Angelick Maldonado
Brooklyn
Summary
A passionate and dedicated Child and Youth Worker with a commitment to providing quality care and support to children and young people. Experienced in creating an environment that encourages positive development and growth.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Counselor
Coalition-Hispanic Family Services
06.2025 - Current
- Developed individualized treatment plans for clients, addressing mental health and substance abuse issues.
- Facilitated group therapy sessions to promote peer support and community engagement among participants.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate comprehensive care for diverse client needs.
- Mentored junior counselors, enhancing their skills in client assessment and therapeutic techniques.
Youth Specialist
Safe Horizon
01.2023 - Current
- Learn and integrate a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, using an anti-oppressive lens, into your work with clients. Coach and guide staff in their client practice that reflects these approaches.
- Plan and coordinate age-appropriate internal and external activities for residents and their children
- Facilitate family, children and youth groups and workshops
- Conduct orientation with newly admitted parents and children
- Complete all developmental, educational, and identified assessments such as Survey of Well-Being of Young Children and AFC Educational Assessment
- Provide psychoeducation to parents through individual and group sessions.
- Create a trauma-informed safe space for children to help with dysregulation, promote emotional safety, play, curiosity, and cultural inclusivity
- Supervising children and youth while parents are receiving services or making appointments
Resident Advisor
Covenant House
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Assist in the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of the clients' holistic plan.
- Maintain documentation of clients' activities on the unit and during their residency with the Agency.
- Monitor client activities to ensure a safe and secure environment and conduct room searches.
- Provide group support services such as escorting clients to the cafeteria for meals, recreation, group therapy sessions and special activities.
- Participate in team, case-management and staff meetings.
- Generate a monthly report and contract documentation as needed by the case manager and social worker.
- Conduct workshops on various life-skill issues, such as hygiene, anger management, self-esteem, and problem-solving.
Youth Specialist
Child Care Center Of New York (Also known as August Aichorn)
01.2018 - 02.2021
- Supervise and monitor the safety of adolescents in their care
- Prepare meals and organize mealtimes and snacks
- Help adolescents keep good hygiene
- Watch for signs of emotional or developmental problems in adolescents and bring the problems to the attention of therapist and unit leaders
- Organize activities or implement a curriculum that allow adolescents to learn about the world and explore interests
HHA
Sunnyside Home care Services
09.2016 - 02.2018
- Provided reminders for medications and appointments
- Assisted clients in daily personal care, toileting, clothing care, household duties and transportation.
- Sourced educational recreational and social activities to provide entertainment and socialization.
- Worked with families, health care providers, therapists and social workers to ensure all necessary the client's needs were met.
Teller
Payomatic Check Cashing
09.2014 - 04.2016
- Accurately process customer cash, check, transfer, and statement transactions, with a balanced or reconciled drawer
- Greet and guide customers in a friendly and professional manner
- Selling merchandise such as money orders, metro cards, debit cards, lottery tickets etc.
- Handled cash transactions more than 40,000 a day
Assistant
James L Varick Daycare Center
06.2012 - 08.2014
- Carefully monitor children’s play activities
- Offer detailed daily reports that outline each child’s activities.
- Incorporate music and art activities to encourage creativity and expression.
- Spark creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things each day
Education
High School Diploma -
John V Lindsay Wildcat Academy
Manhattan, NY01.2013
Skills
- Skilled in intake interviewing
- Counseling
- HIPAA
- Mental health support
- Self-care strategies
- Crisis intervention techniques
- Behavior monitoring
- Crisis response
- Adolescent counseling
Timeline
Counselor
Coalition-Hispanic Family Services
06.2025 - Current
Youth Specialist
Safe Horizon
01.2023 - Current
Resident Advisor
Covenant House
06.2022 - 01.2023
Youth Specialist
Child Care Center Of New York (Also known as August Aichorn)
01.2018 - 02.2021
HHA
Sunnyside Home care Services
09.2016 - 02.2018
Teller
Payomatic Check Cashing
09.2014 - 04.2016
Assistant
James L Varick Daycare Center
06.2012 - 08.2014
High School Diploma -
John V Lindsay Wildcat Academy