Medical Management

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am very interested in this position and therefore I am applying for this job.

I started my professional carrier as an educator in the Former Soviet Union. At the State University taught various linguistic subjects which where the sphere of my interests and expertise. Later I was hired to work as an inspector of the National Board of Education, where I could utilize my knowledge and experience. I designed social and medical programs, identified audiences, implemented outreach to the community and increased public knowledge about these programs.

In the USA I started my professional carrier as a Director and Coordinator of the Geriatric Émigrés Program at Montefiore Medical Center . At the same time I studied at Wurzweiler School Social Work at Yeshiva University . On May 1999 I successfully graduated from that school. On July 6, 1999 I was hired as a psychotherapist in Geriatric Division of the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic, at Jacobi Medical Center . I was providing individual, family and group therapy to a wide range of clients, and case management, outreach to the communities to inform people about the programs that are available at Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic. I am specializing in reminiscence therapy, CBT, IPT, Stress Management, etc.At the same time I had to cover for my colleagues in inpatient wards and psychiatric emergency room. In January,2001 I was hired as an Adjunct Professor at Mercy College . I was teaching Advanced Psychology and Social Sciences Courses at Mercy College . I worked as a psychiatric Social Worker at Hillside Eastern Queens Mental Health Center of North Shore LIJ Health System, where I worked with wide variety of patients providing individual, group, and family therapies, as well making referral to community resources. On April 6, 2009 the Hillside Eastern Queens Mental Health Clinic was closed and I was transferred as a social worker to Schneider Children Hospital, currently Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY, Med.Surg. Unit. I am continuing working at this Hospital as a medical Social Worker since my transfer there.

The attached resume outlines my credentials and accomplishments in the greater detail. I look forward hearing from you very soon.

Sincerely,

Lyudmila Levy, LMSW

LYUDMILA LEVY

1620 West 13 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11223

Tel.# 917-***-****

E-mail:********.*****@*****.***

Professional Objectives: Utilize my knowledge, life experience in implementing my professional goals as a Social Worker. Being a Social Worker for me it is not just my profession, this is the way of my life.

Education.

Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University

09/1997-05/1999

Social Work Seminar, Israel

Wiener Educational Center, UJA-Federation, New York

12/1998-01/1999

Certificate: Paraprofessional Training in Social/Case Work

Wiener Educational Center, UJA-Federation, New York

05/1995-10/1995

BA with Honors: English/German

State University, Soviet Union

09/1972-06/1977

Certificate: Nurse for the Civil Defense

State University, Soviet Union

09/1974-06/1977

WORK EXPERIENCE

Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Former Schneider Children’s Hospital

North Shore and Long Island Jewish Health System

Medical Social Worker

4/6/09-present

Psychosocial Assessment, discharge planning,, working with multidisciplinary team regarding patients’ care and discharge.

Contacting insurance companies re. pt’s insurance coverage, authorization for med. services. Working and applying for patients’ entitlements.

Reports to the Central Registry to open the ACS, CPS cases regarding Child abuse/neglect cases.

Parents’/patients’ psycho education in the light of patients’ admission/hospitalization and Stages of Child Development.

Social Work Intervention: supportive counseling, crises intervention with the elements of Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Stress/Anger Management; Positive Coping Skills Reinforcement, Supportive therapy

Providing linkage to the community resources.

Working on Sunrise, Canopy Programs for Admission Evaluation, Progress Notes, Social Work Interventions, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Planning.

Working with Foster Care Agencies for the custodial consents and coordinating efforts to provide med. care for patients.

Working with other Children’s Hospitals offering palliative care, hospice care and rehabilitation care for patients.

Participating/attending the Schwartz Rounds, Grand Rounds for patients’ case presentations w. multidisciplinary team/med.2, CCMC of NY.

Presenting patients’ case in Ethical Committees.

Participating in Family Centered Rounds of the Med.Surg. Unit .

Having patients/parents at NICU clinic, Psycho education and providing referrals to Early Intervention Program.

Research for the sources for patients, their parents for the discharge purposes, such as rehabilitation facilities, obtaining financial help & medications using discounted prices via specialized pharmacies.

Using HITE site for obtaining affordable resources for patients’ follow up appointments w. the doctors and obtaining medications if patient is listed as self – pay.

Participating in Cultural Diversity Committee, preparing the booklets re. the cultural sensitivity and approach to the various ethnical, religious groups, establishing rapports based on their cultural/religious beliefs. Developing recommendations to the CCMC staff from the cultural diversity/sensitivity perspective.

Social Worker/Psychotherapist

North Shore and Long Island Jewish Health System

3/2005- 3/30/09

• Working with wide range of clients from 5 y/o-85 y/o, providing individual/family/group therapies(children, adults, geriatric population)

• Screening, assessment (including DSM-IV diagnosis), treatment planning, treatment plan reviews, discharge planning, case management, linkage to the appropriate community resources

• Frequent contacts with Child Protective Services, Family Court, Legal Aid Society, Public Assistance Office, etc. as per patients’ needs.

• Advocating for patients, presenting patients’ interests on different levels.

• Interventions: virtual therapy, client –centered therapy, supportive therapy, role-play, cognitive-behavioral therapy, anger/stress management, psycho-education, crises intervention, brief strategic therapy, music therapy, play therapy, elements of interpersonal therapy.

