Program Specialist Social Worker
Resume:
Tracy L. Adams, LCSW, ACSW
Niceville, FL 32578
*************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Oncology Social Worker, 04/2022-present
ERP International at Egin AFB
Provided psychosocial assessments, case management, advanced directive education, and grief and loss counseling, to military patients and their families receiving oncology services through Eglin Air Force Base. Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to provide coordinated care, for patients and families throughout ongoing treatment and survivor surveillance. Excellent knowledge of community resources available in the four county geographic region. Strong understanding of military insurance, Veteran’s benefits, and Medicare. Familiarity with medical terminology and end stage disease processes. Fully credentialed as a provider at Eglin, including security clearance through the military’s extensive background investigation. Both oncology physicians left the Air Force, and a new oncologist isn’t able to start until May 2023.
Fresenius Medical Care, Fort Walton Beach, FL 01/2013-04/2022
Medical Social Worker, LCSW
Provides clinical social work services to patients treated by the facility including in-center and home dialysis patients.
Provides psycho-educational training to in-center hemodialysis patients and families in understanding the emotional, psychological and behavioral impact of End Stage Renal Disease.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, provides established outcomes driven psycho-educational counseling methods aimed at improving areas of need, treatment adherence, vocational/educational rehabilitation and/or quality of life goals to patients on dialysis.
Provides supportive and goal directed counseling and education to patients who are seeking transplant.
Assesses patient awareness of advance directives; assists with accessing advance directive forms/information and facilitates discussion of advance directive wishes. Provides palliative care intervention, to include patients with co-morbid conditions such as cancer.
Provides ongoing education to patient/family regarding psychosocial issues related to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and all support services that are available.
Collaborates with facility management, Financial Coordinators and Billing Group staff to address patient issues related to insurance.
Assists patients with community resource acquisition, and with navigating the health care system.
Amedisys Home Health Care, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton County, FL 04/06-12/12
Medical Social Worker, LCSW
Provided medical social work services to elderly and disabled homebound adults.
Identified psychosocial barriers to compliance with agency's plan of care.
Assisted patients in resource acquisition, and identified eligibility for services and benefits.
Assisted patients in securing placements in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
Assessed safety risks to patients requiring intervention from family and/or Adult Protective Services.
Collaborated with other disciplines to ensure coordinated approach to planning care.
Maintained relationships with referral sources to ensure service expectations were achieved.
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NWFL Area Agency on Aging, Pensacola, FL 11/06-11/07
Medicaid Waiver Program Specialist (part time)
Monitored service providers in a four county area to ensure compliance with Medicaid Waiver Program regulations.
Audited assisted living facilities (ALF) to ensure Medicaid waiver patients received quality care.
Received ALF administrator's license through the Department of Elder Affairs.
Abba Family Services, Denver, CO 01/02-08/04
Contract Caseworker (Position eliminated as a result of funding changes.)
Provided case management to foster/adoptive families, and to children in placement.
Collaborated with multiple agencies to ensure that children’s needs were met.
Counseled foster/adoptive families in issues related to parenting abused and neglected children.
Maintained on-call availability for foster/adoptive families.
Caseworker Supervisor (Transitioned to Contract due to agency needs.)
Ongoing staff supervision of caseworkers providing services to foster/adoptive families.
Assessed risk to children in placement, and guided casework decision-making processes.
Maintained working knowledge of administrative regulations.
Provided ongoing training to caseworkers and foster/adoptive families.
Provided on-call emergency coverage for the agency.
Transitions, Seven Counties Services, Louisville, KY 07/94-12/97
Staff Therapist/Family Assessor
Conducted home-based risk/needs assessments with families under investigation for child abuse/neglect in urban communities.
Collaborated with Child Protective Services for treatment and service needs.
Provided Group and Individual Therapy for children and adults, targeting domestic violence and/or child abuse issues.
Consulted with Courts regarding recommendations and therapeutic nee
Cabinet for Human Resources (CHR), Louisville, KY 06/87-07/94
09/91-07/94 Choice Team (CHR), a treatment team providing intensive community-based services to severely emotionally disturbed children and their foster families.
Family Services Worker Clinician
Provided family therapy and behavioral instruction with the goal of stabilizing children in foster homes.
Managed caseload to ensure that each child received appropriate services from collateral agencies.
12/90-09/91 Child Protective Services Division (CHR), a service-based service team for high-risk families whose children were victims of abuse, neglect, or dependency.
Family Services Worker Chief
Assessed families to identify dynamics, treatment needs, parental capacities, and risk to children.
Investigated reports of child abuse and initiated court action.
Coordinated collateral services and assisted families with resource acquisition.
Acted as team supervisor in absence of primary supervisor.
1/90-12/90 Therapeutic Foster Care Program (CHR), a service program focused on the therapeutic needs of children and foster families.
Family Services Worker Clinician
Maintained foster home placement responsibility for children with serious emotional disturbances.
Provided support, counseling, and behavior modification instruction to therapeutic foster families.
Functioned as a member of three specialty teams to ensure a coordinated approach to maintain emotionally disturbed children in community-based placements.
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06/87-12/89 Child Protective Services Division (CHR), a service-based team for high-risk families whose children were victims of abuse, neglect, or dependency.
Family Services Worker Principal
Assessed families to identify dynamics, treatment needs, parental capacities, and risk to children.
Investigated reports of child abuse and initiated court action.
Coordinated collateral services and assisted families with resource acquisition.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Social Work 1988-1990 Bachelor of Science Social Work
Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, KY, GPA 4.0 Western KY University 1983-1987
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Magna Cum Laude with Honors
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