Experience

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  River plate soccer club

  Jul 2000 - Jul 2006

  Club corporate secretary and web administrator

  • Incorporated Club & obtained Non Profit Status• Team Registrations• Interacted with NTSSA to insure compliance and legality• Coordinated Team Managers• Hotlines• Advertising• Created and Maintained Website• Tournaments Coordination• Billing and Collections• Coordinated International Team Travel and Insurance

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  Texas department of family and protective services

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2013

  The position supervises a unit of investigative caseworkers and clerical staff responsible for providing child protective services. The position oversees the unit in accordance with Child Protective Services Handbook, Title III of the Texas Family Code and Minimum Standards of child placing agencies. The position interacts routinely with clients, judges, attorneys, children, school personnel and all other aspects of the community. • Plans and manages unit operations to achieve project goals and objectives for services delivery by monitoring budgets and caseloads, consulting with staff on case issues, approving leave, and holding unit meetings. • Selects, manages, and develops staff through review of performance data, conferences, training, and performance appraisal. • Interprets program policy and procedures to unit staff, other agency staff, and the general public. • Evaluates unit performance through casereadings, computer reports, and observation of unit operations to ensure unit compliance with policy, procedure, and service control requirements. • Develops and maintains effective working relationships between Child Protective Services staff, Child Welfare boards, the general public, legal, medical, educational, and other community resources. • Makes casework decisions regarding the removal and placement of children, and works with county and district attorneys on legal measures to initiate on Child Protective Services cases. • Performs other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations. • Promotes, monitors, and ensures that respect is demonstrated for cultural diversity. Show less •Investigate reports of abuse/neglect to children to assess current or future risk to children by interviewing parents, family members, and others; interviewing and examining children; assessing home environment; and gathering pertinent information from other sources. •Determine action to be taken to remove or to reduce an immediate threat to the safety of a child to include testifying in court to seek emergency protective services, placing children in substitute care, referring family for immediate crisis intervention therapy or other community resources. •Enter contact, documentation information and narratives into the Information Management Protecting Adults and Children (IMPACT) System within required agency time frames. •Develop and maintain effective working relationships between Child Protective Services staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources. •Attend and participate in training/meetings/staffings. •Perform other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations. •Promote and demonstrate appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers and all work-related contacts. Show less

  • Investigations Supervisor

    Aug 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Investigator

    Jan 2008 - Aug 2012
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  Flop house wares

  Jan 2010 - now

  Business owner

  North Texas Marketplace for furniture, jewelry, art, collectibles, vintage and antique items and more... If we don't have it we can find it for you!

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  Covenant kids

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

  Sub contractor: home study assessments

  Complete home screenings, reports, and assessments for prospective foster/adoptive families and potential relative and kinship placements. Primary responsibilities include writing assessments and court related services.

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  Hour family

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

  Sub contractor: visitation monitor

  Assist Child Protective Services with supervised visitation while providing a healthy and safe environment for the children we are entrusted.

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  Texas department of criminal justice

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  District parole officer

  Work involves providing supervision to offenders; conducting parole investigations; and obtaining information for and preparing parole administration documentation. * Visits offender residences, jails, correctional facilities, courthouses, social services, and other agencies to obtain offender information; interviews, counsels, and trains offenders concerning reintegration skills to include life and cognitive skills and ABE/GED training; and evaluates offender adjustment and recommends revisions to parole supervision plans.* Coordinates with facilities, agencies, and community organizations to prepare and facilitate implementation of an informed plan of supervision.* Compiles information, prepares social and developmental histories, documents offender supervision activities, and maintains required records; prepares evaluations, recommendations, and other related reports to include data-entry, retrieval, and data searches; and provides technical assistance.*Conducts activities to monitor offender compliance with the conditions of supervision to include alcohol and drug testing.*Responds to inquiries from offenders and the public in person, telephonically, and in writing.*Performs criminal information searches and retrieval using Texas Department of Public Safety criminal history system access.* Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed Show less

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  Texas department of family and protective services

  Jul 2019 - Feb 2022

  Investigator
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  Texas department of criminal justice

  Nov 2023 - now

  District parole officer

  Supervise offenders who have been released on parole or mandatory supervision to complete their sentences while living in Texas communities. The mission is to promote public safety and positive offender change through effective supervision, programs and services. I obtain information and prepare documentation related to offenders and parole supervision activities. I spend a lot of time in the community, verifying employment and residential plans of offenders, conducting parole investigations, and liaison activities with criminal justice agencies, social services agencies, and other public and private entities. Show less