Rosa A Rojas Medina

• Helped patients with meals, activities of daily living (ADLs) and facility transfers to promote security and patient well-being.
• Developed and maintained positive relationships with clients to create safe and supportive environment.
• Performed scheduled patient safety checks and documented results to establish patients' well-being.
• Observed patient behaviors and mental status and notified RN of unusual or potentially dangerous occurrences.
• Applied de-escalation and limit-setting techniques to promote patient cooperation.
• Assisted with patient restraint and seclusion scenarios to create safe environment for patient and medical personnel.

• Managed a public assistance caseload by performing professional casework duties in all categories of assistance.
• Received and assisted customers to provide public assistance services available through DHS programs to all eligible customers timely and accurately.
• Met with clients to discuss goals and activity requirements.
• Monitored case progress for timely completion and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Performed other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Being from different country it was a lot of learning regarding all the available services that IDHS have for people who meets eligibility requirements.

• Collaborated with the Psychologists loading and processing statistical data and other related duties as assigned.

• Served as a professional Social Worker under Clinical direction performing admission, discharge process, maintaining communication with the team .
• Served as team liaison with guardians, family and residential staff and other disciplines.
• Performed social work services for individuals on the facility .
• Attended the Center's Professional Staff Team (Daily incident review team, annual staffing, special team meeting, 72 hours and 14 days of admission team meeting, behavior intervention committee etc.)
• Participated in the starting process of client's placement gathering necessary documents, attending community placement meeting and followed learning about placements steps.
• Updated client documentation for accurate, compliant and current records.
• Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
• Received training
• Performed other duties assigned by the Clinical Director always maintained ethical principles.

The significant achievement I had was the great experience of being part of an excellent multidisciplinary team with whom I learned their different roles and

gained Social Worker skills at one of the largest mental health centers in Illinois. This made me realize that this is an area where I want to continue working as Social worker or QIDP.

• As MHT I had the same tasks already described above on the first part.

• Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Assisted with activities of daily living if needed, and encouraged attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion.
• Activities oriented to reach the clients plan or goals.
• Controlled temperature and other vital signs according to their written indications.
• Recorded performed activities.
• Encouraged and supported clients to participate in recreational and leisure activities to promote social interactions and reduce loneliness.

Working here was my first great experience providing direct care to people with developmental disabilities and it made me decide to continue learning in this very rewarding area! Mi only reason for leaving was to go to my country during the pandemic.

• Analyzed with colleagues all cases when ethical issues arisen.
• Evaluated with coworkers specifics cases that required timely interventions as family violence, suspicious of neglect detected during the hospitalization time and all cases that must be reported.
• Always maintained Ethical principles
• Trained new hired Social Workers.
• Attended interdisciplinary meeting when risky situation arisen.
• Followed the hospital guidelines in contingencies situations.
• Informed, guided about Social Security medical insurance coverage, limitations and benefits.
• Served as liaison with others hospital services.

Having worked at the biggest and most complex hospital of Paraguay was the fundamental basis of my career both as a dialysis nurse and as a Social Worker. It gave me great skills and knowledge as:

a) Nephrology-Dialysis Register Nurse (8 years)

b) Social worker (12 years, 9 months) Total: 20 years 9 months

Reason for leaving : Relocated in the United State. Please, If you find overlapping jobs and dates it is because I have also worked in two different shifts but in different places until 2018.

• Chief contact: rcabello@ips.gov.py

• Informed, guided and requested documents to access outsourced dialysis services for patients without dialysis coverage.
• Provided pre-dialysis, dialysis and pre-transplantation education and guide.
• Wrote an educational dialysis guide for clients in collaboration with a coworker, subject to later review by the Nephrologist.
• Supported and collaborated in all institutional activities as congresses, communities preventions activities.
• Organized, coordinated the annual activities and celebration of World Kidney Day.
• Wrote Social reports for referrals to outsourced dialysis centers.

Being part of the team that has written and applied the “Paraguay Kidney Health Program" was only one of my achievements . The knowledge acquired about the different stages of chronic kidney disease has allowed me to provide guidance,advice and counseling to clients and their families on the care of kidney patients.

• Reason for leaving : Relocated in the United States
• Director contact: Kuo Chen- Nephrologist. Email: fernandochen656@gmail.com - Asunción, Paraguay

• Dialysis treatments.
• Patient education and counseling.
• Medication administration.
• Patient assessments.
• Clinical documentation.
• Interpersonal communication.
• Always maintains Ethical principles.

Years later, this professional experience has enabled me to work as a Nephrology Social Worker, as it has combined my technical knowledge with the social aspects of caring for dialysis patients.

• Chief: Principal: rogerayalaferrari@yahoo.es