Adjunct Professor

Mercy College 2000-2007

Teaching Behavioral and Social Sciences

Abnormal Psychology; Parenting; Abnormal Psychology of Children and Adolescents; Cultural Diversity. 01/01- 08/2007

Social Worker Outpatient/Inpatient Psychiatry

Jacobi Medical Center

06/99-3/2005

• Working with geriatric population and their caregivers.

• Providing individual, group therapies with adolescents (music therapy, relaxation training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, supportive therapy, etc.) due to the clients’ psychopathology and diagnoses.

• Working with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and their families, organizing support groups for their caregivers

• Providing individual and group therapy to the different range of patients (English/Russian speaking) with various characterological and mental problems, including MICA patients

• Making assessments, discharge planning, crises intervention, referral services, providing family and marital counseling

• Outreach to the community, recruitment and enrollment patients into Geriatric Russian Clinic of the Hospital

• Case management, advocating for the clients, linking clients to the community resources, working with entitlements.

• Providing links to Respite Care Services for patients according to the needs of the patients’ caregivers

• Supervising Social Work Students.

• Acting Social Work Supervisor

• Guided, supervised and provided support to the social workers based on their needs.

• Assisted in the implementation of monthly case reviews by the social worker and conducted social work chart audits to assure appropriate patient care and adherence to regulatory requirements.

• Acted as a consultant to the problems where the social work consultation was not available.

• Conducted Peer Supervisions as per need basis.

Director of Geriatric Émigrés Program

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

04/1996-6/1999

• Overseeing the operations of the Program to manage day-to-day activities.

• Preparing reports and ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements as well as supervise the staff, which included the following:

• Supervising a social worker, nurse, phlebotomist, medical biller, receptionist, and a secretary.

• Preparing reports of the provided services to patients (semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and annual) to the funding donors and sponsors, providing liaison, coordinating and statistics.

• Translating and interpreting for the patients, doctors and supporting staff of the Hospital

• Outreach to the community, recruitment and enrollment patients into Russian Program

• Organizing training programs for the staff regarding issues of cultural sensitivity while working with Russian speaking populations

• Presenting Russian-speaking patients’ cases and Geriatric Émigrés Program at the Grand Rounds .

Interpreter

Rakshma LTD Company (India) USSR

01/1993-02/1995

• Interpreting and translating necessary technical documentation for the managers, chief engineers, and supporting staff of the Company

Inspector

National Board of Education of the City Hall, USSR

09/1980-12/1994

• Organizing Medical and Social programs for the elderly caregivers

• Dealt with adoption, presented at the State Court the interest of the orphans, who needed help from the State

• Working with the Embassies of the USA, Germany, France, Sweden, Great Britain, Japan in providing help to the young volunteers from these countries in their adjustments to the new environment, culture in educational fields in the new country.

• Working and providing support to the volunteers of Peace Corps and CAFÉ in their adjustment to the new culture and work conditions.

• Dealing with the evaluation of teachers of foreign languages, organized seminars, conferences, and open houses at schools and colleges.

• Organizing special educational programs for the honored students, coaching them in their preparation taking part in different Linguistic Contests such as Olympiad “Young Linguist”, “My Favorite English-Speaking Writer” on city, republic, and country level.

Professor: English/German

State University, USSR

09/1977-06/1981

• Taught English/German Grammar, Conversational Practice, English Literature, Comparative Linguistics

• Taught to the advanced students of the city elementary schools

Guide-Interpreter

All Union Share-Holding Company, Intourist, USSR

06/1974-09/1980

• Organizing and conducting sightseeing tours for the tourists from the English-speaking countries

POST GRADUATE TRAINING EXPERIENCE

Sunrise 5.5 Version 5/12

Avatar RADplus –03/11/08

For Avatar CWS (Clinician Workstation) and Avatar PM (Practice Management)

• Interpersonal Therapy 01/08

• Domestic Violence and Immigration Issues--3/2007

• Working with Hispanic Population from Central America--10/06

• Legal Issues in Mental Health Practice--9/06

• Child Abuse--9/13/04

• Crises Intervention--06/01

• Brief Psychotherapy--12/99-9/00

• Elder Abuse and Neglect 6/00

Social Work Intern

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Mental Health Center, F.E.G.S.

10/1998-5/1999

• Providing group/individual therapy to a wide range of clients with dual diagnoses –MICA patients and various mental problems (schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, agoraphobia etc.)

Social Work Intern

The Bronx Jewish Community Council

10/1993-5/1999

• Working with the English and Russian population (individual, families, groups)

• Geriatric case management, counseling, advocacy, assistance with entitlements

• Providing links to the community resources

Student Intern

Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged

05/1995-10/1995

• Working with the residents on spanning the spectrum of cognitive abilities

• Providing reminiscence and recreational therapy to the residents

• Interviewing residents for MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

• Providing concrete services for geriatric participants (Russian/English) with social security and Medicare problems, as well as defended the rights of tenants and helped to resolve property problems

• Providing legal advices, representation at Fair Hearings, disputes with landlords, protective services for those who were unable to afford services of private attorneys

• Creating daily activities schedules

• Organizing sightseeing tours, and trips to museums, concerts, movie theaters, and to recreational centers

SKILLS

Fluent in Russian (native), German, computer literate (Windows XP, ME, PowerPoint, IDX system, Excel), knowledge of Medical terminology, working on a Sunrise 5.5 Version, Canopy, Clinical Workstation AVATAR Creative-Socio Medics; CVM- Chart Viewing Module.

Author of the Book “ Touching the Memory” in English ( copyright via Congress Library, White House). Publisher the daughter company of Penguin, Xlibris.

REFERENCES

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