Victor Suarez
The Children’s Circle
Bronx,NY
2
Languages
1
Certification
5
years of professional experience
Direct Support Professional supporting children and adolescents with ADHD and autism in home settings. Builds emotion regulation, communication, and transition routines through individualized coping methods, gestural cues, and caregiver collaboration. Documents visit progress clearly and escalates safety concerns, including suspected abuse, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.
Work History
Direct Support Professional
1 Month- As a Direct Support Professional, I traveled to clients homes to support Children & Adolescents with conditions such as ADHD or Autism
- Created and implemented methods to cope with emotions, expressing emotions, handling overstimulation, improving communication skills, learning gestural cues for behavior, managing transitions in activity, & following routines
- Wrote detailed summaries of the visit including staff action, individual’s response, engagement level, & progress towards goal
- Worked with caregivers to create & implement methods, help their child or teen improve & achieve the objectives in the Plan of Treatment
- Reporting any child abuse, sexual harassment, or domestic violence
Personal Care Aide
2 Years 9 Months- Ensuring personal hygiene
- Mobility & ADL assistance
- Administering medications
- Nutritional support and meal preparation
- Monitor safety of the client
- Companionship & emotional support
- Errands & accompanying to appointments
- Perform housekeeping duties
Personal Care Aide
1 Year 1 Month- Monitor safety of the client
- Ensuring personal hygiene
- Errands & accompanying to appointments
- Mobility & ADL assistance
- Perform housekeeping duties
- Administering medications
- Companionship & emotional support
Intern
3 Months- Assisted the homeless and others in need with locating local resources within their area
- Provided research material (links) on videos appropriate to the titles for the powerpoint trainings
- Worked with a team of 10 to increase the organizations Facebook page followers from 190 to 11K during my internship “Helping the Homeless and others in need”
- Collaborated with other interns on creating training PowerPoints
- Shared various food pantries from different cities nationwide through social media for people in need
- Reached out to different organizations in attempts of gathering donations
- Kept track of task completed
- Continued to follow-up with resources provided to the consumers to ensure resources were appropriate and attained
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Relevant Coursework: Public Health I & II, Community Health Service, Health & Human Behavior, Principles of Epidemiology for PH, Community Health Program Plan
Skills
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Personal care assistance
Activities of daily living assistance
Companionship & emotional support
Home safety monitoring
Meal preparation
Medication assistance
Care plan support
Visit documentation
Family communication
HIPAA compliance
Developmental disabilities support
Autism support strategies
Certification
- 2026 Mandatory DSP Training, The Children’s Circle NY — Trauma-Informed Care, Person-Centered Planning, Safety, Suicide & Domestic Violence Prevention (July 2026)
- Confronting Sexual Harassment: Tools and Strategies to Create a Harassment-Free Workplace — New York City Commission on Human Rights, July 2026
- Mandated Reporter Training: Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Maltreatment (2025 Syllabus) — New York State Office of Children and Family Services, completed July 2026 (3 hours)
- Personal Care Aide (PCA), OPEN DOOR NY HOME CARE SERVICES, INC. — Alternative Competency Demonstration (September 26, 2024)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
AWARDS
Magna Cum Laude, 3.68 GPA at Monroe University
Timeline
Direct Support Professional
The Children’s Circle
07.2026 - CurrentRead More
Personal Care Aide
Open Door NY Homecare Services Inc.
06.2022 - 03.2025Read More
Intern
Theresa’s Helping Hands Inc.
01.2022 - 04.2022Read More
Personal Care Aide
Committed Homecare
05.2021 - 06.2022Read More
Monroe University
Bachelor of Science from Public Health
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