Elizabeth Chery

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Bronx, N.Y. 10469

646-***-**** (Mobile)

Objective

Seeking a Social Service position with your company in order to utilize educational achievements and years of experience as a social worker to engage individuals in a collaborative relationship, empowering them to manage their physical, psychosocial and environmental health to improve and maintain lifelong wellbeing.

Professional Experience

GoldCrest Care Center, Bronx, N.Y.

Director of Social Services (10/11-Present)

Ability to prioritize and manage changing priorities under pressure.

Advocate for clients by assisting them to address challenges and make informed choices

regarding clinical status and treatment options.

Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs.

Counseling provided to assist with adjustment to new placement.

Social Health, N.Y., N.Y.

FFS Social Worker (7/17-Present)

Provides home visits to clients in the community and adult homes

Assistance with entitlements

Supportive counseling

Park Gardens Long Term Home Health Care, Bronx, N.Y

Per Diem Social Worker (3/13-1/14)

Ability to work closely with patient and caregiver.

Provided patients with concrete services.

Maximized patient’s access to available resources.

Conducted assessments on new patients entering the program to assess their needs.

Ongoing case management services.

Wayne Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Bronx, N.Y.

Social Work (04/01- 10/11)

Provided community outreach, health education and

discharge planning.

Evaluated psychosocial issues to develop and implement appropriate treatment

plans.

Maintained accurate, comprehensive and current clinical and non-clinical documentation.

Employed critical thinking and judgment when dealing with unplanned issues.

Parallax Center, New York, N.Y.

Therapist/ Per Diem (6/03-4/08)

Conducted 2-3 individual and group therapy sessions per week.

Evaluated and addressed individual client’s needs and concerns.

Urban Pathways/Olivieri Center Drop in Center for Women, New York, N.Y. MICA Specialist (7/00-4/01)

Referred clients to detox, rehabilitation and outpatient substance abuse programs.

Conducted a variety of structured groups toward maintaining and developing skills to increase functioning in the community.

Provided individual and group counseling.

Worked with severely mentally ill adults, the homeless and dually diagnosed.

United Cerebral Palsy of New York, New York, N.Y.

Residential Habilitation Specialist/Per Diem (4/00-8/04)

Worked with the developmentally disabled in the home.

Taught skills to maintain a household.

Travel training.

Assisted in developing proper social skills.

Facilitated participation in the community.

F.E.G.S. / Riverdale Manor Home for Adults, Bronx, N.Y.

Rehabilitation Technician (1/92-7/00)

Performed case management duties.

Coordinated monthly field trips.

Physically met members where they were to gain a deep understanding of their

situation and needs.

Escorted clients to appointments.

Maintained appropriate documentation.

Education

University of New England, Portland, Maine

MSW program (12/2013)

Long Island University/Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, N.Y.

M.S. in Community Health (9/2000)

Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.

B.A. in Psychology (8/91)

Misc.

-Notary Public

-Screener

Languages

Haitian Creole

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