         FAMILY ADVOCATE       Summary      [Job Title]  adept at identifying and documenting cases of child abuse. Skilled at finding and implementing the best possible solutions.        Highlights          DCFS Child Welfare License  Behavioral therapy  Empathetic               Sound judgment  Passion for social work  Court procedures familiarity            Accomplishments     Managed a caseload of more than fifty to forty-five clients at any given time.        Experience     04/2011   to   Current     Family Advocate    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Recruit in neighborhoods that are close to the Head Start/Early Head Start centers that are below poverty level, in social services agencies, homeless shelters, resource events for children and families to make aware of free government child care services for low income families.  Assist forty to fifty-five eligible families in applying for Head Start/Early Head Start child care services.  Meet with families to find out their needs and goals, and refer families to services to successfully meet needs and goals.  Encourage families to get involved in children's education by explaining to the parents that children's daily attendance is important to learning, attending Parent Meetings, participating in Policy Council to be able to make decisions in the program, volunteer in the Head Start/Early Head Start classrooms, and educationally connecting with children at home.  Document families progress in the system ChildPlus.         09/2005   to   02/2009     Family Care Manager    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Handled ten dependency cases in the state of Florida and five dependency cases out of state.  Conducted evaluations on homes of parents, relatives, and non-relatives for safe placement of children.  Performed monthly home visits at children's current residence to monitor wellbeing of children.  Referred parents to services to assist with case plan completion to reunify with children and case closure.  Responsible for being present at court hearings and reported the progress parents made on case plan.  Gone to multiple staffing to discuss the status of the cases and followed all recommendations.  Documented cases on program Home Safe Net/FSFN.         08/2004   to   06/2005     Sales Associate    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Assisted customers in locating items in the department.  Recognized for bringing in most sales in the department.  Cleaned fitting rooms.         09/2002   to   05/2004     Student Assistant/Building Manager    Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Signed in customers to play pool.  Collected money for pool usage.  Promoted to Building Manager for displaying hard work and performing well on assigned work task.          Education     2004     Bachelor's of Social Work      Western Connecticut State University                  Skills    child care, Council, government, Meetings, money, progress, sales, social services, staffing   