Compassionate and ethical Victim Advocate adept at identifying and documenting cases of children and families who have experienced criminal violence Skilled at finding and implementing the best possible solutions.
Highlights
Trauma-informed therapy
Expressive arts therapy
Emergency response training
Strong communicator
Client-centered care
Team player
Detail-oriented
Women's issues
Education
Colorado State University, Expected in 5 2006 – –: - GPA:
BSW, Expected in – –Bachelor:Social Work - GPA:Social Work
Pikes Peak Community CollegeColorado Springs, ColoradoExpected in 5 2004 – –Associates of Arts:Social Work - GPA:Social Work
Universidad Central de BayamonBayamon, Expected in 1 1989 – –: - GPA:
Experience
City Of Colorado Springs - Victim Advocate/Safe house Case Manager/DHS DV Program Manager Colorado Springs, CO, 01/2000 - 02/2014
Extensive knowledge of family violence and sexual assault abuse assessments and crisis interventions.
Effective communication skills in both English and Spanish.
Excellent ability to work independently and handle pressure.
Clear ability to keep sensitive information confidential.
Special organization skills, goal-oriented, proactive, excellent at reporting, and tremendously persistent.
Consistently and continually, provide support to enable victims to empower themselves, maintaining professional relationships with community partners, acting as a guide and advocate.
Provide high-end case management to victims with complex social and interpersonal needs independently as well as with group.
Tasked with a fundamental role in coordinating services with interdisciplinary teams and community agencies to ensure appropriate advocacy and client services.
Provide ongoing case study along with advocacy services for victims' related social or emotional problems.
Maintain records, prepared statistical reports for funding purposes.
Supervisions of workers and training as well as presentations within the community and state level.
Research, develop and disseminate promising practice models, policies and procedures and information in the areas of programming, services, agency development, underserved populations and other related areas as needed.
Monitor and respond to Department of Human Services departmental regulations that affect victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Translate documents from English to Spanish.
Assist immigrant women victims of domestic violence in social and legal aspects.
Provide temporary shelter to victim of domestic abuse.
Make referrals to different service providers.
Provide hotline services including crisis intervention, information, and referrals, intake interviews and assessments of clients needing safe housing, information classes, conflict resolution, follow-ups with past clients, monitor caseload and maintain case files, develop in addition, implement new procedures, on- going training, instruction, feedback, and support, volunteer training, assist with child management, support of domestic violence, sexual assault and rape clients through the restraining order process, support Spanish speaking clients, crisis intervention for clients, and photograph evidence/injuries.
Provide 24/7 advocacy on call for sexual assault clients.
Assist immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with visas and court support.
Interpret and translate for Spanish peaking clients.
Enable, mediate, coordinate, educate, case manage, facilitate, initiate, and advocate for clients.
Facilitate domestic violence psycho- educational group for children.
Sheltering Arms - Victim Advocate Chester, VA, 10/2003 - 05/2006
Provide advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence.
Responsible for victim contacts for offender treatment provider.
Advised clients on community resources, made referrals and safety planning.
Managed caseloads and acted as an advocate for client rights.
Mountain View Care Center - Assistant Bookkeeper City, STATE, 03/1997 - 07/2000
Assisted in the day to day functions of the nursing home facility in accordance with the current acceptable accounting and reimbursement principles.
Responsible for work related patient account billings, collections, and census statistics.
Performed account payable, receivable, journal entries, trail balances, and income statement duties.
Balanced bank accounts and petty cash.
Assisted in admission forms.
Managed Medicaid billing in a timely manner also but not limited to payroll.
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Colorado State University
BSW
Pikes Peak Community College
Universidad Central de Bayamon
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Victim Advocate/Safe house Case Manager/DHS DV Program Manager
