CASAC - Intake Coordinator / Adolescent Counselor at Lexington Center for Recovery (2022-11 – Present)
In conjunction with program Director, assign to appropriate staff and ensure all information is recorded correctly.
- Assist with coverage of cases during staff vacancies
- Send legal, child services and other reports to outside referrants
- Attend case conference
- Correspondence with referral sources
- Coordinate patient transportation with front office staff
- Scanning, Faxing, Filing
- Conduct supervised toxicology screenings
- Collateral Contact
CASAC-T at Lexington Center for Recovery (2021-02 – 2022-10)
- Observe and monitor client behavior and responses to treatment
- Connect clients with community service and resource agencies
- Attend weekly case management meetings to discuss client treatment progress
- Facilitate group sessions
- Conduct individual sessions
- Coordination of care
- Intake, phone screening, assessment
- Collateral contact
- Toxicology Screening
Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) at Lexington Center for Recovery (2016-11 – 2021-02)
Utilizes personal experience as a receipt of behavioral health services in role-modeling recovery and providing hope for other recipients.
- Assist Clients with making appointments
- Accompany and Escort Clients to appointments (medical and court)
- Assist Clients discuss and develop Wellness and Recovery Plans
- Contact Clients when appointments are missed
- Copying, faxing, filing
- Minor use of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook
- Assist the consumer with activities of daily living situations
- Supportive peer counseling in various areas (i.e. mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation goals.)
- Participates in an interdisciplinary treatment and human services team in determining and implementing a comprehensive plan of care
- Assists with the process of referral for treatment, rehabilitation, housing and supportive services
- Act as liaison with community and governmental agencies
- Facilitate establishment of peer support networks
- Maintains current, complete and appropriate documentation in the consumer record
- Participates in supervision, department staff meetings, and other program reviews
- Other duties assigned
- Advocates for the needs of people with psychiatric disabilities within the mental health system
- Provides consultation for difficult cases requiring a higher level of knowledge and expertise
- Represents the department at conferences, workshops, in-house services, hospital, community functions and reports actions and findings to the department
Parent Aide at Lexington Center for Recovery (2014-07 – 2016-11)
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment for the children
- Administrative duties
- Organized closets and unload food deliveries from pallets
- Monitor children
- Arts and crafts projects for holiday
- Inform parents on child safety and nursery protocol
- Identity neglect, need for early intervention or abuse
