CASA DIrector Resume Example
Dedicated social worker with twenty five years of experience with youth through the elderly. Professional experience working with the youth and the elderly. Experience includes medical social worker along with the court system with child in need of care cases and juvenile offender cases.
In the hospital setting worked effectively with patients and families experiencing medical crises by acting as advocate and guide throughout difficult situations. Crisis intervention with juvenile intake and emergency placements.
I am detailed orientated at working with clients from wide range of backgrounds to support and provide services as needed in their environments. Invested to form trusting relationships and advocate for best interests of clients.
In Summary, dedicated social worker with management skills, supervising staff, program planning and development, an active listener with a knack for building lasting professional services. My professional motto is try to treat each person with the dignity they deserve.
- CASA (court appointed special advocates) a volunteer program to provide volunteers to children in the court system
- Recruit, train and match volunteers to children
- Monthly board of director meetings, prepare minutes, financial reports, program reports
- Represent program in community be attending fairs, speaking engagements, brochures, community organizations
- Monitor and assign volunteer matches
- Supervise and coordinate all volunteers
- Prepare court reports and review court reports submitted by volunteers
- Attend court hearings and case plan meetings
- Organized multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Met with professionals
- Gather information for the best interest of the child
Established volunteers to children to lower the court files
- Marketing CASA Program
- Work with board of directors
- Advocate for the victim
- Worked with medical teams, patients and families to implement effective treatment plans. Weekly care plan meetings with patient and families
- Documented case notes daily and coordinated follow-up for seamless case management
- Utilization Review and Discharge Planner for 44 bed hospital. Med/Surge Skilled/Swing and ER
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments
- Coordinated program referrals for community-based resources
- Delivered social work services to patients of all ages in hospital settings
- Completed psychosocial evaluations and needs assessments
- Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals
- Reviewed and wrote policies as needed
- Collaborated with Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
- Contributed to successful skilled nursing accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care
- Developed care plans and made referrals as necessary for elder patients
- Maintained good communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards by attending board meetings and synchronizing interdepartmental functions
- Closely collaborated with management team to make necessary improvements and satisfy resident needs for skilled and residential care programs
- Monitored Quality Improvement plans
- Participated in facility surveys and inspections made by authorized governmental agencies
- Electronic Medical Record super user for both Cerner and CPSI/Evident
- Started Patient Family Committee (PFAC) served on committee as hospital representative once community member was able to take committee over
- Completed all requirements for meaningful and promoting interoperability. Met requirements for each phase
- Assisted with hospital staff credentialing
- Assist patients with placements in nursing facilities
- Arrange for in home services: home health, durable medical equipment, Dept of Aging, Hospice
- Obtain authorizations from insurance companies for skilled/swing bed placements
- On call to provide assistance to law enforcement to interview and place juvenile offenders and children in need of care cases
- Performed youth interviews
- Arrange emergency placements (remain with youth until placement was made)
- Submitted reports to court system
- Meet with family regarding emergency placement
- Crisis intervention
- Attend court hearings
- Established team approach with youth
- Volunteer for multiple community organizations and projects:
- City and County Boards
- Wellington FFA Chapter
- Chamber of Commerce
- United Methodist Church
- Kansas CASA Board Member
- Social Work License
- Discharge Planning
- Resourceful and reliable worker
- Crisis Intervention
- Policy and program development
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Patient and family advocacy
- Program Management
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School Attended
- Wichita State University
Job Titles Held:
- CASA DIrector
- Social Worker
- Juvenile Intake Officer
- Administrator Assistant/Case Manager
Degrees
- Bachelor of Science : Social Work
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