Caroline Sanchez Garza
CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
Summary
Obtain a full-time position where I can maximize my training experience, program development skills and my teaching abilities.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CVS Caseworker
Department of Family and
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
08.2012 - Current
- Taking over cases from Investigation caseworkers after children are removed from their homes and placed in care outside their homes
- Determining each child's needs and arranging for additional testing, evaluations, records, or further assessments they need
- Conducting home studies of family members or family friends (kinship providers) who might care for the child
- Making sure the people who are caring for the children have what they need and keeping them informed about the case
- Working with children, families, and communities to plan for a child's permanent living arrangement
- Finding potential permanent placements for the child by meeting with parents, family members, and other people who are important to the family
- Making sure families get services to keep their child safe and help them keep their child at home
- Meeting with children, parents, family friends, or foster homes in public as well as in their own homes
- Visiting children at least monthly to see if the child feels safe where they are living and to ensure their needs are being met
- Participating in court hearings
- This includes preparing a family before the hearings, preparing court reports, and testifying in court about the child's needs, the family's progress, and the department's efforts to achieve permanency for the child
- Transitioning children back home and providing support to the family until the legal case is closed
- Documenting casework activity
- Maintaining good working relationships between Child Protective Services staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources.
CVS Human Services Tech
Child and Protective Services
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
08.2012 - Current
- Monitor visits with families and children involved in CPS
- Testify in court if needed
- Document the family visits and maintain the safety of the children visiting with their families
- Document and file for the caseworkers
- Transport parents and children for the department
- Assist caseworkers with home visits, removals, and managing files
- Considerable knowledge of investigative practices and techniques.
Caseworker
CVS
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
08.2012 - Current
- Taking over cases from Investigation caseworkers after children are removed from their homes and placed in care outside their homes
- Determining each child's needs and arranging for additional testing, evaluations, records, or further assessments they need
- Conducting home studies of family members or family friends (kinship providers) who might care for the child
- Making sure the people who are caring for the children have what they need and keeping them informed about the case
- Working with children, families, and communities to plan for a child's permanent living arrangement
- Finding potential permanent placements for the child by meeting with parents, family members, and other people who are important to the family
- Making sure families get services to keep their child safe and help them keep their child at home
- Meeting with children, parents, family friends, or foster homes in public as well as in their own homes
- Visiting children at least monthly to see if the child feels safe where they are living and to ensure their needs are being met
- Participating in court hearings
- This includes preparing a family before the hearings, preparing court reports, and testifying in court about the child's needs, the family's progress, and the department's efforts to achieve permanency for the child
- Transitioning children back home and providing support to the family until the legal case is closed
- Documenting casework activity
- Maintaining good working relationships between Child Protective Services staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources.
Attendance Clerk
CCISD
Corpus Christi, TX
08.2010 - 07.2012
- Monitor attendance for school, home visits, assist with data entry
- Work with families to identify family’s needs
- Refer to community resources to help family
- Home visits with families
- Prepare paperwork for court
- Referred families to appropriate community resources
- Prepares cases for court, which may include filing pleadings, setting cases on docket, monitoring service, and attending court as needed
- Considerable skill in working under pressure and meeting deadlines
Workforce Development Specialist
Texas Workforce Commission
, TX
06.2009 - 08.2010
- Interviews customers or their authorized representatives to gather information to assess service needs
- Performs visits to customers' homes and training provider's sites
- Develops and implements service plans to meet customer needs
- Coordinates service provider activities
- Implements prescribed program-related procedures and accurate case management
- Provides on-going case management and serves as a liaison between customers and service providers
- Maintains detailed customer records in compliance with companies’ policies and procedures
- Documents case records and prepares reports
- Keeps abreast of WIA revisions and changes affecting the eligibility of customers and reporting requirements
- Assists customers to access basic self-help services through effective use of the resource center.
Career Counselor
Serco of Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
04.2009 - 06.2009
- Customer service, determine eligibility for programs, worked with customers on becoming self-sufficient
- Referred customers to community agencies to assist them
- Considerable skill in negotiating and interviewing.
Case Manager
Communities In Schools
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
10.2005 - 01.2009
- Interviewed and assessed families in order to service family according to their needs, conducted home visits to help families resolve family conflict issues, communication problems, truancy issues, and any other problems the family might be experiencing
- Worked closely with judges and the school system to ensure clients were attending school and completing court orders
- As acting supervisor, conducted staff meetings, monitored files, worked alongside the director of programs and executive director to ensure the program was running smoothly and meeting goals
- Provided coverage of a 24-hour hotline
- Provided peer counseling and information and referral to callers and clients.
