Coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills, provide community integration and recreational opportunities, facilitate communication with family and friends, job coaching, meet with client care team to continually update care plans, providing supports and services that allow individuals to lead a meaningful life, ensuring accurate documentation along with medicaid guidelines for billing services.
Child Protection Caseworker
Oneida County Department of Social Services
Utica, NY
10.2009 - 10.2010
Receive reports from NYS to go investigate child abuse allegations, assess the environment and all parties and children involved, collaborated with state and local agencies, and other coordinators to develop individualized service plans for each case, working with family court, birth families, and foster families to facilitate and work toward family reunification.
Mental Health Caseworker
Catholic charities
Utica, NY
10.2008 - 10.2009
Conduct comprehensive assessments to individuals experiencing a crisis or requesting a referral for mental health services, make recommendations and assist in facilitating appropriate level of treatment, services, and supports, creating a individualized service plan, making home and community visits to individuals receiving services, linking individuals to outside agencies and community resources as indicated and appropriate, maintaining compliance with all medicaid billing.
Group Home Supervisor
Berkshire Farms
Madison, NY
03.2008 - 03.2009
Managing the day to day operations of the home including overseeing staff schedules, meal preparation, housekeeping duties, and maintenance tasks, observing individuals to monitor their emotional, physical, mental, and social well-being, developing treatment plans for each individual and monitoring progress towards goals, coordinating activities, conducting staff meetings to discuss issues related to individuals care and treatment, monitoring resident behavior to ensure that it is safe for others, working with a treatment team, family court, foster families, and birth families to promote family reunification.