Madina Camara
Pawtucket,USA
Summary
I hold a Master of Public Health and have a strong interest in public protection and community health leadership. My background has prepared me to analyze public health challenges, contribute to effective policy and program development, and support initiatives that promote safety, equity, and population well-being.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vocational Specialist
Gateway Healthcare/Brown Health University
Pawtucket, RI
04.2026 - Current
- Maintains knowledge of best practices in supporting the educational and vocational needs of the targeted population.
- Uses Motivational Interviewing to engage clients in treatment and help them identify their goals.
- Engages clients in exploring employment and education history and assesses current interests.
- Creates job training and job development activities based on needs of targeted clients.
- Provides support to clients at employment or training sites.
- Conducts ongoing assessment, supervision, and skills training to improve client success.
- Participates as a liaison between clients, employers/educators, staff, and client’s formal and informal supports, to promote coordinated delivery of care.
- Reviews successes and challenges in job obtainment with clients and develops strategies to overcome barriers.
- Provides support to clients in preparing for and implementing educational goals.
- Participates in multidisciplinary team process to develop treatment plans that promote positive vocational and educational outcomes of clients.
- Helps develop person-centered treatment plans that are based on consumer and team input, participates in treatment planning review meetings.
- Maintains frequent communication and collaboration with clients, team members, and community providers, and partners.
- Maintains knowledge of available providers and resources in the community to address specialized needs.
- Maintains detailed, accurate, and timely documentation in medical records.
- Collects, records, and analyzes required data within the scope of job responsibilities.
- Enhances and maintains professional expertise through educational activities and trainings.
- Engages in trainings on evidence-based practice models specific to their assigned population, including motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy, implementing learned skills in daily interventions.
- Meets requirements for client contact time according to treatment plan, and for agency productivity targets.
- Follows agency policies and standards for client rights and confidentiality.
- Other duties as assigned.
Social Case Worker II
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS
Cranston, RI, USA
09.2025 - 04.2026
- To perform casework duties and responsibilities of a specialized nature; and/or to be assigned to a special area of service in child and family services and family preservation, family support and/or family reintegration; such assignments can be considered unique for various reasons such as geographical location, or irregular hours of work, and the nature of the work which could include: to appear and present material at Court hearings and trials; to exercise basic computer skills; to maintain and improve skill level through ongoing relevant training and education.
- To provide social services to a culturally diverse population of children and their families; to be responsible for family and children services, requiring a high degree of social work skill in the identification and analysis of social problems and treatment of individuals and families towards the goals of self-help, rehabilitation and preserving family life, the protection of children and the development of substitute care including permanency of children.
- To be responsible for providing culturally sensitive specialized child welfare and family preservation services which may include intensive services to children and families in their own home, foster care placement, to the physically, behaviorally, and/or emotionally challenged, and protective services, or other related services such as adoption and transportation of clients.
- To participate in special projects which are developed by the agency for the purpose of studying and evaluating special problem areas and/or agency practice and policy in order to improve agency service.
- To secure relevant information accurately and completely through the social study process in order to form a psycho-social history and case plan so that the client is helped to become engaged in an examination and solution of his/her problems, or to determine the appropriate and culturally sensitive plan for care and treatment for the child and the family.
- To make creative use of available resources and enlist the cooperation and understanding of other social agencies for the meeting of unusual, unique and/or special needs or individual care.
Community Psychiatric Supportive Team Specialist/Case Manager
Gateway Healthcare/Brown Health University
Pawtucket, RI, USA
11.2024 - 09.2025
- Assists in conducting screenings and assessments of clients through the person-centered treatment planning process.
- Assists clients to identify strategies or treatment options associated with their behavioral health disorder which interferes with their daily living and community integration.
- Provides supportive counseling solution-focused interventions with the individual with the goal of assisting the individual with social interpersonal self-care daily living and independent living skills to restore stability to support functional gains and to adapt to community living.
- Assists clients and family members or other collaterals with identifying strengths and needs resources natural supports and developing goals and objectives to use them effectively.
- Assists clients in developing coping strategies that ameliorate targeted symptoms.
- Provides individual and group interventions as identified in the treatment plan.
