Social Worker Administrative

Evelyn Rivera Santiago

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Brooklyn, NY 11249

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Roberto Clemente Center, Gotham Health New York, NY 2018 - 2019

Clinical Psychology Intern

Responsible for initial patient intake and screening

Identified the nature of problems and elaborated a treatment for clients

Developed a working alliance with my clients

Facilitated group process and cohesiveness

Responded to crisis situations

Worked closely with providers from other disciplines, including psychiatrists, to facilitate treatment for clients

Engaged the family in support of clients’ treatment goals

Offered effective psychotherapeutic services in accordance with the ethical and legal principles of the profession

Provided preventative and clinical services to families, groups and individuals

Recommended therapeutic techniques based on appraisal and clients’ needs.

Presented patient cases in disposition meetings

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUERTO RICO 1992-1994 & 2002-2018

Social Worker

Engaged with clients, met with them to discuss problems and possible causes

Assisted clients with learning issues, as well as social problems such as poverty, domestic violence, or sexual violence

Helped clients who often missed class activities or showed violent behavior toward teachers or other students

Identified causal factors at home, school, and the community, whose influence was pernicious in the students’ academic and social success; looked for how students could maximize their success

Served students who faced social and learning challenges, supported them so they could develop and reinforce correct behavior

Kept detailed records of sessions with students to monitor their progress

Communicated with parents, teachers, and administrative staff to share information about students

Conducted in-depth conversations to obtain the information needed to help students understand the challenges, as well as to control each student's level of success from treatment

Provided clients with resources, references to organizations and government offices to support them with financial problems and learning difficulties

Developed an action plans to address clients’ most common problems such as depression, family difficulties, including divorce and homelessness

Established crisis prevention and intervention programs to further support clients

Set out broader plans to deal with situations such as death, and took quick action to assist clients affected by these situations

Implemented programs at the discretion of administrative staff regarding issues such as absenteeism

Provided clients with learning opportunities and special programs, including after-school counseling and tutoring programs

Collaborated with outside agencies

Worked in cooperation with school districts and community agencies to help clients and their families deal with issues such as poverty

Helped students in need with food programs, health departments, mental health services, housing and social welfare agencies and developed action plans

EDUCATION

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY Ponce, PR

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Metro Campus

Masters of Arts in Social Work

UNIVESRITY OF PUERTO RICO Rio Piedras, PR

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,

Epic program, Quadramet Electronic Record System

ACTIVITIES

Member of Puerto Rico Social Workers

Member of Psychology Association of Puerto Rico

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