SEBASTIANA SHADRACHA SIMON
Brooklyn,New York
Summary
Adaptable professional with experience in social services supporting client-centered care planning and interdisciplinary collaboration. Strong communication skills and work ethic. Quick learner who applies new knowledge to meet organizational goals.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Specialist-Bushwick Assertive Community Tre
Institute for Community Living
Brooklyn, New York
06.2025 - Current
- Works as part of multidisciplinary team with shared caseloads.
- Supports people with serious and persistent mental illness in finding and keeping safe living, work, and social supports by connecting medical, social, psychosocial, educational, financial, vocational, and other needed services.
- Provides counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and community-based support in homes, shelters, and street settings for individuals with mental illness and history of decompensation and relapse tied to poor outpatient follow-through.
- Offers support and psychoeducation to family members, friends, and other collateral contacts.
Care Coordinator-Pathways to Wellness -(PTW)
Institute for Community Living
Brooklyn, New York
11.2022 - 06.2025
- Completed initial and ongoing assessments for assigned clients to identify strengths, needs, goals, and resources.
- Took part in development, documentation, review, and updates of client-centered, comprehensive, integrated, interdisciplinary care plans with team members to keep focus on desired outcomes.
- Maintained clear communication with clients, primary care physicians, substance use and behavioral health providers, family collateral resources, and other agency staff on behalf of clients.
- Coordinated care planning with other service providers to support goal-directed collaborative care, including care transitions, and participated in team meetings to review psychosocial and medical conditions, comorbidities, client status, plan updates, goals, and program outcomes.
- Provided telephonic and face-to-face outreach, engagement, and service planning in field settings.
- Connected clients to community services, including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement, and other needed supports under interdisciplinary care plans.
Case Manager-Brooklyn Apartment Treatment Program
Institute for Community Living
Brooklyn, New York
05.2019 - 11.2022
- Travels to consumer residences on program schedule to provide supportive services.
- Collects medical, psychological, and social information affecting each situation and reviews consumer abilities; maintains treatment plans, quarterly service-plan reviews, assessments, medical records, and treatment or medication changes manually or through computer systems.
- Explains available clinical services, recreational activities, and ICL programs; teaches daily living skills, socialization skills, and conflict resolution.
- Performs crisis assessments and provides verbal and nonverbal crisis intervention.
Accounts Clerk III
Government Of Saint Lucia
Castries , Saint Lucia
01.2010 - 02.2019
- Supported child maintenance cash management and verified transactions for the Department of Justice, Family Court, Grade 5.
- Recorded cash deposits and kept money balanced with bank accounts.
- Updated electronic transaction logs in Microsoft Word and Excel to ensure real-time access to financial records.
- Supported Accounts Clerk II with daily tasks and managed work flow.
- Ensured confidentiality in child maintenance cases, provided accurate information to clients, processed invoices and purchase orders for government departments, and prepared financial records for audit review.
- Supervises Accounts Clerk II
- Required to maintain confidentiality and integrity of both complainants and defendants in Child Maintenance cases and to provide clients with accurate information for necessary action.
- Processed invoices and purchase orders for government departments.
- Maintained accurate financial records and documentation to support compliance during audits.
Accounts Clerk II
Department of Justice
Carrie, Saint Lucia
- Provided support during family court hearings
- Grade 4
- Executed cash collection and prepared maintenance commitments and warrants, ensuring accurate financial documentation.
- Issued receipts for child maintenance deposits into bank account daily, facilitating transparent financial transactions.
- Works with the clerk of court providing information on payment to the court.
- Maintained up-to-date client records, supporting efficient case management and accessibility of information.
Bursary (Ag) Grade 5
Ministry of Education
Castries, Saint Lucia
- Collaborated with school counselor to implement school subsidy programs, enhancing access to transportation and book rental for students.
- Assisted with preparation of financial records for income, expenditure, cash flow, and budget.
- Managed inventory records for school equipment, ensuring accurate tracking of supply distribution and timely procurement of necessary purchases.
- Oversaw ancillary staff, including janitors, caretakers, and gatekeepers, to maintain a safe and efficient school environment.
- Managed ancillary staff to maintain cleanliness and security within the school premises.
Education
Master of Science - Social Work
Hunter College- Silberman School of Social Work
New York, NY07-2026
BS - Social Work
University of The Southern Caribbean (Saint Lucia Site)
Saint Lucia, Castries 01-2016
Certificate - Social Work
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (Saint Lucia)
01-2010
Skills
- Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook
Personal Information
Title: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
Timeline
Family Specialist-Bushwick Assertive Community Tre
Institute for Community Living
06.2025 - Current
Care Coordinator-Pathways to Wellness -(PTW)
Institute for Community Living
11.2022 - 06.2025
Case Manager-Brooklyn Apartment Treatment Program
Institute for Community Living
05.2019 - 11.2022
Accounts Clerk III
Government Of Saint Lucia
01.2010 - 02.2019
Accounts Clerk II
Department of Justice
Bursary (Ag) Grade 5
Ministry of Education
Master of Science - Social Work
Hunter College- Silberman School of Social Work
BS - Social Work
University of The Southern Caribbean (Saint Lucia Site)
Certificate - Social Work
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (Saint Lucia)