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Yvonne Marie Velazquez

San Angelo,TX

Summary

Versatile LMSW with over ten years of experience in building connections with families and children, supporting and motivating clients, goal-setting and tracking client progress, and advocating for clients' best interests. Experience also encompasses maintaining compliance in multiple areas, developing programs, facilitating inter-agency communication, completing assessments and referrals for services, providing training, and conflict resolution. Dedicated to advocating and supporting clients and their family systems. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Foster Family Specialist/Development and Management Staff/Case Manager/Recruiter and Trainer

A World for Children
08.2017 - Current
  • Trained and supervised case managers in the San Angelo area.
  • Managed a caseload of families and children in Tom Green and surrounding counties.
  • Collaborated with partner agencies in the community.
  • Provided treatment planning and follow up for children and families.
  • Provided oversight in foster homes to ensure compliance with Minimum Standards.
  • Participated in community events and fundraisers.
  • Assessed prospective families waiting to be verified for foster care services.
  • Organized and facilitated ongoing trainings for the regional families.
  • Recruited families in the region.
  • Facilitated adoptions.
  • Attended court proceedings and advocated for clients.
  • Educated community members regarding issues surrounding foster care.
  • Organized company events.
  • Provided crisis intervention support during emergency situations, helping families regain stability following critical incidents.
  • Implemented evidence-based practices within casework management, ensuring adherence to best-practice guidelines for family services provision.
  • Enhanced family dynamics by conducting comprehensive assessments and developing individualized service plans.
  • Promoted child well-being by connecting families to essential community resources and support services.
  • Conducted home visits regularly to assess living conditions, safety concerns, and overall familial well-being within their environment.
  • Maintained accurate case records, ensuring efficient documentation for ongoing monitoring and progress evaluation.
  • Empowered parents to develop strong parenting skills through coaching, skill-building sessions, and resource referrals.

Field Education

The Family Shelter
08.2017 - 12.2017
  • Completed client assessments.
  • Referred clients to resources.
  • Provided treatment planning and follow up for client goals.
  • Coordinated intakes into the shelter.
  • Participated in community events.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Child Placement Staff/Verification Staff

New Horizons Foster Care and Adoption Agency
11.2013 - 07.2017
  • Provided opportunities for children to be placed in a safe, loving environment while awaiting reunification with family, or adoption.
  • Organized necessary documentation for files.
  • Built relationships with CPS and any other collaborating organizations.
  • Networked with Therapists, School Representatives, Churches, and Community leaders.
  • Built therapeutic relationships with children, foster/adoptive families, and biological families.
  • Maintained highly supportive, consistent, and positive relationships with assigned families.
  • Transported children to court cases, foster homes, etc.
  • Identified the needs of a child and developed treatment plans to meet those needs.
  • Ensured children were kept in a safe, consistent, and least restrictive environment.
  • Completed home assessments of prospective foster families in order to match children with appropriate homes in which all of their needs will be met.
  • Developed, coordinated, and provided training for prospective foster families, as well as ongoing training for assigned families.
  • Fundraised for special events.
  • Maintained 24/7 availability in the event of a crisis situation.
  • Maintained constant and effective communication with other staff members, including supervisors.
  • Provided prevention services for families and children.
  • Managed a caseload of families and children.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Field Education

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley
08.2012 - 05.2013
  • Provided presentations to children and adolescents, grades kindergarten through twelfth, addressing potential drug and alcohol issues.
  • Educated and informed children and parents on tobacco, drug, and alcohol related issues.
  • Built effective lesson plans for elementary students participating in organization's curriculum.
  • Developed plans to reach out to the community through public events.
  • Reported the numbers of those individuals being reached by the curriculum.
  • Provided individual sessions with students who act out in classrooms.
  • Assisted in the community-wide prevention efforts against drug and alcohol abuse.
  • Networked and built connections with community leaders.
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

Education

Master of Social Work -

The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX
12.2017

Bachelor of Social Work -

Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
08.2013

Skills

  • Case Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Client Advocacy
  • Self-awareness
  • Efficient under pressure
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Risk Assessment

Strengths And Qualifications

  • Ability to read, speak, and write in Spanish, as well as English (bilingual).
  • Ability to confidently and thoroughly train individuals and groups.
  • Ability to manage high caseloads and maintain flexibility.
  • Open to travel.
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to meet the needs of others.
  • Adoption trained and CPR/First Aid trained.

Community Service Activities

  • Kitchen volunteer at Daily Bread Soup Kitchen.
  • Supervised elementary students at the Southside Boys and Girls Club of San Angelo.
  • Volunteered to set up booths to provide resource information for the public schools.
  • Completed a month in Spain representing ASU's Study Abroad Program during undergraduate program.
  • Hosted fundraisers for agencies of employment, as well as partnering agencies.
  • Organized recruitment strategies in the community.

Licenses

  • Licensed Master Social Worker - March 20, 2024
  • Licensed Child-Placing Agency Administrator - April 10, 2023

Timeline

Foster Family Specialist/Development and Management Staff/Case Manager/Recruiter and Trainer

A World for Children
08.2017 - Current

Field Education

The Family Shelter
08.2017 - 12.2017

Child Placement Staff/Verification Staff

New Horizons Foster Care and Adoption Agency
11.2013 - 07.2017

Field Education

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley
08.2012 - 05.2013

Master of Social Work -

The University of Texas At Arlington

Bachelor of Social Work -

Angelo State University

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