Tarji Williams
In Home Support Services
San Diego,CA
25
years of professional experience
Experienced Vocational Career Specialist that excels at job development and helping students with disabilities to get jobs. Provides friendly, thorough job assistance services to students, families and fellow professionals. Skilled at problem solving and conflict resolution, and able to help encourage teamwork. Able to network with public organizations and businesses to create successful partnerships. Able to talk to students and understand their employment needs. Enjoy working with students to get them jobs and enjoy networking with employers and other professionals.
Work History
School to Career Vocational Specialist
12 Years 5 Months- Provides support to students, special education teachers and other staff by performing assignments related to career and transition services to support individuals with disabilities, Special Education Program staff, and employers.
- Provides job coaching to individuals with disabilities.
- Assist with planning and identifying support needed for individuals with disabilities to be successfully employed.
- Involved with implementing programs to improve job performance of individuals with disabilities. identifies work sites for potential training and/or employment options. Work with Department of Rehabilitation and other agencies that provide support leading to employment of individuals with disabilities.
- Provide support and assistance to individuals unable to perform activities independently, accompanies or arranges for individuals to attend job interviews, schedules appointments related to eligibility and employment services; contacts individuals at work, school, or home.
- Make group presentations in various classrooms regarding job skills and other program needs to be successful when obtaining a job.
Care Provider
16 Years 10 Months- Assist disabled clients with personal care and house cleaning duties.
- Help clients to organize paperwork and filing.
- Schedule doctor appointments and picked up prescriptions.
Case Manager
3 Years 7 Months- Provide comprehensive case management services to clients including: intake assessment, goal setting, long-term case plan development, weekly case plan development, progress monitoring, individual money management, advocacy and referrals.
- Weekly meetings with clients and weekly reports submitted.
Admin Accounts Receivables
8 Years 2 Months- Successfully kept AR accounts in good payment status, reconciling checks to make sure total amount of checks received matches invoice totals, research any discrepancies on invoices by contacting the client or running reports from the database.
- Duties also include formatting Excel files from the server, preparing weekly reports from peachtree database, often received good reviews from weekly reporting, creating spreadsheets, entering daily bank sheet totals, mailing checks to Affiliates, creating manual invoices to email to some clients and also faxing invoices.
- Good communications with clients to resolve discrepancies on accounts
Education
Master's Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
Excellent Customer Service
Good Communication
Good Listener
Job Development
Problem solving
Business Development
Emailing
Faxing
Mailing
Powerschool
Peoplesoft
Microsoft Office Access
Excel
Power Point
Word
Peachtree
Reconciling
Reporting
Research
Spreadsheets
Vocational Assistance
Individualized support
Timeline
School to Career Vocational Specialist
San Diego Unified School District
05.2014 - CurrentRead More
Case Manager
Alpha Project
11.2012 - 06.2016Read More
Care Provider
In Home Support Services
12.2009 - CurrentRead More
Admin Accounts Receivables
Permission Interactive
09.2001 - 11.2009Read More
San Diego State University
Bachelor's Degree
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National University
Master's Degree
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