Experience

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  Swope Health Services

  • Kansas City, Missouri

  • Community Support Specialist

    • May 2016 - Present
    • Kansas City, Missouri

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  KVC Behavioral Health

  • Olathe, Kansas

  • IL Case Manager

    • Mar 2014 - May 2016
    • Olathe, Kansas

    The Case Manager provides case management services to children and families in order to facilitate safety, permanency, and well-being. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned according to qualification of staff and development of programs.• To continue to build a child welfare system that is safe, secure, and stable; family centered, connected to the community; and which relies on evidence-based practice necessary to support contract services in Kansas.• Provide in-home services to clients and their families.• Organize and facilitate case planning conferences.• Prepare court reports.• Gather information on children and families functioning and integrate that information into comprehensive assessments.• Assess viability of relative and kinship placements through home studies.• Testify in termination of parental rights trials and other hearings.• Supervise parent/child and sibling visits as required.• Complete all worker/child and worker/parent contacts as directed by supervisor.• Assist parents in finding community resources such as housing, utilities, and mental and physical healthcare.• Develop safety plans and aftercare plans with families.• Provide on-call crisis intervention.• Complete child social histories.• Provide reintegration and adoption services.• Maintain working relationships/communications with DCF, the court, and other community partners.• Document all contact with clients and collaterals; complete case activity logs and all related documentation; maintain client files.• Transport clients to visits and appointments as needed.• Maintain communication with foster homes.• Attend school meetings as needed.• Provide referrals for mental health services and any other required service for the children and/or family.• Complete all court orders as directed by the court.• Complete adoption home studies.• Provide Independent Living services to children as needed.• Attend required train

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  Harden Community Care Kansas (Home Team of Kansas)

  • Olathe, KS

  • Targeted Case Manager

    • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
    • Olathe, KS

    The Physical Disabilities (PD) Waiver program is a Kansas Medicaid service designed to keep those with a physical disability in their own home, surrounded by their belongings and memories. The program is intended to assist people with living in the environment of their choosing and out of an institution. Targeted Case Managers provide support to clients' decisions and to monitor the quality of provided services. (www.thedreamworksinc.com). As a Targeted Case Manager, I complete the following tasks: • Assess the customer’s development, progress, and continued appropriateness of services • Coordinate the delivery of services among multiple providers • Develop, monitor, and ensure the coordinated service delivery system and balance the customer’s needs/desires with community resources • Be available for crisis intervention and consultation when needed • Participate in writing of grants, request for proposals, and fee-for-service agreements when necessary • Conduct educational and/or training programs when required, to include attending and participating on various boards and/or committees • Assist with the implementation, collection, and interpretation of various surveys and data

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  Hickman Mills C-1 School District

  • Kanas City, MO

  • MSW Intern

    • Sep 2011 - May 2012
    • Kanas City, MO

    provide behavioral therapy at the Baptiste Education Center (Alternative School) - Masters Level Social Work Student Intern (required a minimum of 600hrs within an entire school year)

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  The Dream Works

  • Kansas City, KS

  • Targeted Case Manager

    • Sep 2008 - Nov 2011
    • Kansas City, KS

    The Physical Disabilities (PD) Waiver program is a Kansas Medicaid service designed to keep those with a physical disability in their own home, surrounded by their belongings and memories. The program is intended to assist people with living in the environment of their choosing and out of an institution. Targeted Case Managers provide support to clients' decisions and to monitor the quality of provided services. (www.thedreamworksinc.com). As a Targeted Case Manager, I complete the following tasks: • Assess the customer’s development, progress, and continued appropriateness of services• Coordinate the delivery of services among multiple providers• Develop, monitor, and ensure the coordinated service delivery system and balance the customer’s needs/desires with community resources• Be available for crisis intervention and consultation when needed• Participate in writing of grants, request for proposals, and fee-for-service agreements when necessary• Conduct educational and/or training programs when required, to include attending and participating on various boards and/or committees• Assist with the implementation, collection, and interpretation of various surveys and dataI also played a role as the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer and Privacy Officer from Spring 2009 - Spring 2011 ensuring that the agency continues to comply with the non-discrimination policy and adheres to the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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  Millenial League

  • Board Memember

    • Jun 2010 - Sep 2011

    The Millennial League is an affiliate of the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City (ASF), made up of members of the Millennial generation, ages 18-30, who share in the mission “to assist in funding organizations which provide food, shelter, medical care, and other services to the diverse communities dealing with HIV/AIDS, and to promote public education about HIV infections.” Half of all new infections occur in people under the age of 25, 79% of those were people who were unaware of their status. The Millennial League was founded to target this demographic with HIV/AIDS education since statistics show awareness is a necessity.

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  Kansas City Free Health Clinic

  • Kansas City, Missouri

  • BSW Intern - HIV Case Manager

    • Aug 2007 - Apr 2008
    • Kansas City, Missouri

    Funded primarily from federal funds under the Ryan White CARE Act, Case Management services are designed to improve the quality and availability of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. (kcfree.org)As an HIV Case Manager, I performed the following tasks:• Practice and develop social work skills within professional development, direct practice, community and organizational practice, and research/policy practices in a manner consistent with social work values, ethics and theories taught by KU School of Social Welfare• Compile comprehensive case histories concerning clients’ social, environmental, support, and economical background for assessments• Provide development and maintenance of an HIV+ client caseload, to facilitate access to and engagement in HIV care• Mobilize clients using strengths perspective to affect change in the social functioning of the client, client’s significant other, client’s family through counseling, authorize and coordinate services, and education• Collaborate with intra-agency case managers and case managers from other area facilities in case review, planning, review mechanisms, and service assessmentWhile certified in HIV Counseling and Testing I completed the following tasks:• HIV Prevention Counseling (required training)• Rapid Test Method (required training)• HIV Positives and Their Partners (required training)