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California, United States

Chula Vista, Ca

Greater San Diego Area

Coordinate Memory Cafe Outreach program for older adults living in the community desiring to keep their brains healthy and active. Create curriculum for bimonthly memory cafe meetings that includes reminiscing, brain fitness, and latest research on how lifestyle choices affect brain health. 7 memory cafe locations across San Diego County serving approximately 150 older adults monthly free of charge.

Greater San Diego Area

Adult day program clinical social work intern providing support to adults age 60+ with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias (ADOD) and their caregivers; building rapport with day program participants and their caregivers; co-facilitating caregiver support groups; conducting biopsychosocial assessments, intake assessments, and MMSE's to monitor cognitive and psychological well-being; developing innovative new day programming grounded in reminiscence therapy.

Greater San Diego Area

Strengths-based Case Management intern assisting with home visits to support adults age 60+ with severe and persistent mental illness; Provided brokerage and linkage of resources, in-home psychotherapy, bio-psycho-social assessments, and case management services once monthly to clients assigned by supervisor; Updated client's electronic health records in a timely fashion and provided accurate documentation for billing purposes.

Greater San Diego Area

Managed recruitment, selection, and communication between Office of Undergraduate Admission and the greater Los Angeles area; Counseled students and parents on options for application process, financial aid opportunities, and campus offerings; Planned and executed day and overnight visit programming for admitted students.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Provided compassionate, person-centered care to residents and their families to meet psychosocial needs; mediated high-stress conflicts between inter-generational parties and counseled residents one-on-one; maintained detailed digital records and upheld state, federal and HIPAA standards; advocated effectively for residents’ needs to staff and family in weekly meetings

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Assisted in all functions of the Social Services department, including assessments, correspondence, and documentation; Stepped in and fulfilled all duties in absence of social worker

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Coordinated engaging and creative programs for residents in long-term care unit; monitored activity budget; managed numerous priorities simultaneously, including the well-being of residents, paperwork, and activities; developed rapport with residents; catered programs to residents’ interests and abilities

Master’S Degree, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Geriatric Specialist

B.A., Communication Studies, Music

Activities and Societies: Choral Scholars; Kappa Alpha Theta; Order of Omega; Lambda Pi Eta; Resident Assistant staff

Social Service Designee Course Presented By Success Development Inc.

48 hours of coursework to obtain Social Service Designee certification in the state of Indiana.

Three Week Intensive Course, Intercultural Communication