Professional Experience:
Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson
El Mundo del niño PATERSON NJ 2012-PRESENT
Family Worker
Interviewing and counseling individuals, families, and groups.
Assessing needs and developing response plans.
Referring clients to professional or community services.
Coordinating responses between civic, religious, governmental, and other organizations.
Assist people by helping them cope with issues in their everyday lives, deal with their relationships, and solve personal problems.
Identifies and assesses academic problems through analysis of factors impinging on student adjustment including factors in the home, school, and community.
Serves as a liaison between families and the school to positively promote collaborative processes in educational planning for students by encouraging parent/guardian participation in the school setting.
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Michael’s Energy Factory PATERSON NJ 2004-2012
Social Worker/ Assistant Director
To work directly with children in need and their families in the community in order to
Promote, strengthen and to develop the potential of parents/careers and children in order to prevent children becoming looked after and/or suffering significant harm.
To support the care of children where their living arrangements are at high risk of
Breakdown (including local authority placements).
To support the reunification of children with their family/other careers in the community.
Family Support Services will be contracted, time managed, intensive, solution focused
Apply individual, family and group work skills
Assess and promote the parenting skills of parents/children.
The ability to develop relationships with clients without becoming too emotionally involved
Extensive knowledge of family violence treatment and child sexual abuse
Very effective communication skills.(both written and spoken)
Excellent ability to work independently and handle pressure.
Clear ability to keep sensitive information confidential.
Mature and special ability to handle responsibility.
Bilingual Spanish/English written and verbal
Current CPR/AED and First Aid certifications
FDC Credentials