Experience

Unique People Services, Inc.

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

• Case Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  1. Provide case management, including benefits assistance, help complete housing applications, provide links to primary and behavioral health care in the community, and housing referrals to formerly homeless adults diagnosed with serious mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. These services are primarily provided in the client’s apartment and in community settings. 2. Assist in identifying strengths, needs, abilities, and goals and create related Support Plans in electronic client records system. 3. Motivate clients to develop skills needed to maintain housing. Assist and encourage individuals to develop natural supports and include these supports in Support Plans and client related meetings. Assist clients with completion of their HRA packet in an effort to locate and obtain more independent housing 4. Timely completion of required documentation for every client contact as per agency policy. Ensure documentation meets regulatory guidelines for level of care. 5. Assist with medication monitoring when needed and review medication cart on a semi regular bias in an effort to maintain client records. 6. Co-facilitate groups if requested in areas including but not limited to wellness, leadership, housing, stability, employment and education, relationships, and healthy decision making. 7. Assist in preparing program for audits. 8. Provide crisis intervention, as necessary. 9. Compliance with requirements, including facilitating appropriate admissions and discharges, maintaining census, documentation and incident reporting 10.Conduct apartment inspections on multiple floors, utilizing stairs. Provide escorts to clients throughout the community utilizing public transportation. Provide assistance and instruction to clients with maintaining their home environment in decent living condition. 11. Immediately reports serious incidents, serious incident allegations, incidents, or sensitive situations to supervisors. Show less



UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE INC.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Direct Support Professional

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Prepare food and feed patients, performing light housekeeping, doing laundry, going grocery shopping, and running errands providing care for disabled, cognitively impaired, or chronically ill elderly patients Ensure that the medical conditions/needs of clients, including prescribed medications, are attended to, documented and communicated to all staff, maintaining records of clients progress and services performed Assist with daily living activities, including preparing meals and assisting with personal hygiene providing personal care, emotional, and self-help care in every area of the individual’s daily life skills in the facility Develop and foster therapeutic relationships, building character, and providing skills necessary to ensure productive adulthood while promoting the normative culture implementing management care plans Supported Plan (ISP) defining strategies and goals as outlined in their plan by the Division of Developmental Disabilities reviewing key areas of growth to ensure a well-rounded approach to goal performance Show less



The Mount Sinai Hospital

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

• Patient Transporter

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Provided the safe and timely transport of patients to numerous locations throughout the hospital, one of the top ranked hospitals in the nation, creating a comfortable environment for patients making them feel at ease Explained the purpose of the trip to the patient and family members, answering questions if needed fostering relationships with patients and medical personnel to forge trust and ensure satisfaction on a daily Logged movement of patients throughout the hospital transporting patients from all areas of the hospital for reasons of admission, testing and transfers communicating with all departments throughout the hospital Maintained professionalism in articulating, communicating, reading and handling non-complex records of patient names, pick-up sites, delivery times to ensure transport of patients in the correction locations Skilled in establishing and maintaining effective work relationships, patience and compassion in handling all patients, as well as empathy and compassion in managing patient family members Show less



Community Resource Group

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

• Resident Aid

  • Jan 2014 - Nov 2016

  Oversaw medication and patient vital signs under the supervision of a healthcare practitioner, ensuring a patient was able to have a great quality of life by providing nutritious home meals they desired to eat Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; complying with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions recording intake and output information Taken and recorded weights, blood pressure, temperatures, pulse, and respiration providing skincare treatment as permitted by state regulations performing all duties and established method techniques Promoted healthy behaviors and disciplines in clients through positive interactions, such as daily problem solving decisions, successfully modeling positive social skills and healthy interpersonal relations Monitored patients' intake and output of oral medications as directed by physician and nurse, helping assist with the prevention of bedsores clearing rooms changing bed linens attending to patients comfort and cleanliness Show less