Nicanora Perez
San Jose,CA
Summary
Compassionate Family Partner with 11 years of experience in foster care settings. Skilled at managing multiple cases with great attention to detail and knowledge of local resources. Known for providing caring and comprehensive support to families and children.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Partner
Pacific Clinics
San Jose, CA
08.2020 - Current
- Worked with community resources to engage youth in pro-social activities and help families access services.
- Offered emergency response, family support, and case management to meet individual child objectives.
- Identified appropriate community resources and provided referrals for services.
- Worked with care team to assess client needs and discuss collaborative treatment efforts.
- Used job-related software to compose or prepare correspondence, case notes and technical reports
- Managed parent support groups addressing topics such as positive discipline and parenting styles.
- Facilitated parental workshops and classes to provide support to children in achieving school and academic success.
- Counseled parents on proper child-rearing choices.
- Built trust and rapport with victims of violent crimes by remaining calm and compassionate in variety of situations.
- Participated in ongoing training to maintain license and enhance knowledge of relevant mental health topics.
Foster Parent
Work Experience
San Jose
10.2011 - 11.2017
- Provided foster care services to children in need of a safe and nurturing environment.
- Created daily schedules that incorporated educational, recreational, and therapeutic activities.
- Monitored the physical and mental health of children in the foster care system.
- Facilitated meetings with social workers, teachers, therapists, and other professionals as needed.
- Assisted in completing homework assignments and school projects to support child's education.
- Helped reunify birth families through coordinated visitation.
- Worked with care team to assess client needs and discuss collaborative treatment efforts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
William Jessup University
Rocklin, CA05.2023
Skills
- Problem Resolution
- Supervision & Leadership
- Active Listening
- Relationship Building
- Organizational Skills
- Customer Service
- Team Building
- Microsoft Office
- Conflict Resolution
- Planning & Organizing
- Critical Thinking
- Good Work Ethic
- Community Referrals
- Home Visits
- Client Advocacy
- Behavioral Specialist
Accomplishments
- Created highly effective new program that significantly impacted efficiency and improved operations.
- Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
- Promoted to Family Partner II due to excelled performance and exhibiting full competence of job duties that achieved management recognition.
Certification
- Reparative Parent Training- 2022
- Welligent, Pacific Clinics- 2021
- Therapeutic, Crisis, Intervention, training, Pacific Clinics- 2020
- CPR Certified- 2023
- Administering of Narcan- 2023
- Preventing, Identifying and Responding to Abuse and Neglect- 2022
Timeline
Family Partner
Pacific Clinics
08.2020 - Current
Foster Parent
Work Experience
10.2011 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
William Jessup University
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