Personal case load of 40 families including Basic HCBS Plan Support. Responsibilities include initial & ongoing assessment of client strengths and long-term needs, informing families of service availability, assisting families with program applications, and serving as a family advocate for continued access to resources.• Maintain strong relationships with families to provide community resource information and advocacy needed to aid in accessing these services. • Develop ISP/Life Plans with clients with involvement of family, relatives, and service providers.• Assist qualifying families with medical services, HCBS Waivered services, and transitions between school and day habilitation or vocational programs.• Assist families without Medicaid in obtaining Medicaid-Waiver, as well as gathering all documents needed to meet Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) requirements • Assist Medicaid families in applying for Social Security Income and other appropriate services through the Department of Social Services including Medicaid-Waiver, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Housing Program Section 8.• Maintain strong communication with supervisor, as well as up-to-date documentation and client file organization to ensure continuing access to services for the client. • General office duties and frequent work with Microsoft Office.

Director of a large interdisciplinary community center which provided resources for local families, including programs for children from 6 months to 12 years old, youth programs, women’s education and promotion programs, senior programs, and other community services. Primary responsibilities included managing personnel (teachers, administrative classes), developing educational programs for community members, and providing social work and crisis intervention services. • Aided in the assessment of children, adolescents, young women, and elderly people in need. • Designed educational curriculum for workshops related to resources offered at the center. • Provided individual counseling/crisis intervention to survivors and those at risk of domestic violence.• Coordinated activities with other local family welfare organizations. • Led a large interdisciplinary team which included administrators, social workers, teachers, teacher assistants, cooks, maintenance, and security staff. • Provided vulnerable populations access to services that promote family well-being. Helped approximately 230 people.