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Shannon Preston

West Long Branch,New Jersey

Summary

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Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, HIV Community Services

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
06.2017 - Current
  • Supported work-life balance to improve staff morale.
  • Managed staff, financials and key performance indicators to facilitate business operations.
  • Coordinated activities with other departments to expedite work and improve interdepartmental performance.
  • Built strong referral network to generate new business opportunities.
  • Cultivated and maintained relationships to promote positive work culture.
  • Supervises staff performance of assigned responsibilities and ensures staff operates in compliance with professional standards
  • Serves as a liaison between agency administration and the NJ Division of HIV, STD and TB Services
  • Participates in state planning activities including participation in the NJ HIV Planning Group
  • Serves as a liaison to other community and statewide service providers to ensure the availability of resources to meet program objectives.
  • Guided and motivated staff to drive maximum performance.

Manager, Prevention and Treatment

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
08.2007 - Current
  • Provides direct oversight for Project R.E.A.L, a youth drop in center
  • Provides direct oversight for the Mobile HIV testing Unit
  • Oversees all aspects of the Rapid/Rapid Testing program
  • Oversees the process of developing annual agency HIV prevention goals and objectives
  • Identifies plans for implementing, monitoring and evaluating program implementation
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly reports as required by the NJ Division of HIV, STD and TB Services.

Division of HIV, STD and TB Services/Faculty Consultant

Department of Health and Senior Services
07.2000 - Current
  • Facilitated case management programs including the implementation of the acuity scale tool, standards of care and prevention with positives curriculums
  • Facilitated the HIV Prevention Counseling Series for NJ drug treatment facilities
  • Facilitate the HIV Prevention Counseling Series for NJ funded HIV prevention programs.

Manager, Ryan White Case Management Coordinator

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
02.2001 - 08.2007
  • Provide direct supervision and technical assistance to VNACJ Ryan White Case Managers
  • Facilitate monthly networking meetings for regionally funded Ryan White and other HIV case manager
  • Identify gaps in service delivery and prepare strategic plans for new networks of service for case managers
  • Create strategies to ensure there is no duplication of services between Ryan White funded case managers
  • Co-Authored the statewide 'Standards of Care for HIV Title II Case Managers'
  • Participated in the creation of the Title II Acuity Scales for Case Managers
  • Participate in all Consortium administrative activities
  • Facilitate the annual community level needs assessment process for the Monmouth/Ocean Care Consortium
  • Prepare annual budget reports and quarterly statistical reports for the Division of HIV, STD and TB Services to provide information about program outcomes
  • HOPWA Coordinator for Monmouth County
  • Housing for Dignity Shelter Plus Housing agency representative.

Ryan White Case Manager/Outreach Coordinator

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
08.1996 - 02.2001
  • Assisted individuals with HIV in Monmouth County access medical care and community resources
  • Collaborate and educate community agencies about HIV and related services
  • Implement and develop community outreach strategies to result in an annual case load of 150 clients
  • Provide direct supervision to social work undergraduate interns.

Education

Stevens Institute of Technology

Master's Degree of Social Work -

Rutgers University, Graduate School of Social Work

Bachelor's Degree of Social Work -

Rutgers University, Livingston College

Skills

  • Program policy and procedure creation
  • Staff supervision and performance management
  • Liaison between agency administration and external organizations
  • State planning and participation in planning groups
  • Resource coordination and availability
  • Development and implemetation
  • Networking and gap identification in service delivery
  • Strategic planning for new networks of service
  • Community level needs assessment
  • Budget and statistical reporting
  • Collaboration and education of community agencies
  • Staff Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Project Management
  • Team Building
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Project Coordination

Professionalparticipation

  • New Jersey HIV Planning Group, Chair, 01/11/11 - present
  • New Jersey HIV Planning Group, Chair, 01/10/10 - 12/10/10
  • New Jersey HIV Planning Group, Vice Chair, 01/09/09 - 12/10/10
  • NJ Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need Planning Task Force, Vice Chair, 01/04/04 - 01/07/07
  • VNACJ Ethics Committee, Member, 09/02/02 - present

Personal Information

Title: MSW, LSW

Awards

  • Recognition from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders for work in HIV and Housing, 2003
  • 1998 Distinguished Service Award from Discovery House, Inc, 1998

Timeline

Director, HIV Community Services

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
06.2017 - Current

Manager, Prevention and Treatment

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
08.2007 - Current

Manager, Ryan White Case Management Coordinator

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
02.2001 - 08.2007

Division of HIV, STD and TB Services/Faculty Consultant

Department of Health and Senior Services
07.2000 - Current

Ryan White Case Manager/Outreach Coordinator

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
08.1996 - 02.2001

Stevens Institute of Technology

Master's Degree of Social Work -

Rutgers University, Graduate School of Social Work

Bachelor's Degree of Social Work -

Rutgers University, Livingston College

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