Jerry Cook Email & Phone Number

• Provide one-on-one, in-home and community services to consumers with developmental disabilities in an effort to reach their fullest potential defined by their Individual Supports Plan (ISP).• Deliver assistance to consumers to ensure independence including, but not limited to, personal hygiene, food and personal shopping, attendance of all medical appointments, light housekeeping, and proper medication.

• Supervised a staff of over 60 who provided Habilitation Services, Companion Services, or Respite to consumers based on their individual needs identified through the ISP.• Developed and modified consumers’ In-Home Habilitation Plans and Protective Oversight Plans based on field staff’s monthly reports to ensure all needs and goals were met in accordance with consumer’s ISP. • Established and maintained productive relationship with referring agencies, staff, and consumers enabling the program to develop and grow leading to an expansion into new markets.• Liaised with providers in regards to referrals, required services, and assignment of staff most appropriate to consumer. • Assisted in interviewing potential new staff for positions in the program. • Provided specific training to staff per consumers’ individual health or physical needs. (e.g. diabetes, mental health diagnosis, etc.).• Completed staff performance reviews, payrolls, and other documentation for the main office for personnel under my supervision.• Responsible for documentation within the HCISIS system.• Provided 24-7 on-call support for staff.

Scranton, Pennsylvania

• Organized, planned, and referred a caseload of clients with various degrees of mental retardation and dually diagnosed clients to support services.• Maintained a working knowledge of Principles of Supports Coordination, Self-Determination and Person Centered Practices along with OMR policies.• Responsible for documentation within the HCISIS system.

• Evaluated emergency room patients seeking mental health evaluation at Community Medical Center, Moses Taylor Hospital, and Mercy Hospital.• Coordinated closely with emergency room staff and consulted with the on-call psychiatric for each patient to determine the appropriate disposition for each patient. • Prepared bed check, transportation, and hospitalization pre-authorization documentation in cases when the patient was admitted.• I arranged transportation to the accepting hospital. I completed all necessary detailed documentation for each contact with patient. (i.e. 201, 302, consents to release information, etc…) Communication was essential in effectively completely this position.

• Provided initial contact for new adult and child clients requesting mental health services including gathering psychosocial history and other pertinent information before psychiatric evaluation.• Performed crisis intervention/evaluations for adults and children to determine whether inpatient hospitalization was required or referral to appropriate outpatient services working in conjunction with on-call psychiatric.

• Provided one-on-one support in home, school, and community setting for individuals with mental retardation and mental health issues.

• Assisted mentally-ill consumers in a residential/ community setting with daily living activities including budgeting, making appointments, cooking, cleaning, medication as well as a variety of other needs. • Aided and evaluated residents in setting and achieving personal goals including daily documentation and monthly progress reports.

• Please refer to the job description of Supports Coordinator/ Scranton Counseling Center.

• Provided emergency service after normal business hours via telephone or, when necessary, through emergency room visit.• Evaluated patient with patient, friends, family and past mental health history and reviewed information with on-call psychiatrist.• Responsible for bed search and pre-certification of insurance in cases when patient was admitted in addition to documentation per agency regulations.

• Served as the sole crisis worker during day time hours to handle assessment of consumer and consumers’ needs.• Conducted evaluation consumers’ needs through interviewing client, family, and friends as well as researching past mental health history, family mental health history, medical problems, recent stressors, etc. • Performed initial referral sheets for first appointments for adult outpatient, children’s outpatient, and Mental Retardation Services.• Coordinated with psychiatrist when inpatient hospitalization was needed as well as hospitalization needs such as bed search, pre-certification when applicable, and insurance documentation.• Served as liaison between Tri-County Human Services-Lackawanna Country branch, other branches, local hospitals, and all outpatient services.

• Served as an intervention in-home between families through intensive family counseling in attempt to stop out-of-home placement. • Coordinated between the program and psychiatrist to assist in the treatment methods and goal planning for the families as well as proper documentation was required by program regulations.

• Worked with chronic adult and youth mental health patients to assist them in day to day living, accessing services, referring to appropriate services, mediating with clients’ families, school systems, etc. in an effort to avoid re-hospitalization for clients.• Assisted the director in implementing the children’s ICM program.

• Provided one-to-one therapy, group therapy, illness education, and recreational therapy in a method between inpatient hospitalization and outpatient therapy in addition to goal planning and documentation.

• Responsible for a variety of duties which include one-to-one counseling, group counseling, illness education, relaxation, recreational therapies, assist patient with ADL skills, and provide necessary levels of supervision for dependent SI patients per psychiatric orders as well as appropriate documentation.• Coordinated with fellow staff to provide optimal level of care, treatment, and safety for each patient.

• Please refer to the job description for Marian Community Hospital Inpatient Mental Health Worker.

• Provided ADL skills, educational skills, and behavior modification through goal planning and treatment reviews with psychologist for persons with limited mental and physical capabilities.

• Performed in-home visits, behavior modifications, assessing services, referrals to appropriate services, and completed documentation for families with mental health, mental retardation, and/ or children & youth cases to increase consistency and continuity of care as well as serve as a liaison between the consumer, agency, and court systems.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Mental Health Counseling/Counselor, 3.3

The concentration is in Mental Health Counseling. Currently, I have completed all necessary in-classroom requirements and am searching.

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Work

Major Social Work, Minor Psychology