JAMERIE REDUS
Houston,TX
Summary
Dedicated Social Worker with four years of experience helping clients change behaviors and access family and community resources to manage health. Develops and implements training for staff and attends seminars and conferences for professional development. Continuously improves processes and services to support patient care, education and research.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Wraparound Specialist
Houston Independent School District, HISD
Houston, Tx
08.2020 - Current
- Engages families and school staff to better understand student needs, develops and manages partnerships with local service providers, and participates in and learning from resource specialist community.
- Works with district, city, school, and the community to facilitate empowering events.
- Participates in professional development opportunities centered on development of wraparound directors to identify additional funding requirements.
- Coordinates student needs assessment and provider selection.
- Supports school administration in making data-driven program decisions.
- Gathers input from community leaders during decision making process.
- Listened to clients' needs and assisted with identifying and securing appropriate services.
- Offered clients knowledgeable and supportive assistance to meet needs and build loyalty.
- Enhanced client satisfaction ratings by resolving difficult customer issues through completion.
- Used multiple resources and tools for evaluating and presenting solutions.
- Provided advanced support for projects with strong documentation, reporting and customer service skills.
CPS SPECIALIST III
Family & Protective Services
Houston, TX
02.2017 - 08.2020
- Visiting homes to assess risk of child abuse/neglect, plan for child safety, and strengthen families so they can function without CPS intervention.
- Responding quickly in a crisis situations.
- Talking with families about things such as income, money management, and personal relationships that they will probably consider personal and private.
- Discussing human sexuality and sexual exploitation of children in a direct and objective manner.
- Interacting objectively with people who have abused and/or neglected children in their care.Interacting with family members who are angry and/or scared.
- Working as part of a team, which involves helping other caseworkers with crisis situations, while following the directions of the courts and agency.
- Providing services, resources, and community supports to achieve child safety.
- Staying in contact with parents and children to achieve goals.
- Educating parents to change previous behavior that led to child abuse and/or neglect and empowers parents to make those changes.
- When necessary, removing a child from a dangerous situation.
- Documenting casework activity.Working under constant time pressure, prioritizes efforts, and works flexible hours.
- Staying objective and empathetic with families living in stressful and crisis situations.
- Learning about cultures and lifestyles different from their own, and understands how to determine child safety and well-being within that context.
Lead Teacher
La'Petite
Cypress, TX
07.2014 - 12.2016
- Meeting with parents to discuss the goals and needs of students in their program
- Coordinating with administration to create education plans for the students.
- Sitting in on the classes of other Teachers in an observational role Using information from observations to help other students grow by noting ineffective areas and sharing alternative methods that are more successful.
- Creating lesson plans solving problems students are struggling to find a solution for Tracking the academic performance of students for signs of progress.
- Arranged classrooms to facilitate optimal education for student groups.
- Selected optimal curricula and planned daily lessons to meet needs of children with various developmental levels.
- Communicated objectives for lessons, units and projects to students and parents.
Teacher
Harris County Youth Education Center
Houston, TX
06.2016 - 08.2016
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students. Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Helped students build learning and study skills to achieve educational goals.
- Instructed students individually and in groups, utilizing various teaching methods.
- Maintained safe, clean, and organized classroom environment.
Education
Masters - Social Work
UNIVERSITY oF TEXAS, A&M
Arlington, TX12.2021
Bachelor's of Science - Criminal Justice
12.2016
Skills
- Collaboration
- Relationship building
- Conflict resolution
- Report writing
- Safety evaluations
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Home visits
- Neglect and abuse checks
- Client advocacy
- Conducting interviews
- Case history compilation
- Behavioral specialist
References
REFERENCES
References available upon request
Interests
Extracurricular Activities
, Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Communication
Self-Motivation
Active Listening
Inspiring
Time-Management
Timeline
Wraparound Specialist
Houston Independent School District, HISD
08.2020 - Current
CPS SPECIALIST III
Family & Protective Services
02.2017 - 08.2020
Teacher
Harris County Youth Education Center
06.2016 - 08.2016
Lead Teacher
La'Petite
07.2014 - 12.2016
Masters - Social Work
UNIVERSITY oF TEXAS, A&M
Bachelor's of Science - Criminal Justice
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