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Willie L Trimble

Tucson

Summary

developing teaching strategies and designing and implementing vocational training programs; work leadership and staff supervision; group facility management; coordinating and monitoring the implementation of prescribed therapeutic routines; data collection for client program planning; writing client program goals and objectives. ABILITY to: resolve problems and questions presented by vendors or agency staff regarding work processes, policies, organization or health care and training methods; multi-task and use sound communication skills, i.e., prioritize tasks, analyze, and share information and follow-up; handles emergency staffing and/or situations.

Experienced with comprehensive discharge planning and patient care coordination. Utilizes effective communication and collaboration to ensure seamless patient transitions. Knowledge of healthcare processes and patient advocacy enhances overall care quality.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Discharge Planner

Lafrontera
Tucson, USA
02.2025 - 03.2025
  • Facilitating and scheduling ART meetings with outpatient treatment teams from Lafrontera and other agencies for members who are in IOP transitional facilities to check in with member and treatment team to see how member is doing most of the members are in recovery for some type of illegal substances and they are there for up to 6months to work on sobriety by attending IOP groups daily Monday through Friday
  • Encourage them to find employment and find placement through planning and resources that are provided from team and myself
  • They have access to employment services to help them through Lafrontera if they want it
  • Program is to gain independence so that they can be ready for the next steps going forward

Hospital Liaison Recovery Coach

Lafrontera
Tucson, USA
09.2023 - 02.2025
  • Set up ART meetings and facilitate the meetings with Social Workers and members in level 1 hospital setting to check on members progress in the more restrictive setting
  • Provide discharge appointments for social workers for members at discharge
  • Coordinate care for members with outpatient team and social workers in level one facilities ECT

Recovery Tech

La Frontera
Arizona, USA
08.2013 - 09.2023
  • Providing client support, medication monitoring, case management, transporting clients to appointments, de-escalating possible crisis situations
  • Prepare meals, progress notes, talking with doctors via email and on the telephone to get revocations started and about medication issues
  • Writing admit notes and discharge notes, ability to see when a client is declining in treatment and intervening in crisis situations
  • Intakes, admits, counting in medications, perform safety and welfare checks on clients in 15 minute increments
  • Teaching living skills to clients as well as picking them up calling in refills, rooms checks, encourage clients to do cores and hygiene
  • Attend monthly team meetings, recognize symptoms of client in crises, redirecting clients, give verbal cues to clients, advocate for clients in treatment, provide resources for clients and ECT

Habilitation Technician II/Mental Health Program Specialist 2

State of Arizona
Tucson, USA
01.2011 - 08.2013
  • Helps clients develop daily living skills through instruction and example
  • Instructs developmentally disabled and mental health clients with coping skills, anger management and aggression and the ABCs of mental health personal care including hygiene, proper eating techniques, and various other living skills
  • Observes the behavior of clients and intervenes in the least restrictive manner
  • Write incident reports in prescribed format
  • Assists in the implementation of programs to control maladaptive behaviors including aggression
  • Also work with high behavior clients who are dual diagnosed
  • Work with clients in a transitional living house preparing them to be independent and live on their own

Direct Support Specialist

Child and Family Support Services
06.2010 - 01.2011
  • Work with kids with complex behavior problems in the home and in the community teach them how to cope with their anger and aggression
  • Teach them how to get along with family members and friends as well as teach family and friends how to cope with a person who has serious anger and aggression issues

Facilitator

Tungland
Tucson, USA
11.2009 - 06.2010
  • Provides a home-like environment, implements and documents plans for recreation activities, and community utilization
  • Assists in hygiene and dressing of residents, when necessary, coordinates, assists, and prepares meals according to the menu and number of persons to be served
  • Administers specific medications and correctly charts on medication logs

Education

Habilitation Technician II - Mental health program specialist 2

State of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
08.2013

Direct support specialist -

Child and Family support services
01.2011

Facilitator -

Tungland
Tucson, AZ
06.2010

High School Diploma -

Rincon High School
Tucson, AZ
05-1992

Skills

  • Resolve problems and questions presented by vendors or agency staff regarding work processes, policies, organization or health care and training methods
  • Multi-task and use sound communication skills, ie, prioritize tasks, analyze, and share information and follow-up
  • Handles emergency staffing and/or situations
  • Conduct ART meetings
  • Admit and discharge members to level II treatment facility

Timeline

Discharge Planner

Lafrontera
02.2025 - 03.2025

Hospital Liaison Recovery Coach

Lafrontera
09.2023 - 02.2025

Recovery Tech

La Frontera
08.2013 - 09.2023

Habilitation Technician II/Mental Health Program Specialist 2

State of Arizona
01.2011 - 08.2013

Direct Support Specialist

Child and Family Support Services
06.2010 - 01.2011

Facilitator

Tungland
11.2009 - 06.2010

Direct support specialist -

Child and Family support services

Facilitator -

Tungland

Habilitation Technician II - Mental health program specialist 2

State of Arizona

High School Diploma -

Rincon High School
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