Laurie Pickard
Springhill,LA
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sheriff's Deputy-Corrections
Webster Parish Sheriff Office
Minden, LA
12.2016 - 06.2022
- Effectively interacted with staff, offenders, visitors and public to maintain security within facility.
- Maintained safety and security of staff and public by applying defensive techniques and physical restraints.
- Supervised inmates during all activities and transfers to monitor compliance and implement corrective actions.
- Monitored radio transmissions between staff to respond immediately to directions and emergencies.
- Conducted pat downs and strip searches of inmates and visitors to prevent contraband from entering facility.
- Routinely counted inmates and in response to potential security breaches.
- Inspected condition of locks, window bars, doors and gates to prevent prisoner escapes.
- Authored incident reports for management on violations and discrepancies.
- Sanctioned regulatory compliance while managing visual inspections, work crew accountability, illegal substance checks and cell assessments.
- Reduced escape attempts, crimes and other hazardous activity through close observation and situational awareness.
- Drove passenger vehicles and trucks to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals and work sites.
- Received and processed inmates into custody of institution by searching prisoners and taking charge of personal property.
- Streamlined operational efficiencies by effectively maintaining daily shift activity logs.
- Arranged library visits, work assignments, family visits and counseling appointments for prisoners.
- Examined incoming and outgoing mail to detect contraband.
- Documented prisoner identification, charges and inmate disturbance incidents.
- Enforced regulatory compliance while managing visual inspections, work crew accountability, illegal substance checks, alcohol sensor testing and gate-locking procedures.
- Automated document flow by ensuring log books and medical files were maintained.
Social Service Analyst 1
Louisiana Department Of Children And Family Services
Shrevport , LA
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Determined needed and relevant interventions based on each client's cognitive abilities and current needs.
- Worked with clients to improve life choices and maximize benefits of programs.
- Monitored cases for support order compliance and made adjustments.
- Performed case management tasks to enforce court-ordered child support obligations.
- Executed collection calls and written or in-person interactions to solicit child support payments on overdue accounts.
- Evaluated income and expense data of non-custodial parents to determine support capability.
- Worked in collaboration with local, state and federal departments to obtain documentary evidence and other sensitive information.
- Researched legal, financial and other records to obtain data needed to secure and enforce child support cases.
- Calculated child support obligations and debts.
- Used LASES and ONBASE to manage and update electronic case files.
- Explained policies, procedures and instructions to parents.
- Interviewed involved parties to confirm facts, verify data and locate persons and financial assets.
- Processed legal documents such as summons, bench warrants, wage attachments and liens to prepare materials for trials.
- Calculated child support obligations and debts to initiate collection actions.
- Performed skip tracing activities to locate absent parents and assets.
- Located parents for gaining child support and prepared records of payments.
- Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
- Documented data and completed accurate updates to case records.
- Interviewed individuals and families to assess needs and provide informational resources.
Dental Assistant, Chairside
Springhill Family Denistry
Springhill, LA
03.2011 - 12.2016
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Used EasyDental to document and maintain patient information and health background.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for 15 or more procedures daily.
- Educated patients on postoperative care and best practices for protecting dental work and boosting healing process.
- Scheduled appointments for new and existing customers, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
- Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.
- Administered desensitizing agents by applying numbing gel to prepare patients for anesthetic injections.
- Educated patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative instructions.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history and vital signs for future reference.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules by mentioning risks during pregnancy, placing digital sensor, positioning imaging machine and applying lead aprons.
- Managed office schedules and calendars to coordinate administrative planning and execution.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications and required materials for dental procedures.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water and mixing materials for fillings, root canals, casts and impressions.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Prepared comprehensive radiological images, allowing supervisory dental staff to spot cavities, tooth decay and areas needing treatment.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Provided diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
- Prepared and positioned patients for procedures by seating patients, clipping dental napkins and placing patient safety devices.
Education
Louisiana School of Math, Science, And The Arts
Natchitoches, LAHigh School Diploma -
Sarepta High School
Sarepta, LAPsychology
Southern Arkansas University
Magnolia, ARSkills
- Operational Efficiency
- Regulatory Compliance
- File and Record Maintenance
- Conflict Resolution Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Self-Discipline
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Systems Analysis
- Data Entry
- Large Caseloads
Timeline
Social Service Analyst 1
Louisiana Department Of Children And Family Services
07.2021 - 03.2022
Sheriff's Deputy-Corrections
Webster Parish Sheriff Office
12.2016 - 06.2022
Dental Assistant, Chairside
Springhill Family Denistry
03.2011 - 12.2016
Louisiana School of Math, Science, And The Arts
High School Diploma -
Sarepta High School
Psychology
Southern Arkansas University
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