Michele L.

Clarke
100 West Earleigh Heights Rd.
Severna Park, Md 21146
Phone 410-544-6118
443-875-3245
E-mail mc7dfb9c@westpost.net
Education 1987 1988 Catonsville Community College Catonsvil
le, Md.
1972 1973 Texas Womens University Denton, Tx.
1971 1972 Lincoln University Jefferso
n City, Mo.
Major
* RecreationCatonsville Community College
* Music TherapyTexas Womens University & Lincoln University
Employment 7/09 10/09
Kris-Leigh Assisted Living SevernaPark,Md 2004 2009
Spring Grove Hospital Center Catonsville, Md
2001 2004
Crownsville Hospital Center Crownsville, Md.
1989 2001
Spring Grove Hospital Center Catonsville, Md
1984 1989
Walter P Carter Center Baltimore, Md
1980 1984
Crownsville Hospital Center Crownsville, Md
Director of Activities Kris Leigh Assisted Living
* Daily activities for the elderly
* Planned outings x3 weekly, exercises, walks, deck parties, happy hours, booked
community vendors and entertainment for special activities, groups, etc.
* Interviewed new residents to be informed of activity interests.
* Releases for pool, pontoon boat rides, alcoholic beverages, off-ground activit
ies and activity initial summaries are placed in the main book for each residen
t.
* Drove bus for medical appointments
* Attended managers meetings & Resident Council meetings
* Provided supplies for activity groups in spite of not having an activity budge
t.
Work Adjustment Coordinator
Spring Grove
* Help patients to be placed in work assignments via referrals;
* Consultations w/ team, prospective site supervisors, hospital & Central Payrol
l
* Attend departmental & team meetings
* Calculate & submit summary of payroll, collect & record patient data
* Documentation of patient progress & ITPs
* Visit work sites for patient observation
* Interview & hold conferences w/ patients for work assignments
* Problem-solve with staff, patients & site supervisors concerning assignments
* Wrote, researched & taught a Work Adjustment program for the patients
* Wrote protocols for class & groups
CrownsvilleWorkshop (Contractual & Car Detailing)
* In charge totally of contractual sheltered workshop
* Patients were through referral
* Scheduled work hrs. for each patient; set up materials for work
* Used and explained safety precautions to patients; wkly meetings w/ patients
* Collected and recorded data to be transferred to payroll sheets daily
* Calculated payroll & faxed to Accounting Office weekly
* Consulted w/ ward staff, my supervisor, contracted company & TRs
* Kept financial and other data on computer
* Prepared orders to be shipped back to company
* Loaded & unloaded truck of shipment; wrote invoices for returning shipment
* Used a hand-truck lift to move heavy materials; dumped barrels of nails
* Observed behaviors daily and did progress notes monthly
* Supervised, demonstrated and encouraged patients in their work
* Did time studies periodically to measure productivity
* Ordered supplies; took appointments for detailing
* Made sure area was safe for workers
Employment before present title 1980 2000 Crownsville/Carter Center/Spring
Grove Crownsville & Balt., Md
Activity Therapist ---Aide, Assoc. IIII
* Planned and implemented activities
* Transported patients in and out of the community
* Chairing and participating in special activity committee meetings
* Conducted groups on-ward daily to encourage interaction, socialization, etc
* Attended Level of Care, departmental, team and patient ward meetings
* Incorporating music into special activitiesproducing & directing
shows that patients participated in
* Attended seminars and symposiums off grounds
* Wrote monthly progress notes, annual assessments, ITPs,
* Did outcome measurements, statistics of attendance of groups/activities
* Assisted in a small contractual sheltered workshop three times weekly for
nine years (this was under Activity instead of Work Adjustment)
* Transported patients three times a week to PRP (day program) for three years
* For approximately 6 years of my time working, I had worked on the geriatric
wards with both male and female
* Worked w/ Developmentally Disabled for nine years, before working w/ the
Mentally Ill. Both were dually-diagnosed
References

References
Ms. Shirley Raigns Therapeutic Recreator II 410-269-7786
Dr. Ronald Gray Psychiatrist-Ward Team Leader 410-402-7483
Ms. Nisha Switzer Kris-Leigh Human Resources 443-254-1584
Mrs. Barbara Houck Kris-Leigh Volunteer 410-207-8881