Intervention Specialist
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
01.2001 - 09.2004
- Conducted youth groups under FAST Curriculum and Youth Connections, provided case management, supervised as a team leader with five staff members, conducted home visits, one-on-one crisis intervention stemming from their drug abuse.
Youth Supervisor
Texas Youth Commission
Giddings, TX
01.1995 - 01.1996
- Maintained security, supervised youth that were incarcerated
- Conducted group sessions, role modeled, and oversaw establishing consequences due to youth not following unit rules.
Correctional Officer
Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
Huntsville, TX
07.1991 - 01.1994
- Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights
- Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform 'pat' and 'strip' searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
LMSW
Optimal Counseling Services
- Providing Education and Awareness: Educate individuals and communities about domestic violence, its causes, and its impact
- This may involve conducting workshops, seminars, or training sessions to raise awareness about healthy relationships, recognizing warning signs, and promoting strategies for prevention
- Offering Support and Counseling: Provide emotional support and counseling to victims of domestic violence
- This may involve individual or group counseling sessions to help them understand their rights, develop safety plans, and explore options for seeking help and support
- Advocacy and Referrals: Advocate for victims' rights and help them navigate the legal system, social services, and other resources available to them
- This may involve providing information on shelters, legal aid, counseling services, and other support networks
- Facilitating Support Groups: Facilitate support groups for survivors of domestic violence, providing a safe space for them to share their experiences, learn from others, and build a support network
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate records of client interactions, progress, and outcomes
- You may also be responsible for reporting incidents of domestic violence to the appropriate authorities and following confidentiality protocols
- Provides counseling to clients and families as appropriate to the position; prepares treatment plans, discharge plans, and follow-up care programs; provides therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required.
Brookdale Home Health
- Assures that social service/discharge planning activities are integrated and coordinated within the hospital system by effective communication at all levels
- Develops specific, measurable, realistic plans and objectives, which enhance social service delivery
- Ability to perform a psychosocial assessment and reassessment on all patients
- This includes pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and the general patient population
- Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors
- Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate
- Demonstrates knowledge of clinical social work and discharge planning
- Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity
- Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family
- Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly
- Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care
- Communicates appropriately and clearly to physicians, staff, Nurse Executive, and administrative team
- Coordinates and directs social services to ensure patients' needs are met and hospital policy is followed
- Provides appropriate resources and support to social services designee, both in the acute and skilled facilities
- Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations
- Maintains a good working relationship both within the department and with other departments
- Consults other departments as appropriate to collaborate in patient care and performance improvement activities
- Maintains performance improvement activities for department
- Documentation meets current standards and policies
- Provides education to staff on performance improvement
- Ability to plan and organize orientation and in-service training for staff members
- Participates in guidance and educational programs.
Education
Master's Degree - Social Work
Texas A&M Kingsville
Psychology
University of Incarnate Word
Vocational School Certificate - Psychology
Del Mar College
Skills
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- Assessment Skills
- Client Advocacy
- Client Interaction
- Service Assistance and Support
Detailed References
- Jacquelyn Jordan, CPS Supervisor, DFPS, 361-944-8379
- Denise Munoz, Athletic Coordinator, CCISD, 361-688-5708
- Joia Luckey, LMSW, Well Med, 361-739-9991
Occupational Licenses Certificates Training
- CPR and First Aid
- Licensed Social Worker (ASWB)
Activities
Computer, copier, adding machine, calculator, word excel access and PowerPoint, fax, multiple-line system, crisis intervention certified, CPR and First Aid, crisis assessment tool trained and certified, leadership skills, scheduled on-call calendar for 15 staff members, provide customer service and case management skills, trained in Strengthening Families, and Youth curriculum, conducted home visits and maintained working files on families serviced
Certification
- LMSW
Timeline
CVS Caseworker
Department of Family and
08.2012 - Current
CVS Human Services Tech
Child and Protective Services
08.2012 - Current
Caseworker
CVS
08.2012 - Current
Attendance Clerk
CCISD
08.2010 - 07.2012
Workforce Development Specialist
Texas Workforce Commission
06.2009 - 08.2010
Career Counselor
Serco of Texas
04.2009 - 06.2009
Case Manager
Communities In Schools
10.2005 - 01.2009
Intervention Specialist
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
01.2001 - 09.2004
Youth Supervisor
Texas Youth Commission
01.1995 - 01.1996
Correctional Officer
Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
07.1991 - 01.1994
LMSW
Optimal Counseling Services
Brookdale Home Health
Master's Degree - Social Work
Texas A&M Kingsville
Psychology
University of Incarnate Word
Vocational School Certificate - Psychology
Del Mar College
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