- Prepares treatment plans for assigned clients including medication management components as necessary.
- Assists clients in gaining skills to increase independence including transportation money management self-help domestic skills etc.
- Communicates with other providers for internal and external care coordination.
- Supports clients in managing chronic medical conditions establishing good health routines and practices personal care and accessing medical care.
- Maintains knowledge of available providers and resources in the community to address specialized needs.
- Participates in supervision team conferencing department and agency meetings.
- Maintains detailed accurate and timely documentation in health record.
- Enhances and maintains professional expertise through educational activities and trainings.
- Meets requirements for client contact time according to treatment plan and for agency productivity targets.
- Follows agency policies and standards for client rights and confidentiality.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Mobile Outreach Specialist
Advocates, Inc.
Framingham, MA, USA
07.2023 - 11.2024
- Responsible for the delivery of services, support, interventions, and coordination of other services to achieve goals for the person served.
- Participate in the development of the treatment plan and attend other treatment meetings as required.
- Perform interventions with persons served that address their identified goals and result in skill development.
- Provide transportation to persons served as connected to treatment needs.
- Communicate progress of persons served, status, and any changes in daily notes, monthly submission of progress notes and submission treatment plans as needed.
- Ensure that rehabilitative treatment and clinical records meet Rehab Option standards and billing codes are entered in a timely and accurate manner.
- Demonstrate a proactive commitment to maintaining effective communication with staff and customers to facilitate and promote effective working relationships and customer service.
- Support individuals in transition between group homes and independent living.
- Assist with all facets of the move which includes packing/unpacking, organizing for a physical move, setting up utilities, cleaning.
- Ensure all paperwork, reports, and training courses are up to date and completed within the expected timelines.
- Provide crisis intervention and access emergency services as needed.
- Identify and address community integration issues for persons served.
- Participate in or facilitate group work as designated by supervisor.
- Actively participate and attend supervision and staff meetings.
- Actively participate and attend trainings as assigned; maintain necessary certifications (CPR/First Aid, Crisis Management, MAP).
- Maintain professional, pleasant, approachable, and helpful demeanor at all times.
Shared Living Provider
Living Innovations
Warwick, RI, USA
04.2020 - 04.2024
- Communicate with coordinator as appropriate regarding program & service needs to ensure individuals are appropriately supported.
- Ensured that the supported individuals are reaching their true potential and living life to the fullest.
- Ensured the health and safety of the Individuals, including Personal care.
- Provide education, counseling, and physical assistance when necessary to achieve ISP goals in the following areas: domestic skills, health and personal hygiene, social skills, communication skills, community mobility, self-esteem, and money management.
- Provides transportation to individuals as necessary for doctor's appointments and running errands.
Community Health Worker (C.H.W.) & AmeriCorps Research Assistant
Epilepsy Foundation New England
Providence, RI, USA
06.2023 - 12.2023
- Provide active listening, support, and coaching to patients to improve health and wellness.
- Build connections among patients through community-based events.
- Connect patients to EFNE, hospitals, and community resources.
- Arrange inpatient support and/or recreational programs.
- Assist in new initiatives as well as participate in interventions, telehealth, resource referrals, and back-to-school support.
- Mentor patients and connect them to community resources.
- Conduct community outreach.
- Maintain a library of helpful literature.
- Provide support to hospitals with their unique needs and programming.
Direct Support Professional
The Arc of Blackstone Valley
Pawtucket, RI, USA
02.2017 - 11.2020
- Assist individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Drove motor vehicles to transport clients to physicians' offices or outings.
- Administered bedside and personal care, such as ambulation and personal hygiene assistance.
Hairdresser
African Hair Braiding Salon
Pawtucket, RI, USA
10.2015 - 02.2017
- Scheduled client appointments.
- Shampooed, rinsed, conditioned and dried hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap or other solutions.
- Cut, trimmed and shaped hair or hairpieces based on customers' instructions, and hair type.
Ebola Response Technical Assistant
Earth Institute at Columbia University
New York, USA
01.2015 - 09.2015
- Communicated Ebola updates to all staff members of various public health agencies to ensure critical information was received promptly.
