Shari Dark-Reynolds
Cataula,GA
Summary
Dynamic Medical Social Worker with extensive hospice experience, adept at crisis intervention and psychosocial assessment. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective care coordination and emotional support. Skilled in healthcare navigation and interdisciplinary collaboration, fostering resilience in diverse populations while ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Social Worker/Volunteer Coordinator
Empyrean Hospice
11.2024 - Current
- Completed psychosocial evaluations and needs assessments.
- Connected patients with community resources, ensuring access to essential services such as housing, healthcare, and financial assistance.
- Offered crisis intervention services to address urgent concerns related to mental health, substance abuse, or domestic violence issues.
- Developed cultural competence through ongoing professional development opportunities, providing culturally sensitive services to diverse patient populations.
- Recruited, trained, maintained, and matched volunteers to hospice patients and their families
Medical Social Worker
Preferred Care Hospice
03.2023 - 10.2024
- Developed cultural competence through ongoing professional development opportunities, providing culturally sensitive services to diverse patient populations.
- Maintained detailed documentation of client progress, adhering to strict confidentiality guidelines in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Explained medical care options to help families make informed healthcare decisions.
- Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
- Enhanced interdisciplinary team collaboration for optimal patient care through regular case conferences and communication.
- Ensured continuity of care by coordinating seamless transitions from hospitalization to outpatient services or long-term care facilities.
- Improved patient outcomes by conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments and developing individualized care plans.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during critical health situations, promoting coping mechanisms and resilience.
Education
Master Of Social Work -
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GABachelor Of Social Work - Social Work
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS05.1994
Skills
- Bereavement counseling
- Stress reduction techniques
- Healthcare navigation
- Dementia care
- Anxiety management
- Grief support
- Clinical documentation
- Self-harm prevention
- Depression treatment
- Home visitation
- Family support
- Alzheimer's support
- Assessing needs
- Interdisciplinary coordination
- Networking with staff
- Goal setting
- Follow-up care
- Multicultural competence
- Suicide prevention
- Palliative care
- Psychosocial assessment
- Visiting patient homes
- Group therapy
- Hospice care
- Family counseling
- Social history intake procedures
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Educating families
- Service referral management
- Caregiver support
- Coordinating services
- Gathering referrals
- Medical care counseling
- Bereavement services
- Critical thinking
- Crisis intervention
- Relationship building
- Intervention planning
- Electronic medical record software
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Problem-solving abilities
- Worker supervision
- Active listening
- Effective communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Verbal and written communication
Timeline
Medical Social Worker/Volunteer Coordinator
Empyrean Hospice
11.2024 - Current
Medical Social Worker
Preferred Care Hospice
03.2023 - 10.2024
Master Of Social Work -
Valdosta State University
Bachelor Of Social Work - Social Work
University of Kansas
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