Shevette Bellinger

• Coordinate and manage residential habilitation services to clients living in both group home settings and apartment living in the community
• Planning, developing, implementing, and monitoring of client’s residential plan of supports, behavior supports and health and safety for people receiving services
• Supervising, hiring, training and coaching staff in their performance of duties and deliverance of residential habilitation services
• Monitor client’s finances to include Consumer Fund Accounts, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and other benefit programs
• Facilitate supportive services and counseling for clients
• Maintain documentation to fulfill funding recommendations as well as complete and submit paperwork to fulfill billing requirements for program
• Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal rules and regulations applying to residential habilitation and agency policy.

• Manage and oversee operations of an eight bed Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF)
• Supervise up to 20 Direct Support Professionals
• Hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified staff to carry out facility services
• Facilitate annual CRCF Training, in-service training
• Performance management including staff evaluations, counseling, and release of employment
• Conduct weekly inspections and complete unit evaluations for cleanliness and safety ensuring facility is compliant with legal, regulatory, accreditation and guideline standard to maintain licensure as a Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF).
• Enhanced family satisfaction with household management by addressing concerns promptly and efficiently.
• Adapted quickly to last-minute changes in plans or circumstances without compromising on quality or results.

• Teach Independent Living Skills and provide Counseling to youth between the ages of 17 and 21 that exhibit psychiatric, emotional, behavioral and/or learning disorders
• Assist students with job search, application process and interviewing skills.
• Implemented evidence-based interventions to address clients'' emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to expand clinical knowledge and stay current on best practices within the field.

• Teach life skills classes as well as behavior modification skills to chemically dependent youth.
• Reduced behavioral incidents by employing de-escalation techniques and maintaining a calm environment.
• Maintained safe and supportive residential environments for at-risk individuals, contributing to their overall wellbeing.

• Provide therapeutic case management services to mental, emotional, and physically abused adolescents in the custody of the state of South Carolina
• Advise families on community resources and referral programs and develop and implement realistic treatment plans to improve the care and wellbeing of children
• Maintain thorough case history records and write detailed and accurate reports to successfully review in court and with other staff member
• Assess families for foster care licensure and conduct home studies
• Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
• Developed strong client relationships through consistent communication and attentive service.
• Conduct Policy Management and Pre-Service Trainings.

Certified Adoption Specialist

September 2004 - December 2005

Foster Care Case Manager

July 2002 - September 2004

Youth Program Coordinator

September 2001 - July 2002

Self Sufficiency Case Manager

December 1999 - September 2001