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Amelia Cooper

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Professional Summary

Service-oriented Case Manager with 25 year backgroud in stress filled environment Core competencies include great people and organization skills as well as management and excellent communication,time management skills.

Skills

Administration and Management
Active Listening

Personnel and Human Resources
Speaking

Customer and Personal Service
Monitoring

Judgment and Decision Making
Time Management

Service Orientation
Management of Financial Resources

Transportation
Therapy and Counseling

Food Production

Experience

Personal Care Aide 12/2011 to 11/2014
Interim Health Care – Rochester, NY

Instruct or advise clients on issues such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.

Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.

Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands.

Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.

Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.

Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.

Home Health Aide 06/2007 to 02/2012
Center for Disability Rights – Rochester, NY

Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.

Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.

Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.

Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.

Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.

Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.

Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.

Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation.

ED/Inpatient Mental Health Technician 03/2003 to 11/2009
Unity Health Care – Rochester, NY
Cares for mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed individuals, following physician instructions and hospital procedures. Monitors patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene and administer oral medications and hypodermic injections. Psychiatric I provide hands-on care to people with varying degrees of mental illnesses and/or developmental disabilities. I took part in both the planning and implementing of patient treatment plans. They may be responsible for admitting and interviewing patients, record-keeping, administering medications or assisting in it, and conducting therapy sessions.I Intervened to restrain violent or potentially violent or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.Contacts patient's relatives by telephone to arrange family conferences.Asissted with discharge planning

Social and Human Service Assistants 03/2003 to 09/2005
Unity Health Care – Rochester, NY

Interview clients, review records, conduct assessments, or confer with other professionals to evaluate the mental or physical condition of clients or patients.

Collaborate with counselors, physicians, or nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.

Answer applicants' questions about benefits and claim procedures.

Interview benefits recipients at specified intervals to certify their eligibility for continuing benefits.

Compute and authorize amounts of assistance for programs such as grants, monetary payments, and food stamps.

Interview and investigate applicants for public assistance,SSD and SSI
.

Visit individuals in homes or attend group meetings to provide information on agency services, requirements, or procedures.

Assist in planning food budgets, using charts or sample budgets.

Transport and accompany clients to shopping areas or to appointments, using automobile.

Advise clients regarding food stamps, child care, food, money management, sanitation, or housekeeping.

Assist in locating housing for displaced individuals.

social worker 03/1983 to 09/2002
Genesee Hospital – Rochester, NY
I assist clients with daily activities, creating personal goals, modifying rehabilitation plans and creating sustainable networks of support. I also counseled by listening to client complaints and providing appropriate feedback.I meet with client two times monthly in order to ascertain needs and requirements. This may include observing a client's environment, general behavior and interaction with others During this stage, I reviewed legal and compliance issues, such as client rights, entitlements and government coverage of medical expenses.

I served as liaisons for client between Federal, State and Local community services such as DSS,SSD,SSI,Courts and Homeless Shelters or Protective Services. I also maintained clients compliance with Doctors and other contact Appointments.

Refer clients to community resources for services such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.

Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients, and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.

Lead group counseling sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, or chemical dependency.

Determine clients' eligibility for financial assistance

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Business and Marketing West Texas College - Snyder, TX

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