Javier Omar Colmenares López
Vega Baja
Summary
A current Service Mediator. Enthusiastic about expanding knowledge on the field and developing a deeper understanding of social issues impacting different populations. Personally interested in seeking and maintaining a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management, and problem-solving skills. Eager to serve and impact others to meet their needs through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Employment Promoter and Trainer
Departamento De Salud: SSPADI (CTS VB)
02.2024 - Current
- Contact employers and public and private institutions to promote training, self-employment and employment for participants with the purpose of maintaining a resource bank.
- Document the participant's employment and work promotion efforts in an electronic file. This includes: evaluating the progress of participants in ecological assessments, vocational workshops,
employment, self-employment and training in the intensive, moderate and follow-up phase. - Provide follow-up to training and self-employment projects through visits and calls
telephone calls to service providers. - Attend workshops, training and training activities for your professional development.
- Organize field visits to factories, companies and industries to stimulate the skills and potential of
employment of the participants. - Prepare and deliver weekly work plan to the Director and clinical coordinator of the Transitional Center
of Services (CTS). - Find and provide Functional Academic Workshops to the corresponding participants
Service Mediator
Departamento De Salud: SSPADI (CTS VB)
08.2022 - 02.2024
- Guaranteed the quality of the services received by each participant located in SSPADI community homes and the implementation of the Community Based Plan.
- Mediated participant cases for the rest of the team including social workers, nurses, psychologists, occupational and recreational therapists, and rehabilitation counselors.
- Collaborated as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (EID) in the evaluation, planning and implementation of services, for the benefit of the participant. The approach is aimed at educating, planning, referring, coordinating, evaluating, advocating, among others.
- Acted as the link between the components of the EID, the service provider, support group and other people of the SSPADI.
- Visited 4 community homes for adults with intellectual disability in a weekly basis. To ensure that each participant is given the support they need and their civil rights and everything related to health, education, rehabilitation, family life, inclusion and integrity in the community, quality of life, among others, are protected.
- Provide case follow-up for a total of 24 participants.
- Maintained an empathetic and gentle relationship with each assigned participant. Also, spent quality time with participants in each visit to learn their need and provide better recommendations to the team.
- Conduct preliminary investigations of incidents that occurred in group and foster homes and ensure that I act in the best interest of the participant and in accordance with the procedures established by the SSPADI Quality Unit.
- Documented all interventions in the forms established by SSPADI and the electronic file.
- Evaluated the activities of the homes, ensuring that two external inclusion outings to the community and two internal activities were carried out.
- Took part in extra-curricular activities with the participants realized in and out of the service center.
- Participated actively in the process of transitioning and placing a participant into a new community home.
- Provided General Orientation to every employee in charge of a new hire in the community homes.
- Participated in training, meetings, conferences and other activities related to the area of work.
- Attended bimonthly meetings of the Service Mediators convened by the Area Coordinator.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships to promote teamwork.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help wherever needed.
Volunteer Mover
Pioneros Restaurant
06.2022 - 06.2022
- Arranged items at destination according to customer requests and instructions.
- Prepared pallets of boxes for easy transportation between customer and storage locations.
- Prevented load shifting or damage by using bracing and strapping techniques.
- Used routes according to traffic patterns, weather conditions and company regulations.
- Unloaded cargo to requested destination
- Review products expiration date
Volunteer
Hunger Corp.
11.2017 - 01.2018
- Organized and prepared different stations for temporary hospital in Manati’s Acropolis for Maria disaster response and translated for the voluntary doctors and patients at the temporary hospital
- Packed emergency merchandise into adequate rations for a full family distributed emergency food and water rations to citizens in need from Manati.
- Helped organize and construct a clinic with FEMA inside Manati's Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu Coliseum.
Voluntary Worker
Manatí Veterinary Clinic
07.2016 - 08.2016
- Cleaned animal cages and gave them baths
- Assisted on operations, minor surgeries and organized the materials for medical uses
- Assisted on animal rescue
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Also helped in 06/2015 throughout 07/2015
Volunteer
Oasis Church Summer Camps
06.2011 - 08.2015
- Served food to 200 kids
- Helped the kids to get to their stations as a Group Leader
- Supported staff with clerical work and other office tasks
- Assisted with special events or programs
Voluntary Worker
Arecibo CBOC Veteran’s Clinic (VA)
06.2014 - 07.2014
- Clarified different doubts and questions for the patients
- Managed incoming calls from patients and outgoing calls for visits at the customer service desk
- Filed documents into archive drawer
- Greeted visitors, answered questions and assisted with individual needs or requests.
- Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.
Volunteer
Missionary Trip (Christian Missionary Alliance)
06.2013 - 07.2013
- Cleaned and organized a Chinese christian church, also served in the church service
- Helped and served with a Christian band named Corban
- Painted two local business
- Planned and delivered numerous activities and special events.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Education
Certificate - Thanatology
Universidad Ana G. Mendez
Online05.2024
M.Div. - Bible & Theology With Concentration in Counseling
Seminario Teológico De Puerto Rico
Hato Rey05.2023
Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus
Mayagüez 05.2019
Associate of Arts - Social Sciences
University of Puerto Rico Utuado Campus
Utuado05.2017
Skills
- Administrative tasks
- Telephone etiquette
- Bible study
- Responsible
- Critical thinking
- Conflict resolution
- Interpersonal Communication
- Written Communication
- Student engagement
- Microsoft Office
- Team collaboration
- Spiritual guidance
- Leadership
- Public service
- Christian Counselor
- Theology
- Compassion and Empathy
Certification
- Community Emergency Response Team, Fema-March 2023
- China's in China's First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism, Harvard X - January 2021 to August 2021
- Islam Through Its Scriptures, Harvard X - August 2021 to October 2021
- Christian Apologetics, Biola University - May 2018 to August 2019
- Voluntary Service, Arecibo CBOC Veteran’s Clinic (VA) - June 2014 to July 2014
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Spanish
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Employment Promoter and Trainer
Departamento De Salud: SSPADI (CTS VB)
02.2024 - Current
Service Mediator
Departamento De Salud: SSPADI (CTS VB)
08.2022 - 02.2024
Volunteer Mover
Pioneros Restaurant
06.2022 - 06.2022
Volunteer
Hunger Corp.
11.2017 - 01.2018
Voluntary Worker
Manatí Veterinary Clinic
07.2016 - 08.2016
Voluntary Worker
Arecibo CBOC Veteran’s Clinic (VA)
06.2014 - 07.2014
Volunteer
Missionary Trip (Christian Missionary Alliance)
06.2013 - 07.2013
Volunteer
Oasis Church Summer Camps
06.2011 - 08.2015
Certificate - Thanatology
Universidad Ana G. Mendez
M.Div. - Bible & Theology With Concentration in Counseling
Seminario Teológico De Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus
Associate of Arts - Social Sciences
University of Puerto Rico Utuado Campus
- Community Emergency Response Team, Fema-March 2023
- China's in China's First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism, Harvard X - January 2021 to August 2021
- Islam Through Its Scriptures, Harvard X - August 2021 to October 2021
- Christian Apologetics, Biola University - May 2018 to August 2019
- Voluntary Service, Arecibo CBOC Veteran’s Clinic (VA) - June 2014 to July 2014
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