Alpha Kamara

Experience

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  Advoserv Of New Jersey Inc

  Feb 2010 - Oct 2016

  * Supervising Community Living Specialist in all aspects of residential programming in conjunction with the Assistant Directors and Program Directors* Ensure a professional work environment and provide a role model for staff through professional conduct* Maintaining confidentiality and respect for all residents and staff* Ensuring that behavior treatment plans are applied consistently and in accordance with stated procedures by means of observations, modeling, training and supervision of staff* Ensuring compliance in data collection and documentation, including habilitation data, validating the use of approved consequences and reliability of data* Ensuring appropriate clinical coverage* Ensuring the maintenance of the environment in clean orderly fashion* Ensuring the preparation of meals* Assist in the development and implementation of in-service workshops* Promote wellness and place the highest priority on the health, safety, and well-being of the individuals at all times* Perform other duties as assigned Show less • To ensure that all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.• Interact with residents in a manner that promotes respect, dignity and learning; and to ensure that resident goals are consistent with their IHPs and behavior plans.• Maintain an effective communicate with team members and supervisors through daily verbal and written reports on the progress and activities of residents. • Monitor and administering medication as well as assisting residence with personal care activities and hygiene; and activities of daily living• Respond to unexpected behaviors and perform crisis intervention in times when there is an imminent safety threat; and utilizes authorized safety care techniques. • Provide direct guidance in teaching daily living skills and acquisition techniques.• Interact with all administrative, clinical and medical staff to ensure effective and appropriate treatment of individuals served by AdvoServ as well as maintaining a professional work environment.• Completion of assigned task in a timely and accepted manner.• Serve as a role model to staff and client.• Organizing community outings.• To ensure that the environment they living is safe and healthy.• Performed every other duties as specified for employee in AdvoServ. Show less

  • Program Supervisor

    Sept 2012 - Oct 2016

  • Community Living Specialist

    Feb 2010 - Sept 2012
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  Bancroft

  Feb 2017 - now

  • Program Manager

    Dec 2019 - now

  • Program Associate

    Feb 2017 - Dec 2019
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  Bellwether Behavioral Health

  Apr 2018 - now

  * Overall management of program, including on-call responsibilities for after-hours incidents* Supervision and training of staff, including disciplinary actions, evaluations, reinforcement and recognition. Ensures that all staff working on their site are properly trained on individual plans.* Ensuring the program is in compliance with applicable licensing regulations* Setting goals and deadlines for their assigned site and preparing reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency* Advocacy - protecting and upholding individual rights* Provide over sight of all program documentation, including but not limited to: incident reports, behavior data tracking, IHP data tracking, maintenance requests* Working with families to coordinate visits, individual supports* Promoting individual choice* Assist in staff recruitment and retention activities* Collaborates with master's and doctoral level Behavior Analyst regarding programming and treatment plan implementation* Serves as a member of the administrative team* Serves as an after-hours on-call administrative contact for the residence Show less Supervision• Provide direct and indirect supervision for the administrative and professional staff in the program setting.• Ensures that behavior treatment plans are applied consistently and in accordance with stated procedures by means of observation, modeling, training and supervision of staff. • Ensures appropriate clinical coverage through the approval of monthly staff schedules, the monitoring of absenteeism and punctuality, and the provision of feedback, and frequent time spent in program to ensure quality.• Conduct monthly program meetings. • Manage staff performance through on-going formal and informal feedback, to include coaching, counseling, and corrective action, if needed.• Consult with Human Resources regarding suspensions and terminations, as warranted by progressive action or egregious incident.Safe Environment• Ensures the health and welfare of Individuals in the program.• Maintains readiness to interact and/or respond to unexpected Individuals’ behavior in accordance with emergency intervention policies and practices. • Be aware of actual and/or potential safety issues and takes appropriate steps to resolve them in accordance with policy, procedure, and practice. • Demonstrates the skills, knowledge, and ability to ensure that our environment is a safe one, complying with industry standards. • Ensures that risks to community are mitigated by implementation of programmatic procedures and controls that best support offending population. Show less

  • Site Manager

    Nov 2016 - now

  • Program Director

    Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
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  Elwyn

  Oct 2019 - now

  Behavioral Technician (BT)