Tracy Burnside Email & Phone Number

Process enrollment packets for Legally Exempt Providers in Monroe, Wayne and Livingston CountiesReview each enrollment packet and evaluate it for completeness in order to make a determination of enrollmentEvaluation of provider risk based on criminal background, childcare history, child welfare and sexual offender historyProvide extensive technical assistance to current and prospective childcare providers– via telephone, mail and in personKnowledge of NYS regulations, basic knowledge of local criminal justice systemEffective communication with staff, county workers, community agencies, parents and providers on a daily basisInspect provider’s home for health and safety, assist provider to correct hazards found, hands on fire safety education with children and provider, follow up visit if necessaryPresent trainings specific to Legally Exempt Providers Facilitated Red Cross approved CPR and First Aid trainings to providers

Created individual vocational/educational plans for employees and assisted them towards self-sufficiency. Such plans included: GED, job searches, resume writing, personal financial budgeting, interviewing skills, obtaining personal identification, skills to keep a job, applying for school and school loans, financial aid and scholarships

Develop site-specific recreation and leisure assessment and trainingsPlanned and coordinated recreation, social and physical activities; utilizing budgeted funds and community resourcesDocumented group and individual progress notes; individual case management and inter-disciplinary team meetingsMade referral connections for GED programs, volunteer opportunities, and other community vocational developmentFacilitated various support groups: vocational, leisure and addiction education, family rec, health & wellness, therapy

Supervise and guide young teens through early recovery, distribute medications, transport clients, monitor and re-direct unhealthy behaviors, support clients as they learn how to develop healthy relationships become responsible for themselves, document in all progress notesFacilitate therapy groups such as: conflict resolution, orientation, leisure education, recreation & outings and assisted in clinical groupSummer of 2003 Temporarily assumed position of Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Coordinate summer recreation and leisure program for the residence; utilizing community resources and specified budget, completed individual assessments and plans, document progress notesFacilitate recreation activities, leisure education, family participation events with clients and organized client softball team and participated in inter-disciplinary team meetings

Bs Degree, Health Science

Focus within Social Work / Human Service fields - core classes in Therapeutic Recreation Program and field work assignments

Bs Degree, Health Science

Focus within Social Work / Human Service fields – core classes in Therapeutic Recreation Program and field work assignments

Aas Degree, Human Services

Human Services and Liberal Arts classes and field work assignments; skills mastered- client relationships, interviewing, empathy, solution.

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