Antar Bush, Lmsw, Mph, Ches Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

Ensures that a person-centered focus is used to provide care and support by all staff who work within the residenceEnsures a positive climate that promotes respect and dignity for people supported.Supports the person’s independence, choice and outcomes.Participates in the screening, admission and discharge of people within the residence to ensure a smooth transition of support.Promotes participation in activities of meaningful daily living, such as vocation, recreation, spirituality.Provides prompt, efficient, and personalized support to meet requirements, requests, and concerns.Provides opportunities for people support to personalize their environmentLeadershipProvides leadership and direction for the residence through a combination of activities, including but not limited to observation, mentoring, coaching.Maintains all records and systems and ensures staff are properly trained and supported .Ensure all staff are trained in all aspects of each person’s life including health protocols , personal choice and outcomes.Leads meetings with all stakeholders to ensure participation for all members of each person’s circle of support.Represents the division and organization by participating on DD councils and IAC committees.Coaches and mentors all staff under their supervisionUnderstands and applies appropriate techniques for conflict resolution, crisis prevention, intervention and resolution.Provides round-the-clock responsiveness as part of emergency notifications and assistance.Ensures that the program are operating within their established budget.Partners with the Human Resources Department in all efforts relevant to hiring, developing and retaining staff.RegulatoryMaintains all records in compliance with OPWDD regulations.Ensure all health care needs are met and all staff are trained in the needs of the people we supportEnsure all Fire Safety Regulations are met

New York, New York, Us

• Provide oversight and supervision for six mental health therapists, ten therapist interns, and a senior management team member. Work closely with our review team to ensure that patients are on the appropriate leave of care. • Oversee that the progress notes are complete and enter the EMR weekly. • Create and review care audits weekly, maintaining contracts with clients and family members and monthly clinical and administrative meetings. • Support staff with education and development with therapists and interns.• Education in co-occurring disorders, sensitive training, motivational interviewing, ASAM criteria, and DAP progress notes. • Train therapists in developing a Family Empowerment weekend.• Oversee provision and integrity of admissions and discharges, ensuring that all referral sources, including business development individuals, are notified and communicated with and that intake processes and protocols are followed.

New York, Ny, Us

Is a member of the department’s senior management team and a designated leader for HIV care and prevention services across the organizationOversees all aspects of program monitoring including clinical, budgetary and administrativeProvides supervision of HIV Care and Prevention Program Directors and designated staffProvides cross coverage for other site and departmental managers as neededMonitors compliance with grant deliverables and activities, ensuring program goals are met as required; responsible for ensuring completion of grant reportsWorks alongside Program Directors, grant administrators and grant accountants to monitor all grant budgets and expenses;Works in close collaboration with the HIV Medical Director to ensure a high quality of care is delivered to patients living with HIV across the InstituteWorks in close collaboration with Director of Community Benefit Programs and grant contracts managers to ensure all programmatic activities are being carried out as requiredOversees the annual completion and submission of the New York State Quality of Care Review / Treatment Cascade, in collaboration with the HIV Medical DirectorAssists in identification and submission of new sources of funding for HIV-related programsOversees the development and implementation of all new HIV care and prevention contractsConvenes and oversees programmatic meetings, including staff meetings, case conferences, community advisory board meetings, and other meetings as assigned; Attends departmental meetings as requiredServes as liaison for community outreach and linkage agreements as related to grant goalsAnalyzes and evaluates the quantitative and qualitative performance of supervisees, and completes probationary and annual performance evaluations for staff within expected time framesWorks with the HIV Medical Director to build a standardized HIV care and prevention orienting and training curriculum to use across the Institute

Bronx, Ny, Us

• Provide students with the history, mission, and philosophy of social work profession and the evolution of social welfare policy.• Explore with students the impact of major coial policies that have been created specifically to address the needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities• Giving students the opportunity to analyze polices that advance human rights, and social, ecomomic and environmental justice.• Evaluate can students identify the impact of current policies on wellbeing and theur interrelatedness on the global, national, and community and individual levels.

