Elvera Monias
Garden Hill ,MB
Summary
Experiences in well-being of children and parent(s) and advocating the best interests of clients. I can work efficiently under pressure. Offering strengths in problem-solving, support and multi-tasking. Considered valuable team player and compassionate. Also have knowledge of human resource policies and can also speak oji-cree in our language and good team player.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Stats/Intake Social Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2022 - Current
- Receive referrals from Hospitals, ANCR, Schools and RCMP.
- Speaking with Nurses, Medical Social Workers when they phone to address a concern for patients from hospitals.
- Ensuring referred clients are being followed up on in a timely matter.
- Ensuring ANCR Intake information is forwarded to the supervisor.
- Speaking with RCMP's when they call for enquiries.
- Report to supervisors.
- Conduct home visits to assess children and parents homes.
- Conduct home visit to post-partum mother's who abused substance while pregnant to assess mother, newborn and their home (when they come home to the community).
- Provide reports after assessments and submit to supervisors.
- Consult supervisors for risk assessments to a safety plan if needed.
- Investigate and gather information to know full knowledge of situations and identifying issues.
- Handle calls to address client inquires and concerns.
- Respond to emails, make emails or forward to workers.
- Open Intake packages on Child and Family for Services or discharges.
- Record file numbers and Intake numbers and make files.
- Carry out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently with Child Family Service Workers.
- Collaborate with Child Protection Unit.
- Collaborate with Canada Revenue Agency for Child in Care for Children's Special Allowances.
- Apply or Cancel Children in Care for Special Allowance Health Services and Medical Health Service Cards for Child in Care.
- Maintained records of legal status's and change of placements for Foster Care and forward to Maintenance department for foster payment for Children in care.
- Organize Medical Health Cards and submit them to each sub-offices for Child in Care
- Confirming full understanding of situations before addressing concerns with Canada Child Tax Benefits with families.
- Access CFSIS and knowledge of CFSIS.
- Receive CFSIS Reports
- Receive Social Allowance Health Service reports and submit to each sub-offices
- Receive Monthly Reconciliation report for Child in Care and submit to each sub-offices.
- Assisting and helping new CFS workers.
- Utilizing variety of computer applications such Microsoft Word and other software tools.
- Filing Confidential paperwork and organize files.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
Human Resources Assistant
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
11.2021 - 06.2022
- Efficiently managed personnel files, maintaining confidentiality while keeping records up-to-date and organized.
- Made files for new employees.
- Delivered friendly assistance with new hires throughout interviewing and hiring process.
- Organized and called interview schedules for new hires for confirmation.
- Managed leave credits for employees in St Theresa Point, Wasagamack, Red Sucker Lake, Garden Hill for Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Submitted employee leave credits to supervisors and employees for each sub-offices for Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Administered benefits packages and forms at a direction of supervisor.
- Assisting in payroll, using excel bi-weekly for each sub-offices and wrote letters then forwarded them to finance for relief workers or term workers.
- Filed paperwork, sorted, separate mail for each sub-offices and maintained office organization.
- Posting job ads when needed.
Child Family Service Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
10.2020 - 11.2021
- Enrolled Families in Community Health Programs that need NNADAP Program, Anger Management, Parenting Skills to provide the best possible guidance.
- Provided assessments, interventions, implementing case plans and safety plans for support to the well-being of children and families.
- Established ongoing relationships with clients, evaluating progress, performing follow-ups after referrals and continuing assessments to treatment plans.
- Assessed cognitive abilities of physical and emotional needs of clients to determine appropriate interventions for children and families.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems if situation arises, evaluate solutions and make decisions with supervisors.
- Implemented plans that outlines steps to accomplish a goal or needs for the children or families.
- Provided emotional and practical support to children and families.
- Developing and maintaining courteous and effective relationships with children and families.
- Conducted monthly home visits to asses clients (child in care) in their appearance and mental health on how the child is doing and that if the child is properly clothed, fed and protected in the foster home.
