ALLISON D. CLEMONS

**** *** ******, *** ******, IA 50315

515-***-**** adzbf8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Successful human services professional with over 20 years of experience in varied roles designed to

effectively address those social and emotional barriers restricting independent client functionality

HIGHLIGHTS

• Identification of strategies to remove social and emotional barriers

• Effective implementation of therapeutic safety plans

• Effective education and organization of client multi-support systems

• Collaborative communication and advocacy of client needs with team members

• Maintain ethical and legal boundaries with clients and staff

• Knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and

Protected Health Information (PHI) federal guidelines

EXPERIENCE

August of 2019-Current Des Moines Public Schools

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

March 2017-2019 Eyerly Ball Mental Health Services, Des Moines, IA

Human Services Counselor

• Provide client supervision to ensure maximum safety of each resident and staff

• Identify and implement proactive crisis planning and client de-escalation through development of

individualized strategies and interventions to address antecedents that create behavioral issues

• Effective crisis management through the provision of effective interventions to de-escalate clients

who are in crisis.

• Orient clients to utilization of effective coping skills in order to process social and emotional barriers

shifting the focus onto therapeutic solutions

• Maintain provision of emotional and cognitive supports to all clients in treatment through various

techniques, i.e. reflective listening, perspective checking, and empathetic statements

• Develop and implement compensatory strategies to strengthen client executive functioning skills

• Maintain current working knowledge of local community resources supporting client needs

• Educate and support client independent living skills and self-sufficiency

• Provide timely, accurate, and complete written documentation for all clients

• Safe transportation of clients

May 2014 - March 2017 Accessible Home Healthcare Agency, Clive, IA

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Facilitate client independence through effective adult assistance with adaptive skills for daily living

• Document client care consistent with commercial and private payer

• Maintain safe, secure and healthy client environment consistent with agency guidelines

• Manage co-worker schedules and mentor new staff on company procedures

August 2013 – May 2016 Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, IA

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

1992-2013 Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA

Patient Care Technician

• Effective oral and written communication of patient status with family and varied medical/hospital

personnel consistent with HIPAA and PHI guidelines

• Perform pre-surgery functions such as perform EKG’s, draw lab-work, complete prep and hygiene

duties, and patient transportation

• Observe patient mental alertness and reports any physical, mental and emotional changes to

designated hospital personnel

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services, 2009

Upper Iowa University, Des Moines, IAALLISON D. CLEMONS

3807 3RD Street, Des Moines, IA 50315

515-***-**** adzbf8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Successful human services professional with over 20 years of experience in varied roles designed to

effectively address those social and emotional barriers restricting independent client functionality

HIGHLIGHTS

• Identification of strategies to remove social and emotional barriers

• Effective implementation of therapeutic safety plans

• Effective education and organization of client multi-support systems

• Collaborative communication and advocacy of client needs with team members

• Maintain ethical and legal boundaries with clients and staff

• Knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and

Protected Health Information (PHI) federal guidelines

EXPERIENCE

August of 2019-Current Des Moines Public Schools

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

March 2017-2019 Eyerly Ball Mental Health Services, Des Moines, IA

Human Services Counselor

• Provide client supervision to ensure maximum safety of each resident and staff

• Identify and implement proactive crisis planning and client de-escalation through development of

individualized strategies and interventions to address antecedents that create behavioral issues

• Effective crisis management through the provision of effective interventions to de-escalate clients

who are in crisis.

• Orient clients to utilization of effective coping skills in order to process social and emotional barriers

shifting the focus onto therapeutic solutions

• Maintain provision of emotional and cognitive supports to all clients in treatment through various

techniques, i.e. reflective listening, perspective checking, and empathetic statements

• Develop and implement compensatory strategies to strengthen client executive functioning skills

• Maintain current working knowledge of local community resources supporting client needs

• Educate and support client independent living skills and self-sufficiency

• Provide timely, accurate, and complete written documentation for all clients

• Safe transportation of clients

May 2014 - March 2017 Accessible Home Healthcare Agency, Clive, IA

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Facilitate client independence through effective adult assistance with adaptive skills for daily living

• Document client care consistent with commercial and private payer

• Maintain safe, secure and healthy client environment consistent with agency guidelines

• Manage co-worker schedules and mentor new staff on company procedures

August 2013 – May 2016 Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, IA

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

1992-2013 Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA

Patient Care Technician

• Effective oral and written communication of patient status with family and varied medical/hospital

personnel consistent with HIPAA and PHI guidelines

• Perform pre-surgery functions such as perform EKG’s, draw lab-work, complete prep and hygiene

duties, and patient transportation

• Observe patient mental alertness and reports any physical, mental and emotional changes to

designated hospital personnel

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services, 2009

Upper Iowa University, Des Moines, IAALLISON D. CLEMONS

3807 3RD Street, Des Moines, IA 50315

515-***-**** adzbf8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Successful human services professional with over 20 years of experience in varied roles designed to

effectively address those social and emotional barriers restricting independent client functionality

HIGHLIGHTS

• Identification of strategies to remove social and emotional barriers

• Effective implementation of therapeutic safety plans

• Effective education and organization of client multi-support systems

• Collaborative communication and advocacy of client needs with team members

• Maintain ethical and legal boundaries with clients and staff

• Knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and

Protected Health Information (PHI) federal guidelines

EXPERIENCE

August of 2019-Current Des Moines Public Schools

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

March 2017-2019 Eyerly Ball Mental Health Services, Des Moines, IA

Human Services Counselor

• Provide client supervision to ensure maximum safety of each resident and staff

• Identify and implement proactive crisis planning and client de-escalation through development of

individualized strategies and interventions to address antecedents that create behavioral issues

• Effective crisis management through the provision of effective interventions to de-escalate clients

who are in crisis.

• Orient clients to utilization of effective coping skills in order to process social and emotional barriers

shifting the focus onto therapeutic solutions

• Maintain provision of emotional and cognitive supports to all clients in treatment through various

techniques, i.e. reflective listening, perspective checking, and empathetic statements

• Develop and implement compensatory strategies to strengthen client executive functioning skills

• Maintain current working knowledge of local community resources supporting client needs

• Educate and support client independent living skills and self-sufficiency

• Provide timely, accurate, and complete written documentation for all clients

• Safe transportation of clients

May 2014 - March 2017 Accessible Home Healthcare Agency, Clive, IA

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Facilitate client independence through effective adult assistance with adaptive skills for daily living

• Document client care consistent with commercial and private payer

• Maintain safe, secure and healthy client environment consistent with agency guidelines

• Manage co-worker schedules and mentor new staff on company procedures

August 2013 – May 2016 Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, IA

Health Care Associate – District Schools

• Facilitate operation of student health office for two public high schools in district

• Strategically administer limited services, under supervision of a Registered Nurse, for a wide range

of illnesses occurring in the public school setting

• Collaborate with faculty as to student health plans consistent with PHI guidelines

• Record student visits to health office and collaborated with staff student concerns

• Maintain all HIPPA laws and upheld confidentiality on all students and staff

• Adhere to Individual Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 plans health plans

1992-2013 Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA

Patient Care Technician

• Effective oral and written communication of patient status with family and varied medical/hospital

personnel consistent with HIPAA and PHI guidelines

• Perform pre-surgery functions such as perform EKG’s, draw lab-work, complete prep and hygiene

duties, and patient transportation

• Observe patient mental alertness and reports any physical, mental and emotional changes to

designated hospital personnel

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services, 2009

Upper Iowa University, Des Moines, IA

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