Professional Experience

• 15 years progressive Residential Program Management experience with numerous non-profit voluntary agencies.
• 20 years progressive experience working with individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, including mild to severe Mental Retardation and physically challenged individuals.
• Over 1 year experience in composing and updating Individualized Service Plans as a Medicaid Service Coordinator.
• 20 years progressive experience developing, writing, and recording/interrupting Residential Habilitation Plans, including chairing case reviews.
• 15 years investigation preliminary of incidents surrounding residents consumers within the programs I managed or within sister programs within agencies employed. Member of Incident Review Committee for numerous agencies.
• Development of stabilization plan for WWA ARC New Visions Albany ARC . Assisted in saving 5 out of 6 programs assigned during redevelopment of New Visions before merging with Warren/Washington ARC.
• 2 years' experience as a Day Program Instructor and Development Specialist.
• BA in Psychology, focusing on Child and Adolescent development, including counseling techniques and Advance Abnormal Development

Experience

• Experienced Residential and Day Programming supervisor under OPWDD
• Experienced in Job Coaching, Resume Development, and Interview Skills Development for teens throughout the Capital District, utilizing Youth Ministry principles and work force experience, as well as job development for Intellectually Disabled adults, utilizing OPWDD regulations and training.
• Counseling skills utilized to assist individuals with determining abilities and to set goals for employment, as well as working through personal issues. Experienced in Case Management for a wide variety of populations, including Developmentally Disabled and those facing unique life situations.
• Worked closely with various employment agencies and Northeast Career Planning, as well as Sheltered Work environments within the Capital District. Worked with large employers to assist those with difficulty maintaining employment.

Agencies

Confidential

• Program Manager for 7 agency run homes. Developed Residential Rescue plan with senior administrators.
• Rescued 5 out of 6 programs that were in immediate danger of closing.
• Incident investigation preliminary through detail record review.
• Supervision of staff up to 40 Residential Service Professionals

Confidential

• Program Manager/QIDP for a youth and adolescent home for Developmentally Disabled from 13 to 25 years old.
• Behavioral analysis and support for extreme behavioral outbursts
• Supervision of staff, financial supervision for the residents, coordination of recreation, coordination of Agency-wide self-advocacy program, property maintenance, as well as on-call administrator duties.
• Created Residential Habilitation Programs and maintained data collection.
• Member of Incident Investigation Committee and Review Committee

Confidential

• Responsibilities included assisting with the Home and Community Based Service HCBS Waiver
• Responsible for assisting developmentally disabled children and adults with locating and utilizing community-based services PT, OT, SLP, Medicaid, Food Stamps .
• Assist with the person centered approach to developing and maintaining individualized services, both in a community residence setting and in the community as a whole.
• Incident Investigation Committee Member

Confidential

• Responsibilities included assisting individuals with developmental disabilities with Medicaid and other Public Assistance issues such as food stamps, SSI disputes, emergency housing issues, and maintaining appropriate funding streams for individual living arrangements.
• Maintained extensive files on consumers and worked with many state agencies throughout the Capital Region. Assisted in Job development and on-site training for individuals with special needs.
• Incident Review Committee Member

Confidential

• Assistant Residence Program Manager, Promoted to Dual Site Program Manager
• Managed the health care of 8 individuals with mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities.
• Financial guardianship for the 8 consumers as well as responsible for the creation and adherence to a fiscal budget.
• Creation of programs to meet the daily needs of consumers within the residential setting, staff development and training in conjunction with the training department, coordinated ISP meetings, coordinated medical programming with Residential RN.
• Developed Residential Habilitation Committee
• Incident Investigation preliminary and Incident Review Committee for Residential and Day Program
• Self-Advocacy Coordinator.

Confidential

• 12 individual Community based case, ages 5 to 87 years, varying disabilities.
• Worked as a Community Habilitation Worker under HCBS waiver.
• Worked with those with Traumatic Brain Injury under DOH/OMRDD combined waiver

Confidential

• Community based case load of 6 consumers of varying ages.
• Worked on community skills building and Job skills development.
• Residential Counselor for several CR's in the Albany area