MARIA HERNANDEZ RAMIREZ

Seasonal job.

• Care for 14 children during the season, ages 0 to 12.
• Work independently and collaboratively with the provider to enroll children & complete licensing paperwork, reports, DRDP's, & ASQ's.
• Maintain accurate records of attendance, immunizations and other relevant information for each child.
• Submit daily and monthly reports on the KIDKARE website in order to get reimbursement for what children ate during Breakfast, AM Snack, Lunch, PM Snack, and/or Dinner
• Work with programs such as: GoKids, Inc., Child and Adult Care Food Program,, and Community & Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County ("CAPSLO").
• Manage crafts and other hands-on activities to engage kids and promote development
• Enhance academic, social and emotional learning by using structured playtime and unstructured free play
• Read aloud to encourage early literacy
• Observe and monitor children to identify developmental strengths and target enrichment activities
• Participate in parent meetings to discuss progress of each child's learning objectives.
• Communicate with parents about daily activities and any concerning behaviors.
• Prepare nutritious meals, snacks and refreshments for children according to dietary needs.
• Help children open food packages and monitor them
• Prepare children for nap time
• Enforce rules to teach good manners and maintain a safe environment

• Performed a variety of administrative duties
• Used proper judgment and discretion when dealing with sensitive information and documents; maintain confidentiality at all times
• Developed and maintained organized filing systems, physical and hardcopy
• When directed, I prepared and filed reports with federal, state and local funding and regulatory agencies
• Worked with the Administrative Team, Program Directors, Senior Analysts, Grant Managers and support staff to gather, compile and organize data, statistics and other information for reports, proposals, and licensing requirements
• Assist in the preparation and processing contracts and sub-contract documents, as well as submit grant applications and proposals for the City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville and the County of Santa Cruz; distributed as necessary
• Helped edit materials for clarity, grammar, and concision
• Worked closely with Human Resources and AR/AP department on additional duties related to drivers, liability, property, vehicle and other insurance policies, specifically adding, renewing, changing coverage and maintaining accurate insurance information files
• Assist Program Directors in obtaining bids for facility matters related to major capital improvement projects
• Maintain a list of preferred vendors
• Submit bids to the fiscal department
• Act as liaison to communicate frequently with other community organizations, & insurance company
• Reach out to IT and troubleshoot when the server or phones were down
• Kept records of the different level keys for the Watsonville facility as well as Community Bridges vehicles
• Acquired, distributed and stored office supplies and cleaning products to the 10 programs of Community Bridges, across 20 different sites.
• Kept track and took inventory of cleaning products and materials.

• HR reached out to see if i could provide support to the Child & Adult Care Food Program, while still working my regular job at Admin - Contracts & Facilities department. My supervisor approved.
• Reviewed and submitted monthly reports from daycare providers in order for the Child and Adult Care Food Program meet monthly deadlines.

• Enrolled new licensed day care homes to to the Child and Adult Care Food Program
• Assist in conducting educational workshops and presentations for new licensed day care providers
• Keep track of completion from CACFP's annual training for providers
• Responsible for independently managing a caseload of 200 licensed day care homes
• Provided technical assistance over the phone to daycare providers with the online KIDKARE System program; i.e. enrolling/removing new children, submitting daily and monthly food reports, etc.
• Maintained records, and reviewed reports submitted by day care providers, reconciled discrepancies, and used the KIDKARE computer program to generate monthly reports required by funding sources
• Worked independently and as a team to plan and schedule unannounced home site visits to daycare's
• Worked independently and as a team to meet critical monthly and quarterly report deadlines, as well as audits
• Drive personal vehicle to day care homes and monitored their activities on a periodic basis to ensure compliance with program requirements
• Submit reimbursement for miles

• Greet and provide excellent customer service at the reception desk
• Answer phone calls and other administrative office tasks
• Picked up mail; review, sort and processed inter-office mail
• Provide support to Human Resources Department
• Updated job descriptions for existing positions and created new ones for open roles as needed.
• Answered questions regarding job postings, and other pertinent information
• Posted job announcements (paper, email, Indeed & Community Bridges website) and pre-screened applicants to candidates for available positions
• Assisted candidates with application processes by answering questions about application, performing background checks, providing I-9 forms and handling drug screening paperwork.
• Conducted employment verification and background checks to facilitate hiring process
• Verified previous employers and references
• Assist with creating event flyers on Canva
• Emailed flyers to Community Bridges employees and posted them around Community Bridges Watsonville site
• Processed, verified and maintained personnel-related documentation
• Process volunteers' applications
• Used postage meter machine and charged appropriate programs when mailing out regular mail/envelopes
• Assist in submitting receipts/expenses in Concur on a monthly basis
• Translate documents from English to Spanish.

• Mar 2018 - Oct 2018 - Limited Term - Advocate I at La Manzana Community Resources, a program of Community Bridges
• Greet clients over the phone and in person
• Act as a receptionist and fulfill clerical duties
• Assess client's needs and provide them with information/referrals to any relevant services (Central Coast Energy Services, Law offices, Medi-Cal, Social Security, Counseling Agency, etc.)
• Help clients obtain, complete, and at times submit applications for a variety of services
• Oct 2018 - Nov 2018 - Limited Term - Advocate III Roots and Wings position at La Manzana Community Resources
• Support foster families and relatives with children in their care
• Help connect foster families with the community, events, clothing, school supplies, etc for their foster children
• Stopped working as LT Advocate III due to cuts in Roots and Wings funding
• Nov 02, 2018 - Nov 13, 2018 - Limited Term - Advocate II position at La Manzana Community Resources
• Same job description as Advocate I, but now I assisted with quarterly reports & helped cover the reception desk when needed
• Also helped clients call & submit applications to Medi-Cal, Social Security, Unemployment, etc
• Helped them apply to the gas/electric bill assistance through the HEAP program at Central Coast Energy Services
• Referred them to law offices, and other agency programs
• Provide support to Human Resources department as a Limited Term - HR/Administrative Assistant & the Administration department as a Limited Term - Administrative Assistant, while still working at La Manzana Community Resources.

• Provide support to Admin-Contracts department
• Provided secretarial and office management support while building cooperative working relationships.
• Assisted the Chief Administrative Officer to print, file in alphabetical order (paper, & electronically) different MOU's, Contracts, Agreements, Proof of Insurance, etc; distribute such documents via email to appropriate staff across Community Bridges departments
• Managed incoming calls while providing information or transferring callers to appropriate personnel.
• Kept office equipment functional and supplies well-stocked to promote efficient operations.