Anna Salman
Compassionate Case Manager/Counselor
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Compassionate Case Manager/Counselor overseeing medications for patients dealing mental and behavioral issues. Excellent communication, organizational and multitasking abilities. Offering 26 years of related experience. Experienced personal support professional with good understanding of safety, documentation and behavior support needs. Consistently helps patients develop and improve daily living skills. Looking for a new professional challenge.
Experience
Milieu Supervisor - Bradley Hospital @Brown University - East Providence RI
(2024-10 - 2026-06)
- Provides intensive, family centered residential treatment services to children ages 5 to 12 years who have emotional and behavioral problems that prevent them from living safely at home.
- Children live together on the hospital's main campus in East Providence and receive intensive staff supervision and clinical services.
- Supervises and oversees 24 staff members.
- Provides Staff with weekly supervision and support.
- Maintain staff schedule, call outs and mandation list.
- Maintain a positive and therapeutic milieu.
Community Care Coordinator - Sound Community Services
(2022-09 - 2024-10)
- Provides service delivery including contact hours and location of services dictated by DMHAS Fidelity Scale.
- Documentation including functional assessments and updates, recovery plans, and encounter notes are completed thoroughly, in a timely manner, and in line with the DMHAS Fidelity Scale.
- Provide in-home visits on a weekly basis.
- Develops and reviews recovery plans with Persons Served and assigned team members.
- Assures appropriate entitlements are in place and assists PS in completing necessary paperwork to apply or reapply for benefits.
- Provides advocacy and crisis intervention services as indicated by the treatment plan.
Home Visitor - Community Care Alliance - Woonsocket, RI
(2007-01 - 2022)
- Supported young parents that are pregnant or parenting in their home.
- Educated prenatal woman on the labor and delivery procedures.
- Provided support and education for prenatal health, labor, and delivery process.
- After the birth assisting new parents in learning about their newborn, we follow the child and parents for four years teaching and educating them on their child's development.
- Recommended referrals to counseling, DHS, WIC, GED, housing, to obtain a medical home and community support.
Direct Care Worker - Justice Resource Institute - Attleboro, MA
(2021-08 - 2022-06)
Contracted Through June 2022
- Unit/Direct Care Worker at the residential at the Covid unit - overnight shifts.
- This unit quarantines six children at a time that are either in foster care of a group home setting.
- Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
- Administered medication as directed by the charge nurse.
- Continuous safety checks 15 minute increments from 7PM - 7AM.
Mental Health Specialist - Fuller Hospital - Attleboro, MA
(2017-07 - 2019-04)
- Responsible for ensuring a safe, therapeutic and engaging environment to the patients.
- Assist with patient groups and activities.
- Provide routine patient care as required in a psychiatric environment.
- Assist with the patient's activities of daily living.
- Document and communicate unusual or erratic changes in patients' behaviors.
- Monitored patients and assessed suicide risks.
- Communicated with clients to develop social and psychiatric observations.
- Created and administered Adults group psycho-education programs to provide life skills, family support and community integration services to patients.
Assistant House Manager - West Bay Residential - Cranston, RI
(2006-10 - 2008-09)
- Assistant house manager overseeing daily programming for the residential group home that serviced three individuals with mental health issues and disabilities.
- Responsible for staff coverage, budget planning and scheduling.
- Managed day-to-day operation of home to comply with regulations and agency standards.
- Communicated with a delegating nurse to coordinate and complete medical services.
- Provided mobility assistance such as walking and regular exercising.
- Supervised daily activities and provided assistance to staff.
- Encouraged patients to participate in safe physical activity to help boost mood and improve overall wellness.
Overnight Counselor/Case Manager - Gateway Health Care - Pawtucket, RI
(2003-09 - 2006-10)
- Supervised of eight teenage girls in a residential setting that either have abuse issues, drug issues or family abuse issues.
- Started as an overnight staff shift when I first began then transitioned and promoted to the daytime case manager position.
- In charge of two clients and assisting them to meet their goals and move towards independence away from the group home.
- Evaluated treatment plans against individual goals and healthcare standards.
- Supported and assessed clients struggling with addiction or relationship issues and devised strategies based on client needs.
- Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans and connected clients and families to appropriate resources.
Education
High School Diploma - Central Falls High School (1998)