Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Additional Information
Timeline
Volunteer

Glorimar Buitrago

Elkhart,IN

Summary

Proactive and caring worker with 5 years of experience combined with communication strengths and good observational skills. Skillfully handles day-to-day activities while looking for opportunities to make a difference.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Parent Aide/ PAHV

CAPS
12.2022 - Current

Offer culturally responsive home visiting on a regular basis to support the family providing home management skills and support , crisis intervention and community support resilience and self-sufficiency by helping families establish goals and steps for attaining this goals. Identify and refer clients to other support services in the community. Assist in making and attending appointments, including, but not limited to, food stamps, WIC or Medicaid.

Caseworker ( Visit Coach)

Catholic Charities - Michigan
10.2020 - 05.2022
  • Provides moderately-intensive, solution focused, home-based family intervention, life skills education and supportive services for a client's referral for a period of 16 weeks that included, Parent Educator,
  • Advocacy, Interpret from Spanish language to English
  • Conduct visits and Parenting Supervision
  • Write weekly report, conduct assessments, counseling and provide transportation for the client when needed.

Parent Educator specialist

Family & Children Services
04.2018 - 05.2019
  • Provides moderately-intensive, solution focused, home-based family intervention, life skills education and supportive services for a client's referral for a period of 12 weeks that included, Parent Educator,
  • Advocacy, Interpret from Spanish language to English
  • Conduct visits and Parenting Supervision
  • Write weekly reports and monthly reports for the court.

Bilingual Victim Advocate & Counselor

YWCA
01.2017 - 04.2018
  • Responsible for assisting survivors of domestic and sexual assault in recovering from the trauma of their abuse
  • To deliver high quality community-based outreach, crisis intervention, support and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse including Spanish- speaking survivors
  • Provided client direct services including crisis intervention, counseling, case management, advocacy, referral, support groups and follow-up
  • This was either on-site, at satellite locations or in the community.

Education

Bachelor - Psychology And Criminal Justice

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
1995

Skills

  • Responsible, dependable, goal oriented, self-starter
  • Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, exceptional customer service skills,
  • Bilingual, English , Spanish
  • Excel (3 years)
  • Microsoft Word (5 years)
  • Word (5 years)
  • Case Management (5 years)
  • Organizational Skills (5years)
  • Documentation (5 years)
  • Customer Service Skills (5 years)
  • Data Entry (5 years)
  • Customer Service (5 years)
  • Time Management (5 years)
  • Multilingual (10 years)
  • Crisis Intervention (5 years)
  • Teaching 5 years)
  • CPR (5 years)
  • Public Speaking (5 years)
  • Problem solving (5 Years)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Team Building
  • Assessments
  • Case Management & Social Work — Proficient
  • July 2020
  • Prioritizing case tasks, gathering information, and providing services without judgment
  • Customer Focus & Orientation — Proficient
  • Responding to customer situations with sensitivity
  • Case management & social work — Proficient
  • May 2021
  • Determining client needs, providing support resources, and collaborating with clients
  • Development in any professional field
  • Experience with Children

Accomplishments

  • Spanish
  • English
  • Typing
  • Intake Experience
  • Individual / Group Counseling
  • Behavioral Health
  • Interpretation
  • Social Work
  • Translation
  • Administrative Experience
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Hospital Experience
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Child & Family Counseling
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Behavior Management
  • Program Development
  • Presentation Skills
  • Group Therapy
  • Computer Skills (5 years)
  • Meeting Facilitation
  • Management
  • Crisis Management
  • Medical terminology

Certification

CPR Present First Aid Certification

Additional Information

  • Willing to relocate: Anywhere, Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Timeline

Parent Aide/ PAHV

CAPS
12.2022 - Current

Caseworker ( Visit Coach)

Catholic Charities - Michigan
10.2020 - 05.2022

Parent Educator specialist

Family & Children Services
04.2018 - 05.2019

Bilingual Victim Advocate & Counselor

YWCA
01.2017 - 04.2018

Bachelor - Psychology And Criminal Justice

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Glorimar Buitrago