Nursing Home Services
Resume:
JOSEPHINE CANNELLA-KREHL
TALLAHASSEE, FL. 32311
EDUCATION:
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Master of Social Work 4/'90
S.U.N.Y. StonyBrook, StonyBrook, New York
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 5/'88
S.U.N.Y. Farmingdale, Farmingdale, New York
Associate of Arts 5/'86
EXPERIENCE:
Big Bend Hospice - Tallahassee, Florida
7/'12 - Present
Caring Tree Grief and Loss Counselor
Responsibilities include conducting intake assessments, providing crisis
intervention, individual and group counseling to bereaved young people and
their families in Leon and surrounding counties, formulating treatment
plans, clinical documentation, assisting in the organization of and
facilitating youth bereavement camps and events, facilitating grief
education presentations in schools and community organizations/events,
serving as a member of the Trauma, Grief and Loss Coalition for youth,
assisting in the supervision of Social Work as well as Art therapy interns.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments,
working within an interdisciplinary team to formulate a plan of care for
each patient, participating in interdisciplinary team meetings to insure
that patients and families are receiving quality care as well as insuring
that patients continue to meet Medicare mandated eligibility criteria for
participation in a hospice program, providing in home individual/family
counseling with adults, adolescents and children focusing on depression,
anxiety, coping skills, grief and loss, providing teaching on the dying
process as well as caregiver support, facilitating advance care directives,
serving as a patient advocate to insure end of life wishes are honored,
coordinating community resources such as respite care, assisting with
Medicare and Medicaid applications, coordinating long term care placement
when needed, accessing food banks, as well as coordinating any other
community resources that the patient or family will benefit from.
Brick Mason Industries, Inc. - St. George Island/Tallahassee, Florida
2/'90 - Present
President; E.E.O. Officer; E.A.P. Coordinator
Responsibilities include procurement of jobs, keeping insurances, licenses,
annual reports current and submitting required paperwork in a timely
manner, insuring compliance with D.O.T. rules and regulations as necessary,
making sure that all equal opportunity guidelines are adhered to, assisting
employees with appropriate community referrals as the need arises,
networking.
Apogee - Main Office - Orlando, Florida
4/'95 - 2/'97
Satellite Services provided in Apalachicola and Eastpoint,
Florida
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Responsibilities included facilitating individual and group social
rehabilitation with elderly nursing home residents ( including cognitive,
sensory and social stimulation activities ), conducting psychosocial
evaluations, formulating treatment plans, charting daily services,
providing family support services, providing staff training in such areas
as validation therapy, and program development.
Apalachee Center for Human Services - Apalachicola, Florida
6/'94 - 4/'95
Social Services Specialist
Responsibilities included facilitating individual and group social
rehabilitation with elderly nursing home residents, conducting psychosocial
evaluations, formulating treatment plans, charting daily services,
providing family support services, providing staff training, and program
development.
Tallahassee Leon County Human Services Center
- Tall., Florida 8/'90 - 6/'94
Outpatient Counselor
Responsibilities included individual and family outpatient counseling with
adults and adolescents ( including crisis intervention and behavior
modification techniques ), facilitating group therapy ( chemical dependency
groups, groups with children between the ages of seven and twelve, groups
with adolescents whose primary issue was drug dealing, and family support
groups ), facilitating chemical education classes, conducting bio-
psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans, charting daily
services, participating in quality assurance activities, and developing
curriculums for new groups within the program.
Natural Bridge Recovery Center - Woodville, Florida
1/'90 - 4/'90
M.S.W. Intern
Responsibilities included conducting psychosocial assessments, developing
treatment plans, facilitating chemical education and other classes,
directing affirmation groups, co-facilitation of group therapy, charting
daily activities/services, participating in multi-disciplinary service
planning.
Foster Care - Tallahassee, Florida
9/'88 - 4/'89
M.S.W. Intern
Responsibilities included conducting individual counseling with clients,
conducting home visits, supervising visits between parents and children and
documenting progress.
LICENSES: Licensed Clinical Social Worker - 1994
License # SW 3554
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
Fluent in Italian
AFFILIATIONS:
Tally Ties - Board of Directors, Partnership Liaison Chair-person
REFERENCES:
Nancy Chorba, M.D. ~ Big Bend Hospice Medical Director 850-***-****
Carol Katz R.N. ~ B.B.H. Jefferson/Madison/Taylor Team Manager (850) 997-
2827
Ilese Weingarten, L.C.S.W. ~ F.S.U. Student Counseling Center (850) 644-
8889
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