To receive employment as a part of a human service team providing care to underprivileged individuals and their families.
Child Care Worker - Castle Hill Bronx, New York
Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York
07/02 – 10/04
• Tend to daily living skills
• Community inclusion
• Maintain daily logs for 8 consumer's ages 12-22 living with moderate to profound developmental disabilities.
• Monitored consumer safety; responded to consumer emergencies.
• Assisted in training new staff members.
Direct Care Counselor – Bronx, New York
Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York
04/97- 07/02
• Worked with up to 8 adults. Living with mild to profound mental retardation.
• Developed program goals under the scope of ICF's & IRA policies and procedures.
• Trained high functioning consumers to travel in public independently for work or recreation
• Assisted consumers with community inclusion exercises.
U.S. Home Care – New York, N.Y.
04/96 – 01/99
Certified Home Health Aide
• Assisted up to 4 clients daily. Ensuring clients received proper nourishment. (Elderly, people living with AIDS,
• Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injuries)
• Assisted clients with daily living necessities including shopping, personal hygiene, cooking and light cleaning
• Protected clients from harming themselves or others.
Eden Personnel – New York, N.Y.
Temporary Positions
06/94 – 07/96
• Facilitated administrative assignments in corporate industries
• Provided clerical assistance, mail room distribution, customer service and sales assistance as needed
1/07
Metropolitan College of New York New York N.Y.
Bachelor of Professional Studies in Human Services
BPS
10/03
The City University of New York
John F. Kennedy Jr. Institute for Worker Education
Certificate in Specialized Training in Disability Studies
1986-1988
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (20 credits)
New York, N.Y.
09/04-08/06 – Internship - Jerome Belson Center Day Program/Castle Hill Resident
Cerebral Palsy of New York State
Bronx, New York
• Serve as a Teaching Assistant/Recreation Specialist/QMRP Assistant
• Work with 20 consumers living with mild to moderate developmental disabilities
• Assist in community inclusion; aid consumers with daily living skills
• Supervise staff and prepare daily schedules
• Ensure consumers receive all required services
• Keep Accurate documentation and record of services
Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, CPR, First Aid, SCIP, AMAP trained