Experience

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  Baylor Scott & White Health

  • Temple, Texas, United States

  • Licensed Master Social Worker

    • Mar 2022 - Present
    • Temple, Texas, United States

    Provide social work services to patients and families going through a transplant with Baylor Scott and White Health

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  Family Promise of East Bell County

  • Temple, Texas, United States

  • Case Manager

    • Oct 2019 - Mar 2022
    • Temple, Texas, United States

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  Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children

  • Belton TX

  • CASA Advocate Supervisor

    • Apr 2018 - Feb 2022
    • Belton TX

    • Provide holistic and comprehensive volunteer coordination and management to an assigned team of CASA volunteer advocates.• Coach and support assigned CASA’s through a supervisory coaching approach, using techniques of consultation, mentoring, assistance in processing information and problem solving, guidance, motivation, and provision of training and resource material.• Facilitate matching of children with an advocate by assisting them with reviewing a waitlisted case, and discussion for appointment. Provide advocates with new cases to review as soon as they are ready and willing to be assigned.• Assist CASAs with initial assessments of cases assigned, and the setting of initial CASA goals and beginning intervention efforts. Provide monthly case reviews with each CASA through in-person meetings and/or phone consultations to support ongoing efforts, provide coaching and feedback, review goals and interventions and monthly progress on case efforts.• Support and train advocates in working from a spirit of collaboration, respect and customer service in their advocacy efforts with respect to all others working with children’s cases. These include children and parent’s attorneys, caretakers and caretaker programs, county program workers, school personnel, and all service providers.• Gather information and support advocates in gaining knowledge of community resources available to children in foster care relevant to specific cases.• Support advocates in working with children and families in crisis and with trauma backgrounds. Become well versed in trauma informed services and approaches, to support and coach volunteers to work with children and other stakeholders through this lens. Assist in mentoring advocates through difficult case information and experiences that may lead to vicarious trauma.

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  Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas

  • Waco, Texas

  • Parent Engagement Specialist

    • Mar 2016 - Apr 2018
    • Waco, Texas

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  Belton Child Protective Services

  • Belton Texas

  • CPS Conservatorship Specialist II

    • Oct 2014 - Mar 2016
    • Belton Texas

    Manages client caseload social work related to child conservatorship in the handling of child’s substitute care, family’s substitute care, and family’s reunification stages in efforts to pursue the identified permanency goal for the child, and alternatives to the department continuing as the managing conservator for the child Prepares legal documentation and testifies in Court to progress of cases concerning children in legal state custody Works closely with child’s court-appointed attorney to be informed about the child’s circumstances and significant events Collaborates with attorney representing the department to prepare for court contested hearings Develops and maintains effective working relationships between Child Protective Services staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources Interacts with parents, children, therapist, doctor's, foster parents and attorney's on a monthly basis to assess risk/safety issues along with family’s progress in addressing Family Service Plan that has been identified and presented to the court Prepares and interprets various documentation to the clients

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  Dillards

  • Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

  • Sales Associate

    • Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

    Responsive Dillard's Sales Associate with polished communication, fashion and persuasive skills. Experienced in collaborative team-work, merchandising, up-selling and representing the company's fashion standards. Strong customer service focus with strengths in product familiarity, cash register operation and ability to form long-standing relationships with guests. Performed various operational tasks such as inventory control, marking items out of stock and price changes.