Alejandrina Mejia
Brownsville
Summary
Experienced in maintaining safe play environments and observing children's activities, ensuring their emotional and social development through structured support. Responsibilities included communicating with parents regarding daily behaviors and progress, while keeping detailed records of individual children's activities and health needs. Collaborated effectively with families and professionals to address developmental concerns, implementing appropriate interventions as necessary. Demonstrated strong skills in behavior management and crisis intervention, contributing to a positive atmosphere for youth care.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Youth Care Worker
Compass Connections / BCFS/ CHS
Los Fresnos
09.2019 - 04.2025
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Identify children's emotional or developmental problems and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior.
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Maintained accurate records of daily activities, progress notes, and incident reports.
- Collaborated with families, schools, mental health providers, probation officers and other stakeholders regarding youth's progress and wellbeing.
Home Health Provider
Abundant Life Home Health
Brownsville
04.2008 - 10.2016
- Duties included washing dishes, sweeping/mopping the floors, laundry, cooking, driving the client to pick up medications and doctor visits.
- Maintain a safe environment for clients.
- Keep records of clients' inquiries, complaints, or comments.
Education
High School Diploma -
South Texas Leadership Center
Brownsville, TXSkills
- Child development
- Behavior management
- Crisis intervention
- Record keeping
- Lesson planning
- Communication skills
- Team collaboration
- Emotional support
- Conflict resolution
- Health education
Languages
Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Timeline
Youth Care Worker
Compass Connections / BCFS/ CHS
09.2019 - 04.2025
Home Health Provider
Abundant Life Home Health
04.2008 - 10.2016
High School Diploma -
South Texas Leadership Center