Beatriz Sandoval

Experience

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  Downtown Women's Center

  Sept 2015 - now

  • Mentor to women with lived experience of homelessness and housing instability through Peer Leadership Program• Supervise 14+ volunteers who help facilitate educational and employment workshops• Engage with community partners to expand vocational education programming, training placements, and employment opportunities for clients• Administer intake assessments and provides intensive case management services to women who have experienced long-term homelessness, trauma history, and have long-standing health and mental health challenges• In accordance with Los Angeles Reconnection Career Academy (LARCA)’s program requirements, supports clients with re-entry programs and funding as stipulated by contractual guidelines• Participate in case consultation meetings with a multidisciplinary team to discuss client risk behaviors such as chronic mental health, dissociative episodes, domestic violence, and suicidality• Through case consultation, discusses best practice interventions to support clients in securing housing, basic needs, medical and mental health services, substance use treatment, job training access, and public benefits• Provide 1:1 and group vocational and educational counseling utilizing different evidence-based practices such as Trauma-Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, and Housing First to assist clients eliminate barriers• Develop an Individualized Educational Plan for clients seeking education reentry and provide financial aid assistance• Efficiently and accurately perform administrative data entry in assuring department goals • Streamline client retention by utilizing various forms of communication e.g. email and phone Show less •Develop and Support 5 employment reintegration programs. •Develop and/or Support vocational workshops year-round (Resume, Drop-In Counseling, Interview, Google, Open-Lab). •Coordinate with 9 community partners in instituting vocational programs offerings to participants and residents. •Supervise a team of 16 volunteers and 7 Peer Leaders in the successful operation of the Learning Center. •Play a key role in assisting 53 participants and resident to achieve their educational and professional goals. •Collaborate with cross-departments to provide a continuum of support for the women pursuing employment and education. •Administrative duties (tracking, creating communication and outreach materials, updating client files and tracking program outcomes).•Create monthly English/Spanish Learning Center Calendar and vocational outreach materials. •Communicate interchangeably with cross-departments and vocational programs assessing participant’s needs and supportive services to assist in successful completion.•Provide counseling for participants/residents with employment, educational, mental disabilities, and housing barriers and provide referrals to supportive services. Show less

  • Vocational Education & Enrichment Coordiantor

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Employment Services Associate

    Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Workforce Development Intern

    Sept 2015 - May 2016
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  The Whole Child

  May 2019 - now

  Family Resource Coordinator