Open To Work
Sheila Herron
Chicago,IL
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workDesired start date: 2 weeks notice
Desired Job Title
Customer Support SpecialistAdministrative CoordinatorOffice ManagerSupervisorFamily Support SpecialistWork Type
Full TimePart TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridLocation: Chicago, IL
Open to relocation: No
Salary Range
$52000/yr - $70000/yrImportant To Me
Career advancementPersonal development programsWork from home optionPaid time offPaid sick leave401k matchCompany CultureHealthcare benefitsWork-life balanceOverview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Parent Educator/Home Visitor
Family Focus, Inc.
Chicago, IL
03.2017 - Current
- As a family support worker, I conduct & provide:
- 60 min. bi-weekly home visits
- Bi-monthly parent/child groups
- Mental Health consultants, and health & nutrition facilitation
- Occasional Field Trips
- This program strengthens:
- Children's Development
- Family Enhancement
- Families self-sufficiency
- Social Capital
- This program (Prevention Initiative) provides intensive home visiting services to enhance children's development and support families during the first three years of children's lives. This program serves Pregnant women & Parenting families w/children birth-3yrs.
Lead Supervisor-Teacher
Family Rescue
Chicago, IL
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Provide advocacy for families.
- Teach basic learning and life skills for children ranging in ages 6 weeks-13 years by creating child age curriculums and projects.
- Prepare meals and monthly meal plans for nutritional guidance.
- Plan educational and fun-filled field trips also conducting Parenting workshops & life managing skills.
- Conduct and schedule weekly meetings with staff members also collaborative in creating schedules for team members.
- Utilized therapeutic skills, coping mechanisms, and Individual & group counseling to confront and head up crisis intervention initiatives.
- An active member and volunteer of After School Care and the Tiny Tots Programs.
Dispatcher / TCA
OEMC
Chicago, IL
04.2008 - 10.2010
- Answered incoming emergency calls and routing to the appropriate first responders.
- Use telephone techniques to keep hysterical callers calm.
- Assist with directing traffic when traffic lights were out along with big city events in the downtown area.
- Helped guide pedestrians and the disabled across difficult intersections.
Team Leader
Value City Department Store
Oak Lawn, IL
07.2008 - 02.2009
- Provide customer service to customers by maintaining a clean and well stocked sales floor.
- Answer any customer questions and public relation issues.
- Lead and guide the women's lines team by arranging merchandise displays and keeping the department clean.
Team Leader
Target Corporations
Oak Lawn, IL
01.2006 - 04.2008
- Greeted customers as they entered and departed the store.
- Inspect incoming merchandise for sale floor planners.
- Used computers and PDA's to input data and also retrieve it for inventory upkeep.
- Advertised specific merchandise according to weekly sales ads.
- Formed and conduct weekly team meetings.
- Interviewed new candidates for employment.
Owner / Organizer
Childcare Provider
Chicago, IL
01.2001 - 05.2006
- Provided daily Board Certified Child Care services for children ages 6 weeks to 13 years of age.
- Through fun filled activities we taught basic learning and life skills for children by creating child age curriculums and projects.
- Prepared and served healthy daily meals of nutritional value.
- Plan educational field trips to museums, the city zoo and local educational attractions.
Timeline
Parent Educator/Home Visitor - Family Focus, Inc.
03.2017 - Current
Lead Supervisor-Teacher - Family Rescue
01.2013 - 01.2016
Team Leader - Value City Department Store
07.2008 - 02.2009
Dispatcher / TCA - OEMC
04.2008 - 10.2010
Team Leader - Target Corporations
01.2006 - 04.2008
Owner / Organizer - Childcare Provider
01.2001 - 05.2006