- Coordinate meetings for up to 20 people weekly to ensure all necessary information was communicated.
- Write detailed meeting minutes to share with team members and leaders.
- Assessed the validity of the epidemiologic data, taking into consideration bias and other study limitations.
- Maintained databases regarding Ebola cases.
- Made oral presentations to a variety of audiences of varying size.
- Read strategic plans related to epidemiologic work.
- Collected data needed for the evaluation of surveillance systems using established guidance and methods.
Managing Director
Wille Barry Elementary School
Kamsar, Guinea
07.2009 - 01.2015
- Providing leadership to principals in developing programs to help students reach benchmarks and higher state standards.
- Recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and retaining principals.
- Collaborating with schools and departments in staff development activities for instructional staff.
- Developing and implementing educational policies and procedures.
- Supervising and evaluating faculty and staff performance.
- Managing school budget and resources.
- Ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Coordinating and overseeing student activities and events.
- Maintaining positive relationships with parents, students, and the community.
Education
Master of Science - Public Health with concentration in Global Health
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH03-2025
Foundational Training - Public Health
AmeriCorps
Remote12-2023
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH08-2022
Associate of Arts - Journalism And Communication
Mercure International University
Conakry, Guinea06-2009
Skills
- Native French
- Proficient with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Outlook, and Visio
- Excellent time-management, multi-tasking, and analytical skills with detail-oriented focus
- Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Excels in working in a fast-paced environment
- Time Management
- High level of integrity
- Honesty and Accountability
- Effectiveness in short and long-term planning
- Financial management
- Human resources management
- High-level interpersonal skills
- Building collaborative relationships
- Strategic thinking
- Management experience
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Pro-active and solutions oriented
- Able to operate in a multicultural environment
- Adaptive, Patient, Resourceful, Resilient and Flexible
- Ability to work under pressure and High level of autonomy at work
- Ability to stay on track and meet deadlines
Certification
- Basic Motivational Interview for Behavioral Healthcare Providers and Staff, 2025-06-01, New England Addiction Technology Transfer center, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences. UMASS Chan Medical School.
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Developing a Systems View (Patient Safety I) Certification, 2025-04-01, Johns Hopkins University
- Targeted HIV Case Management Certification, 2025-04-01, Rhode Island College
- Medication Administration Program (MAP), 2025-10-01, Advocates Inc.
- Adult First Aid/CPR/AED, 2025-07-01, American Red Cross
- Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification, 2025-07-01, Epilepsy Foundation New England
Coursework
- Prin-Environmental Health
- Population-Based Epidemiology
- Research Methods-Public Health
- Economic Principles-Healthcare
- Biostatistics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Human Resource Management
- Healthcare Delivery Systems
- Healthcare Economics
- Healthcare Marketing
- Healthcare Reimbursement
- Organizational Behavior
- Business Systems Analysis & Design
- Healthcare Strategic Management & Policy
- Healthcare Finance
- Healthcare Quality Management
Languages
French
English
Timeline
Vocational Specialist
Gateway Healthcare/Brown Health University
04.2026 - Current
Social Case Worker II
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS
09.2025 - 04.2026
Community Psychiatric Supportive Team Specialist/Case Manager
Gateway Healthcare/Brown Health University
11.2024 - 09.2025
Mobile Outreach Specialist
Advocates, Inc.
07.2023 - 11.2024
Community Health Worker (C.H.W.) & AmeriCorps Research Assistant
Epilepsy Foundation New England
06.2023 - 12.2023
Shared Living Provider
Living Innovations
04.2020 - 04.2024
Direct Support Professional
The Arc of Blackstone Valley
02.2017 - 11.2020
Hairdresser
African Hair Braiding Salon
10.2015 - 02.2017
Ebola Response Technical Assistant
Earth Institute at Columbia University
01.2015 - 09.2015
Managing Director
Wille Barry Elementary School
07.2009 - 01.2015
Foundational Training - Public Health
AmeriCorps
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration
Southern New Hampshire University
Associate of Arts - Journalism And Communication
Mercure International University
Master of Science - Public Health with concentration in Global Health
Southern New Hampshire University