Social Worker, LCSW

Nicole Casimir

*** **** ******** *** ****, NY ***12 Phone: 646-***-**** E-mail: **********@*****.***

Experienced Social services Professional

Services Delivery Psycho-Social Assessments Patient Care Advocacy & Coordination

Deep knowledge and experience in wide range of disciplines, including: adult and family programs. Highly skilled at developing, establishing and coordination care and counseling programs.

Bi-lingual with ability to develop trusting relationships with patients, caregivers and interdisciplinary care teams.

Program Development · Program Management · Advocacy · Care Planning · Care Coordination

Referral Mapping · Training and Execution · Team Building

Care Planning · Reporting and Data Analysis

Professional Experience

KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER – RUTLAND ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE CENTER

Director 2013-2019

Overall direction and supervision of medical model center whose mission is to enhance and prolong the quality of life for individuals who require supportive health care services to remain independently in the community. Plan, organize, staff, develop, evaluate, report, and budget as needs of program dictate. Supervise interdisciplinary staff. Ensure compliance with Adult Day Health Care Center rules, regulations and policies. Market the program both at the Medical Center and in the community at large.

Social Worker 2005-2012

Oversee, administer and coordinate delivery of services to registrants and their family/caregivers. Conduct six and

twelve month reviews, maintain appropriate documentation and monitor results for compliance with Center guidelines

policies and procedures. Screen, assess and evaluate Registrants prior to admission to ensure program eligibility.

Conduct detailed psycho-social assessment for new registrants, including counseling registrants and their families

/caregivers to ensure care coordination. Conduct outreach to community organizations, hospitals, agencies and other

resources for referral. Coordinate with community services not offered by ADHCC. Provide discharge planning,

follow-up and arrange transportation to ensure program continuity. Assess registrants for signs of mental illness

and/or dementia and make appropriate referrals.

Assist Program Director (act as program director during absences) and advocate for registrants.

Coordinate interdisciplinary review and monitoring and adjustment of each registrant’s care

Conduct staff meetings and in-service programs and serve as an active member of ADHCC interdisciplinary team

KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER – RUTLAND NIRSING HOME

Leading 864-bed medical training institution, with a 326-bed acute care hospital and 538-bed adult and pediatric skilled nursing long-term

care facility

Social Worker 2000-2005

Developed a comprehensive psycho-social assessment of ethnically diverse resident needs that made for ease of program

Delivery. Empowered residents & their support system to access and utilize community resources, including community

Organizations. Provided counseling support that enhanced coping skills, guided expectation on functional status and

Future limitations. Coordinated support system at Acute Care Hospital and Long Term Care that

Created and implemented discharge plans that ensured continuum of care and resource intensity

Active in Interdisciplinary Team Conferences for monitoring treatment plans and goals

Completed MDS and Comprehensive Care Plan.

Served as Liaison between resident/family and the medical staff that ensured proper quality of care and

coordination

FEDERATION EMPLOYMENT AND GUIDANCE SERVICES (F.E.G.S)

Rehabilitation Technician 1996 - 2000

Individual and group counseling and rehabilitation services

Prevented unnecessary hospitalization by enhancing abilities

Supervised student interns

MIDWOOD PROJECT SWEEP

Intern `1994-1995

Provided rehabilitation services & job training to persons with psychiatric disabilities

Supervised recreational activities

Education and Professional Certification

Master of Social Work (MSW), Fordham University, New York ` 2000

Bachelor Of Arts (BA) in Sociology, Long Island University 1995

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) New York 2004

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