Experience

Kids Above All

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Parent Educator

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Will provide paraprofessional assistance to program participants, including pregnant and parenting adults and children aged 5 years and younger. The parent educator is also responsible for providing resources and support through educational and family development activities.· Conduct weekly home visits to families and provide services as outlined in the service plan.· Build and encourage constructive relationships with the families to increase their knowledge of their children’s developmental needs and ability to advocate for their family· Serve as a positive role model for parents to help strengthen the parenting skills of adult caregivers in the families· Participate in monthly activities offered for families and encourage and motivate parents to attend center-based socialization activities· Recruit new families through positive promotion of the agency and its programs· Maintain confidential family files that are accurate and current· Participate in scheduled group and individual supervision meetings, providing progress of families and concerns

• Bilingual FCCH Home Coordinator

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2022

  Job Summary: Support and guide DCFS licensed daycare providers in Kids Above All’s Family Child Care Home program. Assist low-income families in obtaining subsidized child care through the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).Essential Functions:Recruit home daycare providers.Market program to the community.Assist with processing CCAP Applications and Re-determinations.Ensure compliance with IDHS guidelines.Collect and review attendance forms for billing.Process billing in conjunction with Finance.Conduct monthly in-home or virtual visits with child care providers.Assess daycare provider progress on the quality improvement plan and performance assessment.Provide mentoring and connections to relevant training for daycare providers.Conduct and oversee developmental assessments of children enrolled in the program.Maintain family and child care provider files.Organize quarterly child care provider meetings.Maintain consistent communication with child care providers enrolled in the program, as well as other FCCH staff.Assist providers in obtaining community and educational resources for their daycare.



Arden Shore Child and Family Services

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bilingual Intact Case Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Aug 2020

  The Intact Services work to keep families together when it is in the child’s best interestAlways assessing for the safety of the children by conducting assessments, monitoring, planning, advocacy for the family, and Linking of the clients to a support servicesListening to clients' concerns and providing counseling or intervention as requiredRecording clients' progress, charting referrals, and scheduling home visitsEvaluating clients' progress periodically and making adjustments as needed



Illinois Retina Associates

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Opthalmic Technician

  • May 2017 - Mar 2019

  -Acquire patient history, vision screening & work-up, -Physician assisting, phlebotomy, surgical scheduling, equipment/instrument care, and clerical duties as assigned.-Transferring paper charts to electronic MDI charting system-Operating Optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnostic testing -Acquire patient history, vision screening & work-up, -Physician assisting, phlebotomy, surgical scheduling, equipment/instrument care, and clerical duties as assigned.-Transferring paper charts to electronic MDI charting system-Operating Optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnostic testing



Deerfield Dermatology Assoc

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Receptionist

  • Apr 2016 - May 2017

  - Assisted doctor in a variety of basic in-office surgical procedures. - Responsible for making sure that each patient's chart was updated properly after each appointment. -Often assisted doctors in setting up and executing informational clinics for patients. -Assisting in MOHS surgery procedures, charting and scribing, with accuracy, calling regarding biopsy results, room set up and sterilization -Operating EMA electronic records - Assisted doctor in a variety of basic in-office surgical procedures. - Responsible for making sure that each patient's chart was updated properly after each appointment. -Often assisted doctors in setting up and executing informational clinics for patients. -Assisting in MOHS surgery procedures, charting and scribing, with accuracy, calling regarding biopsy results, room set up and sterilization -Operating EMA electronic records



Foss Swim School

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Swim Instructor

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Provided a safe environment for children.Safe instruction using recognized lead-up skills as established by aquatic agencies.Plan and effectively organize class time for maximum practice. Accomplish weekly lesson plans.Teach with encouragement and positive reinforcement. Provided a safe environment for children.Safe instruction using recognized lead-up skills as established by aquatic agencies.Plan and effectively organize class time for maximum practice. Accomplish weekly lesson plans.Teach with encouragement and positive reinforcement.



CVS Health

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Benefits Verification Specialist

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  •Conducting a detailed benefit and eligibility verification of insurance benefits for plan participants via outbound phone calls and emails•Predominately phone centric with essential skills in navigating a software system to document conversations and outcomes as well as managing follow-up actions•Responsible for understanding and communicating medical information •Identify potential issues, collect and document/publish data, establish facts, draw conclusions, and solve problems is essential.



CHW Partnership of Lake County Intern

• CHW Partnership of Lake County Intern

  • Mar 2015 - May 2015

  Assist with developing a curriculum for certification CHW in the Lake County area Creating and generating a Junior CHW program for high school studentsCoordinate the quarterly meetings for these efforts (meeting minutes, securing space, etc.)Work with the community partners directlyAssist with round table programming, scheduling training sessionsAttend state-level meetings with our staff to explore more details about creating a credit-bearing curriculum at the community college level, etc.



Zip Fitness

• United States
• Health, Wellness and Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front Desk Receptionist

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2015

  Greeted members, efficiently answering gym membership enrolling individuals to our facility.Actively maintain quality gym equipment.Helping members how to properly use gym equipment. Greeted members, efficiently answering gym membership enrolling individuals to our facility.Actively maintain quality gym equipment.Helping members how to properly use gym equipment.