Selene Heredia
Social worker
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About
Hardworking, highly motivated professional eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance business performance. Operates well in both individual and team capacities, leveraging seasoned work ethic to quickly adapt to different processes and drive company objectives. Resourceful and results-driven with a passion for growth and efficiency to meet company needs to increase service value.
Experience
Lead Forensic Interviewer at Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center (2017-03 – June 2026)
- Conducting Forensic Interviews for children ages 3-17
- Working with Law Enforcement, Child Protective Services, Juvenile Probation and District Attorney's from seven counties
- Assisting with investigations of child sexual abuse or several physical abuse
- Providing court testimony when subpoenaed
- Tracking each case from initial contact from the team to final disposition
- Supervising the interviewer team as Lead Forensic Interviewer
- Overseeing caseloads
- Observing and critiquing forensic interviews that have been conducted
Internship at DFPS-CPS (2016-01 – 2016-12)
- Shadowing DFPS investigators in the field
- Assisting with day-to-day operations (home and school visits)
- Attending court with DFPS investigators
- Supervising parent visits
- Leading FTM (Family Team Meetings) with families, DFPS and law enforcement
- Documenting and inputting case information into the DFPS tracking site
Substitute Teacher at Mount Pleasant ISD (2014-08 – 2017-03)
- Filling in for teachers that were out sick or attending trainings
- Working all campuses Kindergarten through 12th grade
- Teaching lessons left by the teacher for the day or week
- Taking attendance
- Lunch duty
- Hall duty
- After school duty
- Reporting any problems to the principal
Teacher Assistant at Child Development Center (2012-09 – 2014-08)
- Assisting the lead teacher in creating lesson plans
- Teaching the alphabet, letters, numbers
- Following protocols given by NAECY (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
- Supervising children in centers
Education
Associate of Science – Northeast Texas Community College (2013-01)
Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work – Texas A&M University- Commerce (2014-01)
Master of Social Work in Social Work – Texas A&M University- Commerce (2016-01)
