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Employment

2008–present         Independence Residences, Inc.    Woodhaven,NY

Coordinator of Waiver and Family Support Services

Provide supervision and guidance to the managers and supervisors of programs in the waiver and family support department, which include Bridges to Health, Community Habilitation, Day Habilitation and Respite Services within Kings, Bronx, Queens, New York and Nassau counties.

Train and certify staff in First Aid and CPR for Adults, Children and Infants. Train and certify staff in Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention-Revised (SCIP-R). train and certify instructors in SCIP-R.

Supervise staff and coordinate all services provided by the agency’s Emergent Behavioral Crisis Response Team as well as Crisis Respite Programs in Bronx, Kings, Nassau and Queens counties. Provide behavioral intervention for families with developmentally disabled individuals who are in crisis.

Complete administrative and programmatic investigations within the agency.

 

2005–2008              Independence Residences, Inc.    Woodhaven,NY

Coordinator of Quality Improvement and Staff Development

Coordinator of Crisis Services

Conducted quality improvement audits of all departments within the agency to ensure compliance withOMRDD,NYState and Federal regulations. Conducted orientation training for new staff in developmental disabilities and agency policy and procedure.

Trained and certified staff in First Aid and CPR for Adults, Children and Infants. Trained and certified staff in Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention-Revised (SCIP-R).

Supervised staff and coordinated all services provided by the agency’s Emergent Behavioral Crisis Response Team. Provided behavioral intervention for families with developmentally disabled adults and teenagers who were in crisis.

 

2002–2005          Independence Residences, Inc.      Woodhaven, NY

Residential Program Coordinator

Supervised the duties of residential management staff for three residential programs

Convened ISP, IDT and cluster meetings, reviewed medical aspects of the programs to ensure regulatory compliance, conferred with family members and advocates of the consumers, member of the incident review committee and human rights committee, wrote POCA in response to SOD from the state, performed weekly checks to ensure regulatory compliance, completed investigations within the agency, instructed ARC First Aid and CPR classes within the agency and other duties

 

2000–2002        Independence Residences, Inc        Kew Gardens,NY

Program Manager

Performed all duties of a residential manager, which included, payroll, staff scheduling, training, recreation schedule, fire-drill scheduling, consumer reviews, writing and reviewing res-hab plans, maintaining of the consumers personal allowance, petty cash reconciliation, tracking and fulfilling consumers needs, completing investigations within the agency, presentations at incident review committee and human rights committee meetings, assisting in writing POCA in response to state audits, interviewing prospective employees and other duties.

 

1998-2000             PIQ NY, Inc.               Jamaica, NY

Manager of Residential Services

Performed all duties of a residential manager, which included, payroll, staff scheduling, training, recreation schedule, fire-drill scheduling, consumer reviews, writing and reviewing res-hab plans, maintaining of the consumers personal allowance, petty cash reconciliation, tracking and fulfilling consumers needs, completing investigations within the agency, presentations at incident review committee meetings, assisting in writing POCA in response to state audits, interviewing prospective employees, supervision of 20 staff members and other duties.

 

1997-1998               AABR, Inc.             College Point,NY

Assistant Residential Manager

Performed duties which included payroll, staff scheduling, recreation scheduling, fire-drill scheduling, consumer reviews, petty cash reconciliation, supervision of 14 staff members and other duties.

Education

[  2010-2012]         City University of New York, S.P.S.         New York

MA Disability Studies

[  1990-1994  ]      University of the West Indies     Trinidad & Tobago

B.Sc. Natural Sciences

Skills

ARC First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor, SCIP-R Instructor-Trainer, IAC Certified Investigator, QMRP, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Committee, Former Chair of the Incident Review Committee, Member of the Ethics/Corporate Compliance Committee

Awards received

Employee of the Year 2005, IRI Vision Award 2008, IRI Team Award 2010, Karuna Heiser Award 2011

 

 

 

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