Mari E. Isaacson Lcsw, Achp-Sw Email & Phone Number

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Branford, Ct

Provide case management, care coordination, education, advocacy and resource referral to on location to patients and their families. Handle a casework averaging 25-35, which includes individuals in their homes, dementia centers and skilled nursing facilities. Identify patient/family needs when discharged or when the level of care changes. Assess Bereavement needs.Member of interdisciplinary teams for assigned patients. Team members also can include the Medical Director, a Registered Nurse, a Social Worker, Spiritual Department member, Home Health Aide and Volunteer.

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A non-profit organization devoted to empowering promising students engaged in science, engineering and music programs Worked closely with the President of the foundation to develop and maintain thorough donor organization. Served as liaison to the President of the Foundation. Frequently manage the central database including donor management updates, contacts and research into potential donors. Served as Project Coordinator for events and functions of the organization. Provided daily administration of the foundation while the president was away.

Center For Special Studies

Provides First Class HIV Specialized Care to People Living with HIV/AIDS. Supplied intensive outpatient case management services to individual patients with HIV/AIDS and chronic illness.

Workforce Development Program

A Not-for-Profit Social Service Agency that Provides Social Services, Arts Programs & Health Care Services to New Yorkers Conducted independent research on services and intervention for the ex-offender population served. Helped clients achieve their. Developed network of community resources. Developed several programs to help engage individuals in vulnerable situations.Researched, wrote, and distributed an Ex-Offenders Employment Guide - created because of the difficulty repeat offenders have when trying to re-establish themselves.

A Special Needs Restaurant - Quality Home Delivery Prepared restaurant quality food, created per the needs of each client. Developed and created cuisines for oncology, HIV/AIDS, diabetic, and cardiac patients. Culinary skills were honed by living and working in Reykjavik, Iceland and Deauville, France for 5 years. Developed an understanding of the diverse cultures of these two countries. This perspective has proven very helpful in all future professional duties. Demonstrated specialty cooking at Norwalk Hospital Cardiac Rehab Center in Norwalk, CT.

Began career as a Chef while working in service at 65 Irving Place in NYC Decided that in order to be taken seriously as a Chef, travelled to Reykjavik, Iceland as a Chef-in-Training). After Iceland, secured a position in Deauville, France. Shifted career to learning about disease-fighting menus. Became a Private Chef in Chicago for those with life-altering ailments. Returned to NYC in 1995 to care for a terminally ill family member.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), 2011, Social Sciences, Gpa: 3.5

Concentration : Clinical Focus on End of Life Issues, Bereavement and Advanced Practice with Older People and Families. Curriculum.

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology, 2007, Social Psychology

Concentration: Social Psychology Member of Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology; inducted 2005