Anthony N. Vara 512-***-****

Austin, Texas ad2qiw@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Skills

Probation Officer and Group Facilitator. Social Services experience, educate adolescence and adults in social skills. Strong psychiatric background in Group Home settings (Intellectual Disabilities and Dual Diagnosis), Residential Treatment Centers and juvenile detention centers, PMAB (Preventive Management of Aggressive Behavior) Instructor. Bi-lingual in English and Spanish, experience working with culturally diverse and socio-economic population. Self-starter, organized, team and achievement oriented.

•MS Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook

•Calendar

•Data Entry

•Software applications

•Prioritize workload and effective time management

•Employee Training/Development

•Decision Making

•Conflict Resolution

•Ability to maintain client confidentially information

Experience

The Goodwill Excel Center, Austin, Texas 2019 – 2020

Special Programs Paraprofessional

•Work directly with students with guidance from the teacher

•Provide coaching and modeling to facilitate the active involvement of students in their educational setting

•Implement the students’ IEP (Individual Education Program) goals and objectives as well as any accommodations to ensure student’s success

•Utilize knowledge of the social, emotional, medical, and academic needs of individual students obtained through collaboration with teacher and/or specialist

•Work with students in variety of ways, which may include an individual, small group, or whole group settings, in the school

City of Austin, Austin, Texas 2018 – 2019

Community Worker

•Provide health care and disease prevention information related to diabetes and high blood pressure

•Lead medically underserved populations

•Educate community at health education events

•Interacting with public entities to identify target populations for referrals

WorkReady Texas, Austin, Texas 2018 – 2018

Job Skills Trainer/Job Coach

•Assist students at the work site with their responsibilities, roles and employer expectations

•Teach skills needed for successful job performance

•Train students on specific job functions giving clear, detailed and repeated directions

•Communicate and reinforce employer expectations for job performance, behavior, and social interactions

•Identify and develop support strategies

•Assist the students in communicating his or her support needs and strategies to the work experience site

•Document students progress toward designated goals

•Model expectations by working with students

Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute, Georgetown, Texas 2014 – 2017

Mental Health Technician

•Provide direct care and supervision to patients in adult psychiatric facility

•Check and admitted patients to unit. Escorted patients to groups and meals

•Interpret for bilingual patients

•Accompany patients as assigned by Charge Nurse

•Monitor unit patients and complete rounds as assigned

•Monitor vital signs and assist patients with activities of daily living

•Carry out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care and department operations, including taking and routing of phone messages

Coram Inc., Austin, Texas 2014 – 2014

Clinical Support Specialist

•Perform timely data entry of nursing notes and performs monthly outcome exception and Clinical Activity Log reports for Nurse Manager

•Manage master schedule for nurses working within their assigned territories and adds to weekly nurse visit schedules for new and existing patients

•Gather outcome monitoring data and prepares reports and summaries as requires.

•Complete top part of initial paperwork for the pharmacist

•Initiate Discharge Summaries, discharges patient therapies in the system, and changes patient status to discharge

•Documents all communications in the Patient Medical Record (PMR) and obtains co-signatures from a nurse or pharmacist that relate e to patient care

•Keep Patient Logs, Discharge Logs, and Hospitalization and On-hold reports current

National Domestic Violence Hotline, Austin, Texas 2013 – 2014

Bilingual Relief Hotline Advocate

•Collects demographic information on all calls (including TTY calls), enters caller’s needs and options discussed into computer program

•documents referrals given to callers; maintains data entry records for worker activity codes

•Assist Database Manager in keeping the database system updated by reporting all changes to be made in service provider information

•Participates in any NDVH evaluation efforts

•Respond to caller’s requests for domestic violence materials (i.e. Brochures, flyers, posters, handouts and other promotional materials)

•Assist in overall office maintenance, including answering the phone and maintaining common areas as necessary

Parallon Business Solutions, Austin, Texas 2012 -2011

Staffing Coordinator (PRN)

•Staff hospital with nursing needs in 3 markets - Austin, San Antonio and El Paso

•Provide complete data form preparation and manual data entry

•Enter repetitive high-volume data on a consistent and accurate basis

Austin Recovery, Austin, Texas 2011 – 2012

Direct Care Assistant

•Provided direct care and supervision to patients in detoxification medical ward

•Supervised/conducted recovery/addiction group therapy with clients, monitored vital signs

•Checked and admitted patients to unit. Escorted patients to groups and meals

•Assisted with bilingual and special needs patients

Austin Lakes Hospital, Austin, Texas 2007 – 2010

Staffing Coordinator/Trainer

•Staffed nurses and psych techs in a psychiatric hospital 24/7.

•Trained incoming staff and assist with in-services.

•Central supply clerk for Austin Lakes Hospital.

•Ordered and inventoried medical and hospital supplies.

Safeplace, Austin, Texas 2009 – 2010

Children’s Advocate

•Implemented. The children’s afternoon recreational activities

•Provided therapeutic activities that were structured, safe and promoted healing.

•Assessed the children’s individual recreational and therapeutic needs and the physical, social and emotional needs of the children.

•Found and utilized resources to create additional services for children

•Maintained a safe, calm, structured and organized environment for the children in the children’s play areas and off-site activities.

•Worked with Shelter/Supportive Housing Advocates and Counselors to provide parents with information and observations about their children.

Education

John F. Kennedy High School, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio College, 32 hours

Certified Anger Management and Job Training Instructor

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