New York , Us

Work with Managers to set, organize global community listening sessionsOrganize and maintain GBP internal organizational systems and track GBP wide activitiesLiaise with GBP Program Manager to Assist in managing communications with vendors, event registrants and/or attendees, and other relevant parties as instructed by the Management teamCoordinate and co-lead on the Health-fare in coordination with Program Manager and Management teamCoordinate all global volunteersData entry/record keeping, respond to emails, and field phone calls.Assist with the production of the organization’s first Pride Guide publication.

Manage digital news operations and production including hiring, onboarding and professional development, scheduling, and performance review. Lead teams in strategic planning to establish goals and objectives in alignment with program mission and vision. Produce prolific digital content focused on centering issues at the intersection of social justice, pop culture, and news. Equip staff with tools to effectively design and deliver content including digital platform navigation, task management, and research and development strategies. Engender creativity and originality in storytelling. Key accomplishments and responsibilities in this role include: • Evaluate media relations programs and provide recommendations for higher engagement/improvement in future outreaches• Serve as an advisor to the client, including supporting strategic discussions and problem solving, most particularly related to communications planning, the integration and implementation of media and digital strategies to increase awareness and utilization of the client resources and materials• Develop a communications strategy to engage media, bloggers and social media influencers to publish health stories• Contribute to the development of messages, press releases, statements, social media posts, reports, and presentations.• Drafted and presented documentation for health program delivery and management best practices and policies.• Employed content expertise to increase awareness of the need for diversity and inclusion in creating and sustaining equitable programs, systems, and communities.• Led the integration of LGB and Trans comprehensive health care using SMART objectives to create the Men have Abortions too campaign. A campaign to normalize abortion care for transgender individuals • Created and facilitate 5 in-service and professional development trainings to normalize abortions for transgender men.

West Chester, Pennsylvania, Us

• Provide a quality Master of Social Work Program in accord with the standards of the Council on Social Work Education and the PA State System of Higher Education.• Prepare graduates to practice competently and ethically with individuals, families, and communities.• Prepare graduates to think critically, communicate effectively, and engage research in the practice of social work.• Prepare graduates to practice social work with a commitment to human rights and social and economic justice.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Design and deliver high-level, comprehensive, multimodal Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) professional development training experiences for all Positive Health Impact Employees. This position will administer strategic visioning as well as grass-roots educational and professional development efforts that are grounded in mission, public health data, and racial and social justice. A major responsibility will be to develop, lead, implement, and assess an all-encompassing professional development and training plans for EDI by formulating long and short-term programmatic goals and objectives, delineate resource allocation to support them, and establish metrics to evaluate program success to ensure effective and efficient engagement and outcomes. The Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Training, Engagement, and Professional Development reports to the Director of Human Resources, or VP, Development & Communications.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Provide undergraduate students with guidance for field practicum in the field on rehabilitation and human services.• Responsible for making sure students are competent in maintaining case records and interpret –related data.• Evaluate students ability to apply academic preparation to the field work responsibly • Teach students how to use community recourses to provide integrated comprehensive treatment programs for clients.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Processes, techniques and methodologies were developed for 7 community-based HIV testing staff and 2 PrEP Coordinators to improve HIV prevention access to high-risk negative individuals, specifically BMSM, Transgender women, and people who inject drugs • A total of 9 community-based testing staff were trained on effective internet outreach and status neutral approaches to remote linkage to PrEP and care services including using ARTAS and CLEAR as strategies for linkage to HIV care • Developed contracts for 2 laboratory partners to monitor critical labs and PrEP adherence for PrEP patients that supported program implementation • Liaised with Philadelphia Department of Public Health to analyze jurisdictional HIV testing data, trends and seropositivity rates from HIV self-testing program implementation • Created and managed a program budget of $700,000 annually to support High Impact HIV Prevention activities as part of a 5-year cooperative agreement with the CDC resulting in 600 Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) and transgender women tested, 20 individuals newly identified and diagnosed as HIV positive, 18 individuals linked to HIV care services, and 10 individuals re-engaged in HIV care • Analyzed budget narratives, line-item budget, and expenditure reports prior to submission to grants solutions (grantsolutions.gov) to ensure legislative and programmatic compliance for one CDC funded cooperative agreement (PS15-1509) and one state funded grant (CP022) resulting in HIV testing and service delivery to 1000 individuals collectively • Analyzed and evaluated smart objectives and work plans against budget documents to ensure operational effectiveness and cohesive implementation • Developed, reviewed, and fully executed collaborative agreements, contracts, and memorandums of agreements with 20 community partner agencies within 24 months which contributed to the successful engagement of 1000 individuals in HIV prevention and testing services

