Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experiences
Timeline
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Timothy West

Timothy West

Summary

Expertise working with individuals with diverse disabilities and backgrounds. Reliable, caring, enthusiastically pursuing opportunity to add immediate value to a growing team. Inspired to help others and driven to apply unfailing work ethic to meet objectives. Industrious and committed with skills for multitasking and managing time well.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Podcast

Self-employed
06.2020 - Current
  • Booked guests for on-air interviews.
  • Consistently producing highly successful shows.
  • Developed schedules for production, editing, and duplication for timely delivery.
  • Identified and approved equipment and elements required for productions.
  • Found appropriate stories and ideas for programming to engage target audiences.
  • Presented production ideas and determined creative scenarios for production and delivery.
  • Interviewed and collaborated with a variety of individuals; disabled, homeless and mental illnesses and/or drug addiction.

Employment Specialist

Roads to Freedom
11.2023 - 02.2025

Assisted people with disabilities in finding suitable employment opportunities.

  • Provided assistive technology support to enhance device accessibility for people with disabilities.
  • Co-founded a support group called "No Limitations" to foster community and empowerment.

Shredding Document Management

North Central Sight Services
02.2023 - 08.2023
  • Responsible for multiple tasks; tagging, weighting bins and transporting empty bins to business establishments.
  • Responsible for shredding and handling private documents for multiple establishments.

Vending

North Central Sight Services
02.2019 - 02.2023
  • Tended to machines, troubleshot malfunctions and completed basic repairs to keep equipment fully functional and well-maintained.
  • Responsible for transition of money with customers and vending machines.
  • Responsible for updating machine logs.
  • Replenished machines with updated products.
  • Responsible for good communication with Penn Dot.

Packaging and Processing

North Central Sight Services
03.2015 - 02.2019
  • Completed daily orders with expert picking and packing of shipments.
  • Reviewed orders by inspecting labeling, packaging, and contents.
  • Labeled packages with appropriate shipping information for accurate deliveries.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.


Depalma Bakery

Philadelphia, Pa
06.2010 - 08.2011
  • Maintained safe food handling standards at all times.
  • Restocked items and kept establishment tidy by sweeping, taking out trash and observing and adhering to company sanitation and food sanitation standards.
  • Retrieved and organized bakery product loads, processed merchandise properly and rotated products according to prescribed standards to encourage freshness.
  • Lifted cases and pushed or pulled heavy tray carts when restocking and preparing inventory.
  • Developed and maintained specific knowledge of donuts, cakes, muffins, pies, cookies and other bakery items to communicate with and assist customers in selection of product.
  • Worked with floor team and managers to meet wide range of customer needs.

Education

Associate of Arts -

CCP

High School Diploma -

Franklin Learning Center
06.2008

Skills

  • Audio Editing
  • Voice Recording
  • Administrative Support
  • Production Equipment Selection
  • Material Loading and Unloading
  • Customer Order Fulfillment
  • Document Shredding
  • Shredding Paperwork
  • Motivational Speaker
  • Advocate of disabilities

Volunteer Experiences

Presentations at multiple colleges/Universities to speak on personal experience with vision difficulties. Provided education for the professors and students about effective teaching methods for educating children/individuals with vision difficulties. Displayed/explained how specific objects, technology use can improve one's education.


Involved in multiple support areas with high school students with intellectual disabilities. Volunteered at a community center with young children aiding in a variety of activities, such as, reading and sports.

Timeline

Employment Specialist

Roads to Freedom
11.2023 - 02.2025

Shredding Document Management

North Central Sight Services
02.2023 - 08.2023

Podcast

Self-employed
06.2020 - Current

Vending

North Central Sight Services
02.2019 - 02.2023

Packaging and Processing

North Central Sight Services
03.2015 - 02.2019

Depalma Bakery

Philadelphia, Pa
06.2010 - 08.2011

High School Diploma -

Franklin Learning Center

Associate of Arts -

CCP
Timothy West