Elizabeth Alicea-Rodriguez

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Bronx, NY 10458

917-***-****

bife51@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Desire a Challenging Position as Social Worker to offer Unmatchable and Selfless service. A highly talented and enthusiastic Social Worker with great deal of experience working with people experiencing crisis or people who are socially excluded; providing support to enable service users to help themselves; maintaining professional relationships with service users, acting as a guide, advocate or as a critical friend.

Summary of Qualifications

Over 9 years of Social work experience providing services to children, families and disadvantaged persons. Deep knowledge of family violence treatment and child abuse. Assessments and therapeutic interventions. Sound experience with HIV patients. Remarkable ability to develop trusting relationships with clients without becoming emotionally involved. Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication (both written and spoken) skills. Uncommon ability to work independently and handle pressure. Deep love and interest in people's care and well-being. Sound ability to keep sensitive information confidential. Sound organization skills, goal-oriented, proactive, excellent at reporting, and tremendous persistent. Emotionally mature and uncommon ability to handle responsibility.

Employment History

11/06 - 6/08 School Social Worker: St. Dominic’s Home - TORCH, Bronx NY

Worked with children with special needs in a bilingual preschool program at St. Dominic’s Home. Responsibilities include: provide ongoing individual and group therapy per IEP mandates, participate in conferences and team meetings, provide consultations and workshops to teaching staff on behavior management and other related issues, conduct interviews and write Social History Reports as part of the Evaluation Team, provide Social History Updates for Annual reviews and Aging Out Students, formulated IEP goals and progress reports for children on therapy caseload, designed and coordinated programs for Parents such as workshops, ESL classes, support groups and other related services, maintained contact with outside agencies as referral sources for parents and children.

7/02 - 9/03 Medical Social Worker: Montefiore Hospital, Bronx NY

I have experience working at Montefiore Hospital as a Medical Social Worker in the Mental Health outpatient clinic in the AIDS Center. Responsibilities included: psychosocial assessments, referrals for psychiatric care, counseling and therapy, did crisis intervention, responsible for connecting patients to community based resources, made referrals to drug treatment programs, monitored the patient’s health in connection with the medical staff, worked in conjunction with the adherence team to ensure that the patient adhered to medications, participated in mental health meetings, supervised Social Work Assistants in relation to concrete services referrals.

5/99 - 7/02 Caseworker: Abbott House, Foster care agency - Irvington, NY

I have experience working with the Administration for Children Services through the foster care system. Responsibilities included: Working with children and their families coordinated therapy sessions, counseling and other therapeutic services for the children and their families. Coordinated discharge planning for the children leaving the foster care system, maintained progress reports and completed FASP’s, did court appearances and home visits.

9/98 - 5/99 Social Worker: Edison Arms Apartments, Bronx, NY

Worked with the elderly population during my undergraduate internship at Edison Arms Housing for the elderly. Assisted in developing a newsletter and coordinated activities for the residents. Linked the residents to concrete services such as Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, Food Stamps and other services.

Education:

Fordham University, Lincoln Center NY

Masters in Social Work

GPA 3.7

Lehman College, Bronx, NY

Bachelors in Social Work

Special Skills:

* Speak and write Spanish fluently

* Strong verbal and written skills

* Computer literate (internet research, MS XP,MS Vista, Windows 7, MS Word

* Skilled in developing rapport with a diversity of people

* Connections and Promis training

* Excellent time management and organizational skills

Professional Memberships:

Member of The National Association of Social Workers

Since 4/2007.

References Available Upon Request

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