• Responsible for managing a staff of sixteen health educators and social workers to conduct Cultural Competency trainings in health systems for the city of Philadelphia’s Department of Health. • Responsible for the planning and development of health education and training programs for capacity building among personnel and administrative staff.• Responsible to keep abreast of current development in health education and to incorporate recent information in to education programs.• Assess the development, and implementation of continuous training cycles for all staff mandated by the CDC. • Responsible for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with associates, community leaders, community groups, representative of public and private health and welfare agencies and other stake holders. • Developing strategic planning in health promotions to build health equity in communities of color. • Coordinate multiple funding streams to address behavioral and public health issues in Pennsylvania and responsible fiscal reports; contractual monitoring of all Philadelphia Department of Health contractors; and federal block grant (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) administration.• Direct, prepare, and manage annual health education budget, including all federal and state grant funding in Philadelphia County.

Lincoln University, Pa, Us

Teach two classes (clinical writing skills, and trauma counseling).• Teach trauma informed care to behavioral counseling graduate’s students using the latest best practices. • Interact with students about curriculum before and after class, offering help to those who needed it.• Motivate students to become independent thinkers and solve problems in an organized manner.• Developed the Trauma informed care 2017-2018 syllabus for graduate level clinical counseling students .• Use most available teaching aids (such as charts, PPTs, etc) convey the subject matter to the student. • Teach clinical writing to behavioral counseling graduates students using the latest best practices. • Interact with students about curriculum before and after class, offering help to those who needed it.• Motivate students to become independent thinkers and solve problems in an organized manner.• Use most available teaching aids (such as charts, PPTs, etc) convey the subject matter to the student.

• Provide clinical therapy for adolescents (ages 12 -18) suffering from autism who have experience trauma and abuse in the home.• Establishing action plans based on case facts, best practices, protocols, jurisdictional issues and available resources.• The ability to develop a strong and consistent therapeutic relationship with client’s suffering from mental disabilities at residential treatment facility.• Provide training and outreach on such topics as STI risk reduction, suicide prevention and violence prevention among clients at residential treatment facility

• Provided a comprehensive program for black LGBT youth (ages 13 – 24) in the Philadelphia area which offers holistic health services, sexual health education, and drop in day services.• Conduct group therapy sessions using the sanctuary, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness models.• Provided HIV 101 and PrEP educational sessions with MSM and Trans people of color in the Y-HEP program.• Provided support for staff and clients with daily agency activities such as cooking, cleaning, clothing donations, and job seeking services.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Provided clinical researcher by collecting behavioral and epidemiology data: and making sure all protocols are followed by the scientific method.• Proficient in understanding good clinical practice, and the ability to provide psychiatric assessments (MINI, C-SSRS, and SCID).• Coordinate with various teams and designed clinical research programs. Also locating funding sources for the research on smoking cessation. • Collect, process, analyze study objectives and prepared strategies for recruiting participants for the research program on HIV prevention and smoking cessation.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Community Health And Preventive Medicine

Doctor Of Social Work, Social Work

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical/Medical Social Work

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Fashion Merchandising