Social Worker - Loretto
(2025-12)
Provides comprehensive social work services to PACE participants
- Continual psychosocial evaluation and intervention; assessment for admission and ongoing eligibility, patient rights and advocacy function, daily case management, individual/group and family counseling as appropriate
- Key member of the PACE Interdisciplinary Care Team
- Presents social work concerns and issues, suggestions for intervention(s) and recommendations for the treatment plan of individual participants to interdisciplinary team
- Confers with the participant and family (as appropriate) regarding individual expectations plus long and short term goals; attends/coordinates family meetings; attends nursing home care planning meetings, etc. as appropriate
- Attends morning meeting; during morning meeting, reviews significant events/occurrences as related to family, finance, and psychosocial/behavioral changes with interdisciplinary team; makes recommendations for appropriate interventions/care plan changes
- Intervenes in crisis; attends to the emergency needs of the client and/or family relating to illness, disability, deterioration of independence, etc.; advocates participants needs, wishes and right to self-determination
- Participates in the development and revision of the participants' plan of care as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team; integrates the Social Work treatment plan into the overall plan of care developed by the Interdisciplinary Team
- Assesses the participant, family and home environment for areas where social work planning and interventions can be of assistance; maintains required documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) regarding participants care and progress within the specified timeframe
Therapist - Together For Youth (Previously Berkshire Farm)
(2023-12 - 2025-12)
Provide in-person off-site clinical services, including individual, family, and/or group therapy to children and their families.
- Conduct Mental health evaluations
- Conduct needs assessments
- Provide crisis services in-person or via phone
- Complete progress notes for each session/telehealth session
- Participate in multidiscipline meetings
- Coordinate with referral source/DSS/Court and other members of the disciplinary team
Therapist - Saint Josephs Hospital
(2021-10)
Provide in-person off-site clinical services, including individual, family, and/or group therapy to children and their families.
- Conduct Mental health evaluations
- Conduct needs assessments
- Provide community referrals
- Provide crisis services in-person or via phone
- Complete progress notes for each session/telehealth session
- Participate in multidiscipline meetings
Therapist - THRESHOLD SOLUTIONS/Touchstone
(2018-06)
Provide in-person off-site clinical services, including individual, family, and/or group therapy to children and their families.
- Conduct Mental health evaluations
- Conduct needs assessments
- Provide community referrals
- Provide crisis services in-person or via phone
- Complete progress notes for each session/telehealth session
- Complete and maintain treatment plans for children and youth on caseload
- Deliver and document services using a strength-based and family-driven approach
- Assess for child abuse and neglect
- Coordination of care within the care team; CPS, Physicians, referral sources etc.
Administrator/Social Worker - THE NOTTINGHAM
(2020-10 - 2021-08)
Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the day-to-day functions of the Nottingham Memory Care Residence, its programs and activities.
- Ensure that all residents of Nottingham Memory Care Residence are assessed prior to and throughout their residency to ensure that the services assessed are delivered
- Communicate with residents and family members, organizing care conferences to discuss resident needs
- Manage the medication administration within the Memory Care Residence, ensuring proper documentation of all care plans, nurse's notes and all corresponding documentation for the resident records
- Responsible for screening, hiring, training and supervising all staff/potential staff within the Nottingham Memory Care Residence. This includes managing performance, conducting timely performance reviews and all training requirements
- Participate in state and federal surveys of the facility, reviewing any deficiencies and developing plans of correction
- Create and maintain a safety culture, setting an example of good safety, ensure safety expectations are being communicated and all staff are following safety policies and procedures
- Provide comprehensive care management services to Memory Care Residence, which includes but is not limited to, conducting psychosocial evaluations, evaluating admission criteria to determine appropriateness for the program, patient rights and advocacy, facilitating support groups for residents and their caregivers and counseling as appropriate
- Facilitates a support group for loss and change
- Facilitates a support group for Alzheimer's disease
- Supports and facilitates discharge planning and the introduction to community resources
Social Worker - THE NOTTINGHAM
(2018-01 - 2020-10)
Provides comprehensive care management services to Assisted Living Residents, which includes but is not limited to, conducting psychosocial evaluations, evaluating admission criteria to determine appropriateness for the program, patient rights and advocacy, facilitating support groups for residents and their caregivers and counseling as appropriate.
- Provides short term crisis counseling and support to families and residents
- Supports and facilitates discharge planning and the introduction to community resources
- Facilitates a support group for loss and change
Social Worker/Intake Counselor - LOYOLA RECOVERY OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE USE FACILITY
(2016-09 - 2017-07)
- Provide brief crisis intervention, initial and ongoing evaluation of psychosocial needs
- Work as a member of a collaborative team to develop and maintain individualized treatment plans
- Facilitated correspondence with referral sources and other respectful agencies involved in the individual's case
- Determine immediate need for those individuals in an acute medical crisis and/ or facilitate the admission into a detox or inpatient facility
Social Worker/Case Manager - CATHOLIC CHARITIES
(2016-04 - 2016-07)
As a social worker embedded into community housing, the main objective was to monitor participants and provide support as their needs changed.
- Conduct psychosocial assessments for new and existing clients
- Administered Health and Nutrition Assessments for existing and new clients
- Administered the Mini Cog assessment and Geriatric Depression screen
- Develop treatment plans on admission and annually
- Provided crisis intervention and counseling
- Effectively utilized community resources
- Initiated contact with referral sources for emergency resources
Graduate Field Placement/ Medical Social Worker Intern - Tripler Army Medical Center
(2015-01 - 2015-12)
Assisting patients who are experiencing a wide range of conditions, including drug and alcohol abuse, physical abuse and injury, behavioral impairments and family issues.
- Functioned as a member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent care to the entire military population and their families
- Assisted clients with discharge planning to determine the most appropriate placement
- Evaluated clients and their family dynamics, completed psychosocial assessments and administered mental status exams
- Conduct psychosocial assessments of individuals and families experiencing crisis
- Provided brief crisis intervention to population including new mothers with a history of abuse, depression, or anxiety, surgical patients requiring rehabilitation and patients experiencing a significant cognitive impairment altering their baseline of functionality
- Identify potential barriers to accessing healthcare
- Provide psychosocial support needed to individuals and families coping with chronic, acute, or terminal illness
- Provide patient education and counseling, initiate referrals
- Coordinate care using community resources
- Accurately develop and maintain written documentation including progress notes and referrals to community agencies
- Worked directly with the Veteran Affairs Homeless program to assist with the coordination of community resources; assessing patient's insurance eligibility, housing, transportation and basic human needs
