KAMECA BALAN, LMSW

*** ********* ****** *******, ** 11510

Phone 917-***-****

Email: adyg0k@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly-qualified service-oriented Social Services Professional that is highly passionate, professional, disciplined, reliable, resilient, confident, with a vast empirical knowledge encompassing exceptional work ethic and commitment to organizational objectives. I am a proactive optimistic individual who works with minimal supervision, a tactical planner with an innate ability to building strong, lasting and inter-personal relationships. I have the capability to ensure growth of customer base and customer satisfaction index based on the excellent cross-cultural communication skills that I possess. With the ability to fluently speak and write English, French as well as Creole, I possess the unique ability work with culturally diverse clients to provide lasting and meaningful personal support and care to my clients. I am also very adept at crisis management and using common sense and thus able to work in highly dynamic environments that characterize social work settings.

Career Objective

To capitalize on my extensive qualifications and professional experience in various social work settings to meet both the psycho-social and health needs of my clients while effectively maximizing the level of care provision in. This is driven by my desire to enhance and increase care and comfort of children, adults and elderly individuals with Dementia, Alzheimer, Schizophrenia chronic and Bipolar disorders as well as to assist individuals experiencing social crisis

Professional Experience

Fulton Commons Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

Social Services Director

Responsibilities

2018-Present

Completing of both social history and psychosocial assessment for residents that identifies their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Participating in the development of written and interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident identifying their psychosocial needs/issues, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions.

Ensure or provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long-term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Ensuring provision of support and education to residents/family members so as to assist in their understanding of placement and facility issues.

Referring residents/family members to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services.

Providing groups for residents/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs.

Providing clinical interventions so as to address catastrophic events that occur during the resident’s stay in the facility.

Coordinating the discharge of residents, planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the resident’s, meeting MDS 3.0, Care plans.

Promenade Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

Social Services Director

Responsibilities

Completing of both social history and psychosocial assessment for residents that identifies their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Participating in the development of written and interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident identifying their psychosocial needs/issues, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions.

Ensure or provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long-term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Ensuring provision of support and education to residents/family members so as to assist in their understanding of placement and facility issues.

Referring residents/family members to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services.

Providing groups for residents/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs.

Providing clinical interventions so as to address catastrophic events that occur during the resident’s stay in the facility.

Coordinating the discharge of residents, planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the resident’s, meeting MDS 3.0, Care plans.

Brooklyn United Methodist Church

Social Worker

Responsibilities

Completing of both social history and psychosocial assessment for residents that identifies their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Participating in the development of written and interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident identifying their psychosocial needs/issues, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions.

Ensure or provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long-term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

Ensuring provision of support and education to residents/family members so as to assist in their understanding of placement and facility issues.

Referring residents/family members to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services.

Providing groups for residents/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs.

Providing clinical interventions in order to address catastrophic events that occur during the resident’s stay in the facility.

Coordinating the discharge of residents, planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the resident’s, meeting MDS 3.0, Care plans.

2016-2018

2012-2016

Education

Skills

Languages

References

Yeshiva University, New York

Masters in Social Work Degree

Major: Social Work

Touro College, New York

Bachelor of Arts

Major: Psychology

Screen certified

CPR certified

Computer Literate

, MDS 3.0,

Fluent in English, French and Creole

Available Upon Request

2012-2014

2007-2011

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