Direct Support Professional - Champaign Residential Services Inc - Mount Vernon
(2026-03)
- Administered medications according to schedule.
- Prepared healthy meals according to dietary plans.
- Maintained a healthy living environment.
- Assisted in daily living skills including bathing, dressing, and toileting.
Direct Support Professional - Sevita - Mount Vernon, OH
(2023-11 - 2026-02)
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Direct Support Staff - Benchmark - Fort Wayne, IN
(2014-05 - 2023-10)
- Work with client's in the community to improve their social skills
- Assist the client's with their independent living skills by helping them with managing their money, working on cooking skills, helping with housekeeping, and grocery shopping
- Assisted the residents with medication monitoring, developing social and daily living skills, following and reporting on behavior plans and monitoring their well-being
Project Manager - Drug & Alcohol Consortium - Fort Wayne, IN
(2010-05 - 2011-06)
- Managed quality communication among the various agencies that collaborated with the Drug and Alcohol Consortium and responded to inquiries at the agency email address
- Attended monthly meetings with various groups representing the Drug and Alcohol community
- Took minutes and distributed them monthly
- Worked under strict deadlines to report monthly on the SPF- SIG grant
- Assisted in representing the agency at health fairs
- Coordinated the Annual Meeting and other special events
- Created promotional materials as needed
- Processed the mail, filing, answering of telephones, and any maintenance/repair issues that arose
- Oversaw the monthly newsletter and blog content on the website
- Managed ordering supplies and promotional materials
Case Manager - Big Brothers Big Sisters - Fort Wayne, IN
(2011-12 - 2014-05)
- Make scheduled contacts with children and volunteers
- Entered contacts into the database
- Match volunteers with children
- Conducted intakes with children referred to the program
- Maintained contacts with the guidance counselors and teachers at the elementary schools
Case Manager - Child Advocacy Center - Fort Wayne, IN
(2005-08 - 2010-03)
- Scheduled forensic interviews for children with a disclosure of child molestation
- Coordinated the schedules of 5 different agencies and the family to reach an agreeable interview time
- Maintained several data bases and created files for each interview
- On call for after hours emergencies
Office/House Manager - Cedars HOPE, Inc - Fort Wayne, IN
(2003-05 - 2005-04)
- Supervised a staff of two and was on call for emergencies
- Assisted the residents by monitoring medication, transporting to appointments, managing their finances, assisting in developing social and daily living skills, and monitoring of mental illness symptoms
- Oversaw payroll and managed the agency bills and deposits
- Developed and distributed the monthly newsletter
- Wrote and reported on grants for the agency
- Assisted in fundraisers and secured door prizes and silent auction items
