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Work Experience    

New Life Child Development, Family Worker Brooklyn, NY         Feb 2013 – Present

Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems, to determine what services are required to meet their needs

Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts, to help children who face problems such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.

Established good relationships with the family so that discussions of family needs can take place in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect for the confidential nature of discussions

Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions

Maintain ongoing contact with the family to provide information, do referral, and other services as needed

Conduct home visits and workshops

Maintain basic records and those required by city, state departments of social service and the policies of the center  

Ensure that all collected data and documents are current and consistent

Exodus Transitional Community, intern New York, NY                June 2012 – Sept 2012

Intakes of new participants

Assisted with mock interviews

Cold calling for employment

Co-facilitating workshops

Locating missing participants

worked directly with new participants in computer lab

Macy’s, Sales Associate New York, NY                                            July 2007 – Jun 2011

Operated computerized register to itemized and totaled customer purchases money and handled transactions

Reconciled and tallied cash registers at end of business day

Greeted customers and assisted them with selections and purchases

Worked with speed, accuracy and efficiency to expedite customer services

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Skills

Bi-lingual (Spanish)

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

                          Oct 2014

 

-National Council for Behavioral Health

Certification/ Mental Health First Aid USA                                                           Oct 2014     

-New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Infection Control & Reporting Infectious diseases                                                 April 2014  

Berkeley College

Criminal Justice

I have excellent communication skills and can work with many different types of people of varying personalities and skill levels. I am motivated, disciplined, and focused and I’m determined to get my job done well and on-time.