Elizabeth Lawton, LMSW, C-ASWCM, OSW-C

Experience

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  Family Service League of Long Island

  Aug 2011 - May 2012

  Intern

  • Performed weekly visits with a client.• Provided paperwork support and case management services to several other clients.

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  Pederson Krag

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Intern

  • Provided case management services and managed clothes and food pantries.• Co-facilitated a group for women with PTSD and Substance Abuse problems (Seeking Safety).• Managed the clothing closet.• Ran the food pantry- responsible for ordering and stocking. • Applied for and received a grant to fund the food pantry.

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  Adelphi University

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Student Assistant to the Dean of Libraries

  • Process and cash deposits, post expenditures to ledgers and reconcile accounts• Reconcile internal ledger with SAAS (DG) system• Liaise with the public when screening and transferring phone calls• Deliver internal correspondence and order and track office supplies• Schedule calendars for Assistant Deans, file documents and assist in proofreading• Assist in creation of marketing materials and campaigns to promote surveys• Help to train and oversee student workers

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  Sid Jacobson JCC

  Aug 2013 - May 2014

  Intern

  • Facilitate discussion groups, support groups, reminiscence groups and cognitive exercise activities with adults with Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease• Lead discussions and cognitive exercises with Young Onset Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease group and co-facilitate a group for caregivers• Perform intakes and assess potential clients for program eligibility • Provide home visits to clients to assess for safety and other issues• Maintain ongoing visitations to an elderly woman grieving the loss of her husband as a part of the "friendly visitor program" to prevent loneliness and isolation in the older population Show less

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  FEGS

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  Care Coordinator

  • Manage a caseload of high risk clients.• Attend and participate in team meetings to provide input and feedback around client’s medical and psychosocial conditions and comorbidities.• Maintain/ coordinate effective and on-going communications with clients, primary care physicians, substance abuse and mental health care providers, family, collateral resources and other Agency staff.• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of assigned clients to document strengths, needs, goals and resources.• Act as a resource to team members on psychosocial, medical and/or substance abuse issues.• Provide telephonic as well as face to face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.• Act as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement, career, and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.• Work with Health Homes Director on statistics of the program relating to program participant information such as veteran status or past trauma exposure.• Consult on cases involving veteran clients. Show less

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  Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Care Coordinator

  • Manage a caseload of high risk clients.• Attend and participate in team meetings to provide input and feedback around client’s medical and psychosocial conditions and comorbidities.• Maintain/ coordinate effective and on-going communications with clients, primary care physicians, substance abuse and mental health care providers, family, collateral resources and other Agency staff.• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of assigned clients to document strengths, needs, goals and resources.• Act as a resource to team members on psychosocial, medical and/or substance abuse issues.• Provide telephonic as well as face to face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.• Act as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement, career, and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.• Work with Health Homes Director on statistics of the program relating to program participant information such as veteran status or past trauma exposure.• Consult on cases involving veteran clients. Show less

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  Healthfirst

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2019

  HARP Care Manager

  • Work with members and providers to ensure members are receiving all needed care, including working with hospitals and nursing facilities on discharge planning and services. • Work with members to ensure that they satisfied with their providers and if they are not, provide referrals and work with the members to connect with this new provider.• Assist in identifying opportunities for and facilitating alternative physical care options based on member needs and assessments.• Document all interventions and telephone encounters with providers, members and vendors in the appropriate Healthfirst system and in the member's electronic medical record in accordance with established documentation standards.• Work with members on personal care assistance services- troubleshooting problems and assisting members in setting up their assessments/reassessments. Show less

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  Weissman Wellness: Geriatric Care Management

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2022

  Geriatric Care Manager
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  Vassar Brothers Medical Center

  Sept 2022 - now

  Oncology Social Worker