Victoria Rodriguez
Conroe
Summary
Compassionate professional in social work, adept at enhancing community support systems and empowering families and children through targeted interventions. Known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion, ensuring timely provision of services and resources. Possess specialized skills in case management, crisis intervention, and behavioral counseling. Excel in empathy, communication, and problem-solving, crucial for navigating complex family dynamics and school environments to foster positive outcomes.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Child Protective Service Conservatorship Worker
Department of Family Protective Services
Conroe
11.2021 - 04.2025
- Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust, and communication to meet case needs.
- Provided monthly case findings to the conservatorship supervisor for the program administrator and program director to review.
- Interview and research client's compliance progress including criminal background check, drug screening, and employment status and provide findings to the assigned case attorney.
- Maintained detailed case files documenting all aspects of each client's conservatorship status.
- Educated families about the process of obtaining a legal guardian or conservator for an incapacitated adult or minor child.
- Ensured compliance with state and federal regulations regarding guardianships and conservatorships.
- Evaluated client needs and prepared appropriate documents for court filings.
- Analyzed data from various sources to determine if an individual is eligible for a guardianship and conservator arrangement.
- Provided guidance to conservatorship clients on their rights and responsibilities.
- Provided support services such as counseling, housing assistance, and employment referrals to help conservatorship clients become self-sufficient wherever possible.
- Created reports summarizing progress made by individuals under a guardianship or conservatorship arrangement.
- Participated in regular reviews of guardianships and conservatorships cases with judges and other stakeholders.
- Collaborated with social workers, psychiatrists, lawyers, and other professionals involved in conservatorship cases.
- Attended guardianship trainings to stay current on laws and regulations governing the field.
- Developed strategies for resolving conflicts between multiple parties involved in a conservatorship case.
- Facilitated communication between family members of conservatorship clients to ensure that their interests were represented in court proceedings.
- Organized court hearings, meetings, and other legal proceedings related to conservatorship cases.
- Conducted home visits with clients to assess their living conditions and ensure compliance with court orders.
- Provided testimony at hearings related to disputes over guardianships and conservator arrangements when requested by the court.
- Identified potential risks associated with certain types of guardianships and conservatorships arrangements prior to filing petitions in court.
- Assisted in the development of individual treatment plans for conservatorship clients.
- Identified appropriate community resources and provided referrals for services.
- Built trust and rapport with victims of violent crimes by remaining calm and compassionate in variety of situations.
- Investigated reports or indications of abuse, neglect or exploitation of at-risk adults, adolescents and children.
- Established behavioral modification goals and assessed progress toward goals.
- Interviewed clients individually and in groups to assess situations, capabilities and problems.
- Counseled parents on proper child-rearing choices.
- Used job-related software to compose or prepare correspondence, case notes and technical reports
- Arranged adoptions and found foster homes for abandoned or abused children.
- Interfaced with local court system, attending court proceedings and working directly with attorneys.
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Huntsville
03.2020 - 02.2021
- Write detailed incident reports.
- Patrol the interior and exterior of the facility.
- Conduct inmate and cell searches.
- Inspect visitors and packages delivered to the facility.
- Respond to crisis situations as outlined by policies and procedures.
- Oversee inmate activities including meals, classes, visitation, and recreation.
- Frisk search.
- Search for contraband and provide security; count, feed, and supervise offenders in housing and work duties.
- Conducted regular cell inspections looking for evidence of drug use or other prohibited items that could pose a threat to security.
- Interacted with inmates in an effort to reduce tension between them and maintain a peaceful atmosphere within the facility.
- Responded to emergency situations such as riots or disturbances with appropriate force measures.
- Supervised prisoners during meals, recreation time, work assignments, medical visits, court appearances, and other activities.
- Monitored video surveillance systems to observe prisoner activity throughout the correctional facility.
- Enforced prison rules and regulations while maintaining a safe environment for inmates and staff.
- Maintained order in the prison by monitoring inmate behavior and intervening when necessary.
- Conducted headcounts to ensure that all inmates were accounted for.
Juvenile Supervision Officer
Montgomery County Juvenile Probation
Conroe
10.2019 - 07.2020
- Maintain a safe, secure detention atmosphere.
- Attend to children's emotional and physical needs.
- Monitor group dynamics to prevent fighting and escape attempts.
- Supervise and monitor youth chores, mealtime, showers, recreation, sleeping hours and free time.
- Strip search/frisk search detainees as required.
- Restrain out of control youth, screen visitors, chart each child's progress through the detention program, maintain a suicide watch on children that exhibit self-destructive tendencies, monitor surveillance cameras.
Education
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice
Lone Star College
12.2020
Skills
- Case management
- Report writing
- Data analysis
- Crisis intervention
- Legal documentation
- Risk assessment
- Client interviewing
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Client advocacy
- Conflict mediation
- Family engagement
- Motivational interviewing
- Case investigations
- Case file documentation
- Child placement assessments
- Home inspections
- Foster care systems
- Experience with at-risk youth
- Case file management
- Regulatory compliance
- Court collaboration
- Incident reporting
- Crisis management
- Attention to detail
Hobbies and Interests
- Love Fosters Hope Summer Camps - Boys TRAC and Girls TRAC Volunteer
- Angel Reach (Independent Living Facility for Young Adults aged out of the foster care system) – Iron Man Volunteer
- Restoration Church – Volunteer Areas: Children’s Ministry, Student Ministry, Facility Event Setup Team
Timeline
Child Protective Service Conservatorship Worker
Department of Family Protective Services
11.2021 - 04.2025
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
03.2020 - 02.2021
Juvenile Supervision Officer
Montgomery County Juvenile Probation
10.2019 - 07.2020
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice
Lone Star College