15-100 Residents. Create curriculum that provides handouts, PowerPoint, and open- end questions that lead to discussions from 60min to 120 min.
- Ensure files are secure to protect participant confidentiality.
- Prepares discharge reports within established time parameters upon participant release to summarize program performance and to satisfy contract requirements.
- Participates in staff meetings by sharing observations and recommendations regarding facility, participants and staff relations to identify and solve problems and function as unified team.
- Clinical Manager assigns Case Manager to cover task to train clinical staff.
- Clinical tasks can cover, How to write Treatment plans, Individual Counseling, PREAs, Intake packets, and Case notes.
- Maintains confidentiality obtained through job duties regarding employees, vendors, participants, and outside agencies so that sensitive information is only given on a "need to know" basis.
- Monitors participant’s compliance with alcohol and drug counseling when required.
- Reports all program violations to appropriate agency or official via established reporting parameters.
- Conducts orientation meetings with new participants to explain program rules and regulations.
- Verbally explains participant’s contract in detail to ensure that participant understands his/her responsibilities.
- Communicate effectively with all levels of staff in manner that promotes team spirit and sense of cooperation.
- Complies with work rules and policies as explained in company Employee Handbook, and Facility Policies and Procedures Manual
- Responsible to making sure Residents are in compliance with room inspections and Unit Policies
Plans Officer
US Army National Guard, Transportation Movement Control
2012.10 - Current
- Conduct Training meetings with full time staff and Leadership from each section. Discuss training schedule, due-outs, 30-day, 60-day, 90-day out planning of Drill.
- Brief Unit on Equal Opportunity and any Briefings assigned from TAG at Joint Force Headquarters.
- Ensure Unit members are in compliance with all Army Regulations to include Hazmat, Administration, Security, Supply, Inventory, Equipment, Safety, Wear and Appearance, Transportation, Logistics, and Training.
- Exercise personal leadership in establishing, maintaining and carrying out continuing affirmative action program to promote Equal Opportunity in every aspect of personnel practice in employment and development.
- Provide team with leadership, effective communications skills, delegating members to task, interpersonal skills and unit cohesiveness. Development of subordinates and providing trust to support team.
Patient Care Technician
UAB Hospital Center for Psychiatric Medicine
2013.05 - 2023.01
- Ensure comfort of patients during and between treatments
- Psychiatric Patients have to rounded on every 15 minutes to note location and behavior.
- Bathe, dress and/or feed patients based on individual abilities.
- Provide transport to and from treatments.
- Measure vital signs and take samples of urine, stool or sputum as needed by healthcare provider
- Performs blood draws using venipuncture skills.
- Maintains an uninterrupted line of sight with patient(s)
- Appropriately communicates information in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Completes all documentation as required
- Interacts and copes effectively with diverse populations in sudden, stressful situations resulting from trauma, and physical and mental illness
- Remains alert and mentally engaged for extended periods of time
- Uses verbal intervention to calm patient, diffuse aggressive behavior or prevent escalation of conflict
- Track any behavioral changes in patients that may be of use to healthcare providers
- Perform CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) as needed
Distribution Rations Supervisor (Army Technician T
Fort McClellan
2020.12 - 2021.11
- Supervise two E6 (Supply Technicians) who manage and issue the commodities such as fuel, MREs, Ice, PORTOLETS, Class II, and Class VII
- Reviews, analyzes and interprets supply directives and procedural instructions as necessary to render assistance support to the MTA and supported units
- Develops, establishes and ensures publication and distribution of MTA SOPs for procurement, storage, issue, and return of MTA property and equipment
- Acts as technical advisor to the MTA Manager on logistical matters and problems
- Controls and administers stock fund activities
- Responsible for the operation of a logistics support operations center
- Responsible for the operation of general supply and warehousing activities to include; MTA property book management, housing and billeting, ammunition, POL, medical, cantonment, subsistence, special services and recreation
- Responsible for fiscal management and budget of operational requirements
- L1 Approve of Government Purchase Card on GFEBS data base
- Responsible for physical security in accordance with AR/NGR 190 series
- Ensures that there is an effective safety program in the logistics areas
- Directs activities pertaining to property accounting, supply economy and records maintenance
- Directs activities concerned with salvage and protection of storage
- Initiates and coordinates instructions to insure the training of personnel in logistics functions
- Responsible for the preparation and timely submission of a variety of reports.
Education
BS - Biology, Chemistry
A&M University
Skills
- CPR
- Crisis Intervention Prevention
- Risk management/assessment
- Problem solving
- Operational planning
- Kronos
- Communication
- Community engagement
- Power chart
- Secure Management
- Class/Group Facilitator
Accomplishments
- Employee of the Month of July 2023 at Alabama Therapeutic Educational Facility
- Achieved planning and operating the Spelling Bee Contest amongst the Residents through effectively helping with Recovery Month.
- Planned and Facilitate 12 Retirement and Chain of Command Ceremonies.
- Supervised team of 3 staff members.
Affiliations
- Alabama Army National Guard 21 years of service
Certification
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Over 50 classes online certificates for training completed annually at GEO Group.
- Over 50 classes online certificates for training completed annually in the Army Guard.
Timeline
Case Manager
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility
2021.12 - Current
Distribution Rations Supervisor (Army Technician T
Fort McClellan
2020.12 - 2021.11
Patient Care Technician
UAB Hospital Center for Psychiatric Medicine
2013.05 - 2023.01
Plans Officer
US Army National Guard, Transportation Movement Control
2012.10 - Current
BS - Biology, Chemistry
A&M University
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Over 50 classes online certificates for training completed annually at GEO Group.
- Over 50 classes online certificates for training completed annually in the Army Guard.
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