Pre-Employment Specialist/Counselor - Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency - Warner Robins, GA
(2022-10)
- Assists clients in obtaining their benefits such as social security and medicaid waivers.
- Refers clients to benefits counseling as needed.
- Document monthly reports on clients progress.
- Confer with managers and colleagues about strategies to help further support clients.
- Create visual aids for clients to learn people skills, job skills, and other tasks.
- Develops team communications and information for meetings.
Adaptive Coordinator/Assistant Supervisor - Delores A Brooks Recreation Center - Macon, GA
(2019-07 - 2022-07)
- Provide mentorship and leadership to special needs individuals (kids and adults with a variety of disabilities)
- Provide community development
- Advocate for community members
- Assist clients directly with information and referral services
- Facilitate awareness of social needs within the special-needs community
- Provide direct client care to individuals
- Monitor, supervise and train clients in daily/independent living skills
- Provide support services for the clients
- Complete required administrative and client related paperwork
- Serve as a coach for Special Olympics
Special Education Paraprofessional - Houston County High School - Warner Robins, GA
(2015-10 - 2019-06)
- Assists teachers in their teaching duties and other general responsibilities such as organizing teaching manuals, providing instructional support in media centers and rendering reinforcement activities
- Oversees independent/guided practices and following up drills and prescribed activities to ascertain the application of concepts and skills as headed by the instructors
- Prepares the class before the commencement of lectures – patterning, exemplifying, and implementing standardized social and classroom conduct; preparing presentations and projects; exhibiting visual displays and demonstrations; documenting and retrieving system data; photo stating/replicating teaching manuals; and assisting in cleanup and food routines
- Exercises crisis management methodologies and stratagems such as the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) to determine hostile behaviors leading to conflicts and ensure safety of everyone
- Examines and scoring test papers or class assignments and distributing the results
- Performs clerical tasks such as maintaining student attendance records, filing student information and progress reports, collecting fees, making appointments, drafting school letters, creating newsletters and articles
- Helps teachers in counseling parents on the requirements and development of their children
- Recognizes the children with learning disabilities and inform the teachers
- Helps teachers and students in executing extracurricular activities and school functions
- Aids in rendering additional attention to special needs students
- Ensures proper care and upkeep of educational materials, equipment, and supplies
Server/Busser/Trainer - Olive Garden - Warner Robins, GA
(2012-11)
- Works in a team-oriented, high-volume, fast-paced, guest-centric environment
- Guides guests through menus while demonstrating thorough knowledge of the food, beverages and ingredients
- Takes accurate orders and partners with team members to serve food and beverages that meet or exceed guests' expectations
- Provides friendly and attentive service that makes guests feel well taken care of and builds their intent to return
- Ensures the dining room, lobby and service area are clean, stocked and visually appealing
- Assists servers in properly serving food and beverages
- Clears, cleans and resets tables to ensure they are ready for the next guest
