Teresa Boon
Discovery Bay,CA
Summary
to obtain a social work practicum instructor position.
Overview
1
1
Certification
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Dialysis Social Worker Advanced
DaVita Antioch
Antioch, CA
09.2008 - Current
- Conducted psychosocial assessments, providing tailored recommendations to enhance patient well-being. Completed CMS mandated tasks and social work specific tasks. Reviewed and assessed quality of life survey results, developed patient goals, and followed up to refine care plans aimed at improving quality of life scores. Collaborated with FA and interdisciplinary team to advocate for strategies enhancing patient care experience. Counsels new and current patients and families on treatment options and modalities; provides support, information, and assistance in treatment planning; helps patient and family in adjusting to dialysis and altered lifestyle; provides resource information.
Medical Social Worker
Community Hospice
Modesto, CA
10.2003 - 08.2008
- Conducted psychosocial assessments of terminally ill patients and their families and provided supportive counseling for anticipatory grief and bereavement issues. Refer to internal and external resources. Coordinated with team members to plan and implement the plan of care. Assisted with intake process. Shared in providing evening, weekend, and holiday on call services.
Supervising Social Worker / Intake Coordinator (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
Antioch, CA
03.2002 - 09.2003
- Provided initial and ongoing training and supervision of social workers. Provided support and intervention assistance to social workers and foster parents as needed. Lead a foster parent support group. Provided on-call support to social workers. Educated staff on state and agency regulations and monitored compliance of staff and foster parents. Prepared and conducted evaluations of employees' work performance. Performed all responsibilities of Intake Coordinator.
Trainer / Intake Coordinator (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
Antioch, CA
09.1999 - 02.2002
- Coordinated the pre-certification training schedule and conducted all pre-certification training courses (12-hour course). Maintained communications with potential foster parents. Trained the co-trainer. Conducted office interviews. Completed home study interviews and reports. Assessed potential families throughout the pre-certification process and counseled out inappropriate families. Taught the Early Start Program (12-hour course). Implemented several specialty programs (The Support Partners and The Early Start Program), to better meet the needs of our referral partners. Performed all responsibilities of an Intake Coordinator.
Intake Coordinator / Social Worker (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
Antioch, CA
12.1997 - 08.1999
- Coordinated placements with placement works, foster families, and children. Arranged, facilitated and coordinated pre-placement interviews and visits. Performed all responsibilities of an Aspira Social Worker.
Social Worker
Aspira Foster & Family Services
Antioch, CA
03.1997 - 11.1997
- Counseled children, ages 0-17, and their foster parents. Prepared needs assessments, treatment plans, discharge summaries, quarterly reports, monthly reports, and weekly documentation on assigned foster homes and foster children. Monitored foster homes to assure compliance with state and agency regulations. Maintained professional relationships with county placement workers, therapists, and teachers. Secured necessary services for children. Increased placement stability for children in foster homes and preserved foster parent longevity.
Hickman Homes Foster Family Agency
San Francisco, CA
09.1996 - 02.1997
- Conducted home-based counseling with foster children, ages 0-17 and foster parents on a weekly basis. Completed all written reports and documentation within given deadlines. Monitored foster homes to assure compliance with state and agency regulations. Taught foster families skills needed to successfully preserve placements. Served as child's advocate with necessary. Increased placement stability for children in foster homes and preserved foster parent longevity.
Social Work Intern
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA
09.1995 - 05.1996
- Functioned as a social worker at a small, specialty hospital. Counseled in-patient clients in individual and family formats. Addressed issues regarding terminal illness, grieving, trauma, and substance abuse in counseling. Maintained appropriate client records. Referred clients for needed ancillary services.
Social Work Intern
North End Community Health Center
Boston, MA
09.1994 - 05.1995
- Functioned as a social work in a community-based health center. Provided home-based individual counseling to geriatric clients. Facilitated meetings to address family crisis. Co-lead a drug education/social skills group for six-year-old boys with various learning disabilities and behavioral problems.
Education
Master of Social Work -
Boston University Graduate School of Social Work
Boston, Massachusetts05-1996
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California06-1993
Skills
- Dialysis care planning
- Treatment modality counseling
- Psychosocial assessment
- Quality of life analysis
- CMS compliance
- Clinical documentation
Certification
- Associate Clinical Social Worker. Registration No. ASW117944
Timeline
Dialysis Social Worker Advanced
DaVita Antioch
09.2008 - Current
Medical Social Worker
Community Hospice
10.2003 - 08.2008
Supervising Social Worker / Intake Coordinator (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
03.2002 - 09.2003
Trainer / Intake Coordinator (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
09.1999 - 02.2002
Intake Coordinator / Social Worker (promotion)
Aspira Foster & Family Services
12.1997 - 08.1999
Social Worker
Aspira Foster & Family Services
03.1997 - 11.1997
Hickman Homes Foster Family Agency
09.1996 - 02.1997
Social Work Intern
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
09.1995 - 05.1996
Social Work Intern
North End Community Health Center
09.1994 - 05.1995
Master of Social Work -
Boston University Graduate School of Social Work
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Santa Cruz