Experience

DC SAFE

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lethality Assessment Program Advocate

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Coordinate with agency partners to facilitate resources, services and benefits available to clients by right or through the Lethality Assessment Project Continuum. • Creating access to services that provide longer-term safety and stability for high lethality clients with a focus on the point of intake. • Promoting partner accountability through individual case management, regular case review and statistical analysis.• Supervise staff at Domestic Violence Intake Center.• Coordinate and communicate with staff at DVIC regarding client’s intake.• Conduct and complete Temporary / Civil Protection Order with clients along with advocacy assessments.• Correspond with SAFE Shelter staff for client placements. • Maintain and track DVIC remote and in person spreadsheet along with E filing Daily Request spreadsheet and DVIC sign in spreadsheet.• Communicate with SAFE staff in regards to measurable resources for client’s safety. • Provide transportation for client’s needs. Show less

• Advocate

  • Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Maintain detailed records regarding calls to assist smooth transitions of shifts and further client follow up.• Ensure proper materials and Response Line resources are up to date.• Dispatch and support On Call Supervisory Advocates. • Administer after hours Emergency Financial Assistance.



The Recovery Center of Maryland

• United States

• Intake Counselor

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2020

  Conduct Intake Assessment. • Collect urinalysis sample for baseline intake. • Correspond with other substance abuse treatment programs for referrals for clients. • Obtain insurance authorization from EVS (Maryland Medical Program) Conduct Intake Assessment. • Collect urinalysis sample for baseline intake. • Correspond with other substance abuse treatment programs for referrals for clients. • Obtain insurance authorization from EVS (Maryland Medical Program)



University of Maryland Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Specialist

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Interviews patient and/or relatives updating and recording all demographics, financial and clinical information. • Update all patient’s demographic information, financial, commercial and EVS insurance and clinical information in EPIC. • Obtain insurance coverage such as EVS and commercial insurance. • Collect payment at point of service following department’s cash collection policy. • Maintaining the Admitting Log to keep track of patients in the waiting room and facilities patient flow. • Process all Express and Ambulance registration verifying information and providing identification wristbands. • Demonstrates flexibility in work hours, covers for other shifts/areas in order to meet department needs. • Take responsibility to be at workstation on time and adhere to the dress code in accordance to the hospital policy. • Perform duties and task as deemed necessary by the supervisor Show less



University of Maryland Drug Treatment Center

• United States

• Addiction Counselor

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Maintain a caseload of fifty or more clients. • Conduct individual counseling session. • Conduct group counseling session. • Submit timely request for dose increase and take homes as deemed appropriate. • Attend team meetings with behavioral health team regarding client’s progress in treatment. • Refer clients to outside organization such as mental health therapy and inpatient and outpatient treatment programs • Conduct client’s intake assessment and TAP assessments. • Determine the client’s eligibility and appropriateness for admission or referral. • Perform monthly treatment plans with client. • Comply with any all Federal and State regulatory standards as specified. Show less



Total Health Care, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intake Coordinator

  • Nov 2016 - Aug 2018

  Manage intake calls for outpatient and inpatient appointments. • Conduct intake assessments and TAPS assessments. • Provide screening and referrals to determine level of care for substance abuse treatment. • Correspond and maintain contact with internal departments such as case management and mental health therapy. • Correspond with HCAM and Parole and Probation for referrals and transfers. • Document patient’s demographics in Cyfluent and Athena. • Calculate monthly intakes of Buprenorphine and non-Buprenorphine clients. • Maintain monthly report of clients referred from hospital emergency room for Buprenorphine Fast Track. • Participate in counseling supervision sessions. • Obtain insurance authorizations from Beacon Health, EVS (Maryland Medical Program) and private insurance for client’s treatment. • Attend job related trainings to increase knowledge and to provide accurate and quality services. Show less



MedMark Treatment Centers

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Addiction Counselor

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Maintained a caseload of sixty or more patients. • Prepare and maintain accurate and timely patient files. • Provide clinical services and patient care and education and opiate addiction counseling services to patient receiving methadone maintenance and detoxification treatment. • Conduct individual counseling sessions. • File body specimens test results (urinalysis) in patient file and uses test results for assessing eligibility of patient for take home medications. • Document patient progress notes and ensure that counseling units are met. • Conduct patient intake. • Coordinate with medical professionals to facilitate annual justifications, approval for Step Level/Exceptions and dose adjustment for patient. • Compose interpretative summary, transition plan and discharge summary for each patient. • Submit timely request for take homes as deemed appropriate. • Comply with any all Federal and State regulatory standards as specified. Show less



Mountain Manor Treatment Ctr

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adolescent Counselor

  • 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Conduct individual and family sessions. • Facilitate daily group with adolescents with substance abuse. • Conduct weekly and monthly progress report to correspond with probation officers. • Provide assessments, screenings, orientation and referrals to determine the appropriate level of care for substance abuse treatment. • Collect urinalysis on a daily basis. • Collaborate effectively with all behavioral health team members to insure and assist with patients with substance abuse. • Perform long and short-term treatment plans along with care goal plans. • Correspond on a weekly basis with patient’s family and outside organizations such as Parole and Probation, Department Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services. • Provide daily progress notes for patients with substance abuse. • Prepare and request on a weekly basis insurance authorization with Value Options. • Attend job-related training on an ongoing basis to increase needed knowledge/skills for providing quality services Show less



Gaudenzia, Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Prison Assessment Counselor III

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Administer to clients a brief description of screening/assessment and inform the client of rehabilitation opportunities. • Interact with and develop rapport with clients to establish positive regard for participation in screening and assessments. • Initiate and complete TCU screening, score and determine need for further assessment. • Collect score screening tools and assessments then forward completed result to assessment database. • Data Entry into Inmate Assessment Manager Database & Offender Case Management Database. • Verify inmate location & completed Assessment using (OCMS) Offender Case Management System. • Formulate and maintain client records and documentation according to program standards. • Obtain appropriate consent before releasing confidential client’s information to other departments. • Maintain appropriate and up to date documentation on referrals with clients with mental health illness. • Correspond and maintain contact with other departments, such as case management, correctional staff and consulting/information resources as necessary. • Travel to multiple minimum, medium and maximum-security level institutions located in Baltimore City, Jessup, Hagerstown, and Cumberland. • Travel to women and men prison facilities to issue and assess with screening and TAPS assessment. • Conducted on average over 75 people individually for TAPS assessment per month. • Attend job related trainings on an ongoing basis to increase needed knowledge/skills for providing quality services. • Adhere to all principles in the Staff Code of Ethics and uphold the Clients Bill of Rights. Show less



Johns Hopkins Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Support Associate

  • Apr 2007 - Jan 2014

  Maintain bedside supplies for intensive care unit. • Assisted with transport of pediatric patients from one care unit to another or discharge to home. • Assisted nurses by transporting critical mediations and blood products to the bedside; assist in sending critical specimens to lab. • Assisted nurses with critical ill patients at the bedside Maintain bedside supplies for intensive care unit. • Assisted with transport of pediatric patients from one care unit to another or discharge to home. • Assisted nurses by transporting critical mediations and blood products to the bedside; assist in sending critical specimens to lab. • Assisted nurses with critical ill patients at the bedside