EXPERIENCE
January ****- Present Seattle, WA
SEATTLE & KING COUNTY DOWNTOWN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER/REFUGEE CLINIC
Case Manager
-Arrange transportation into the United States and certify that resettlement assistance will be provided upon entrance
-Find and secure a long-term residency for refugees
-Enroll refugee families in English as a second language (ESL) courses
-Assist refugees with daily necessities and legal immigration requirements
-Monitor the refugee’s progress and facilitate additional assistance, as needed
-Assist refugees in completing applications for services like medical and food assistance
-Arrange transportation as needed after entrance thru Hope Link and other available services
-Provide Vocational assistance which is necessary to the successful resettlement of a refugee
-Provide refugees with interview skill coaching and teach about professionalism in the workplace
September 2011- January 2015 Seattle, WA
SEATTLE & KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPT…COLUMBIA PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER
Case Worker
-Greet, check-in and register patients in person and over the phone including: confirming demographic, financial and insurance information for accuracy; providing appropriate forms to patients and completing paperwork as necessary for requested services; performing data entry
-Verify insurance coverage and correct patient assignment for those with managed care plans and obtain insurance pre-authorization for services when necessary
-Schedule patient visits in OAS GOLD and EPIC
-Maintain appointment templates for clinic providers
-Prepare and maintain patient health records including: preparing health records for visits; maintaining organization and completeness of health records; pulling, filing and purging of documents and health records; and responding to requests for health records from providers, using established health records guidelines
-Calculate charges and collect Payments for Services and Donations for Public Health including: reviewing superbills/encounter forms for accuracy of administrative coding; entering billing codes as indicated on superbills/encounter forms into appropriate computer system
-General office duties such as: ordering and replenishing medical and general office supplies; filing; answering multi-line phones; operating TDD machines, FAXs, copiers, label makers and printers
November 2010 – August 2011 Kent, WA
KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Para-Educator Substitute Teacher
-Assist teachers as needed
-Small group instruction & one on one instruction
-Correcting papers
-Instruction in regular classroom
-Instruction in special education classroom
May 2007- September 2010 Atlanta, Georgia
GA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS…PROBATION DIVISION
Probation Officer II
-Managed a stratified caseload of probationers (ranging from various levels of supervision risk and/ or special population)
-Ensured probationers are in compliance with their specific sentence issued by the court
-Encouraged positive behavioral change with the offender
-Verified residential addresses and employment of all offenders through periodic field visits
-Conducted drug and alcohol screens
-Made arrest and transported probationers to county jail who violated their probation
-Testified in court giving status reports on probationers
-Maintained firearm certification
-Used OTIS & SCRIBE to maintain efficient case note documentation
-Wrote warrants, delinquent reports, orders, waivers and modification of offenders
January 2006- April 2007 Atlanta, Georgia
GA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS…INVESTIGATIONS & COMPLIANCE
Audits & Compliance Secretary
-Collected and compiled information from comprehensive audits to create reports, spreadsheets and graphs
-Maintained a schedule to ensure that the medical and mental health units audits all state prisons and PDC’s (Probation Detention Centers) at least once a year
-Maintained the audit schedule on the master calendar for the Commissioner of Corrections
-Maintained time, attendance, and leave records for all OIC (Office of Investigations & Compliance) employees, the Fugitive Squad and the Intelligence Unit
-Recorded minutes for all staff “end of the month” meetings
-Assumed duties of the Office Manager when needed
-Investigative work including interviews with clients and consulting with experts
-Detailed reports, spreadsheets and graphs
-Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Time Matters, Time Map, West Law, Lexis Nexus, Adobe Reader and Outlook
-Type 60-70 wpm
September 2005- December 2006 Columbia, S.C.
CRIMINAL LAW OFFICE
Legal Assistant
-Prepared and filed Discovery & Brady Motions
-Prepared and filed Expungements with the Solicitor’s Office in the courthouse
-Completed ECF for Federal Cases (electronic case filing)
-Attended court w/retained clients on first appearances
-Implemented payment plans & fee cards
-Organized and prepared notebooks for intensive discovery in federal cases
-Money Clerk for retained clients
-Maintained Docket/Calendar Depositions
EDUCATION_&_TRAINING
-BENEDICT COLLEGE; Columbia, South Carolina
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, 2006
-GEORGIA CORRECTIONS ACADEMY; Forsyth, Georgia,
Basic Probation Officer Training, 2007
-Member of Jack and Jill of American Inc.
References and Recommendations Available Upon Request