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SARAH WESSEL

West Terre Haute,IN

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Healthcare Worker

All Babies Iniciative
Terre Haute
01.2019 - Current
  • The primary responsibilities of any CHW working in the healthcare and homevisiting setting are to build trusting relationships with clients and to connect those clients to care, eliminating barriers and advocating for systemic changes along the way
  • Create connections between vulnerable populations and the health care system
  • Care coordination and care transitions for clients
  • Assist clients with enrollment in programs and benefits for which they are eligible
  • Encourage cultural competence among health care professionals serving vulnerable populations
  • Advocate for vulnerable populations within the health care system and the community at large
  • Build capacity within the clinic and the community at large to address health issues
  • Received 2023 Team award and Story of the Quarter 2021.

Patient Accounts

Union Health
Terre Haute
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Greets patients in the facilities and over the phone
  • Assists doctors, nurses, and patients
  • Schedules doctors’ appointments for patients Performs clerical and administrative tasks
  • Prepares medical files
  • Maintains and keeps patient information confidential
  • Maintains medicinal supplies and equipment

Classroom Assistant

Head Start
Terre Haute
08.2017 - 01.2018
  • Help promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to children and families
  • Provide developmentally appropriate preschool activities with a special focus on helping children develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school
  • Provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families
  • Trained in Conscious Discipline, Teaching strategies gold as well as Head Start policies and procedures.

Preschool Teacher

Heaven's Express Academy
Terre Haute
11.2013 - 08.2017
  • Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems
  • Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems
  • Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies, procedures and programs to carry them out
  • Plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student activity programs
  • Teach classes or courses and provide direct care to children
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order
  • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips
  • Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development and physical health
  • Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play
  • Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines
  • Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students
  • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine them priorities for their children and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development
  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Club Coordinator

VCYSA
Terre Haute
11.2013 - 01.2018
  • For Vigo County Youth Soccer Association, provided training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours
  • Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions
  • Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations
  • Plan and direct physical conditioning programs that will enable athletes to achieve maximum performance
  • Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results
  • Keep abreast of changing rules, techniques, technologies, and philosophies relevant to their sport
  • Contact the parents of players to provide information and answer questions
  • Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers
  • Manage complex and facility during recreational seasons Order and distribute equipment
  • Grant writing and sponsorship recruitment
  • Concessions management.

Preschool Teacher

First Baptist Preschool
Bremen
10.2009 - 05.2013
  • Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children
  • Arrange indoor or outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, or safety
  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence
  • Collaborate with other teachers or administrators to develop, evaluate, or revise preschool programs
  • Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement
  • Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments
  • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.

Family Advocate

Birth To Five-Healthy Families
Richmond
05.2005 - 09.2009
  • Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children
  • Arrange indoor or outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, or safety
  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence
  • Collaborate with other teachers or administrators to develop, evaluate, or revise preschool programs
  • Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement
  • Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments
  • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.

Timeline

Community Healthcare Worker

All Babies Iniciative
01.2019 - Current

Patient Accounts

Union Health
01.2018 - 01.2019

Classroom Assistant

Head Start
08.2017 - 01.2018

Preschool Teacher

Heaven's Express Academy
11.2013 - 08.2017

Club Coordinator

VCYSA
11.2013 - 01.2018

Preschool Teacher

First Baptist Preschool
10.2009 - 05.2013

Family Advocate

Birth To Five-Healthy Families
05.2005 - 09.2009

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