- Prepared case notes, written communications, reports and documents for clients.
- Covering Unit Supervisor when needed.
- Use of Microsoft Word and other software tools such as CFSIS.
- Maintain Confidentiality
Intake/Stats Filing Clerk
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
04.2014 - 10.2020
- Handle calls to address client inquires and concerns.
- Open Intakes and close files on Child and Family for Services. Record file numbers and Intake numbers and make files.
- Carry out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently with Child Family Service Workers.
- Collaborate with Canada Revenue Agency for Child in Care for Children's Special Allowances in applications and discharges.
- Apply or Cancel Children in Care for Special Allowance Health Services and Medical Health Service Cards for Child in Care.
- Maintained records of legal status's and change of placements for Foster Care and forward to Maintenance department for foster payment for Children in care.
- Organize Medical Health Cards and submit them to each sub-offices for Child in Care
- Confirming full understanding of situations before addressing concerns with Canada Child Tax Benefits with families.
- Receive Social Allowance Health Service reports and submit to each sub-offices
- Receive Monthly Reconciliation report for Child in Care and submit to each sub-offices.
- Monthly Reports
- Assisting and helping new CFS workers.
- Utilizing variety of computer applications such Microsoft Word and other software tools.
- Filing Confidential paperwork and organize files.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
Regional Stats Worker-Term
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2013 - 04.2014
- Handle calls to address client inquires and concerns.
- Open Intakes and closing files regionally for Child and Family Services for St Theresa Point, Wasagamack, Red Sucker Lake, Winnipeg, Garden HIll, Island Lake First Nation Family Services and make files.
- Collaborate with Canada Revenue Agency for Child in Care in applications and discharges in Children's Special Allowances for head office and Sub-Offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services
- Maintained records of legal status's, change of placements, change of workers for Foster Care and submitted to Maintenance Department for foster payment Children in Care in Head-Office and Sub-offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Organize Medical Health Cards and submit them to each sub-offices for Child in Care of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Receive Social Allowance Health Service reports and submit to each sub-offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Receive Monthly Reconciliation report for Child in Care
- Submit Month End reports to all supervisors in Head-Office and all sub-offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Worked with all CFS Workers and Supervisors in all sub-offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
- Utilizing variety of computer applications such Microsoft Word and Excell.
- Filing Confidential paperwork and organize files.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
Relief Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2012 - 06.2012
- Sort out reports, correspondence, letters and file.
- Assisted supervisors in writing in reports
- Organize paper work and documentation and do file reviews in sub-offices of Island Lake First Nation Family Services.
Administrative Receptionist
Island Lake Tribal Council
08.2008 - 06.2009
- Answered phone calls and directed calls.
- Managed multiple tasks and met deadlines,
- responded to inquires for people seeking information.
- Scheduled meetings
- Sorted, received and distributed mail to Island Lake Tribal Council in Winnipeg
- Process letters, Memorandums, Reports, Take minutes of meetings
- Attend Meetings and work shops
- Order Office Supplies
- Set up Teleconferences
- Take Messages and Forward Messages
Reception Relief
Garden Hill Nursing Station
08.2007 - 08.2007
- Answered phone calls.
- Directed phone calls to on call nurse.
- Booked appointments
- Filed confidential paper work into patient files.
- Organize files and put them away.
- Fax papers.
- Dispatch drivers
- Maintained confidentiality.
Post Office Clerk
Canada Post
09.2008 - 09.2008
- Minimized delivery delays by verifying merchandise, labels and documents for customer order prior to shipment.
- Improved customer satisfaction by efficiently sorting and distributing mail to appropriate recipients.
- Kept up-to-date with changes in postal regulation codes ensuring that the office was always in compliance with all policies.
- Obtain Signatures of registered mail.
- Made Money Orders and Cash Money Orders
- Cash Count
- Answer incoming calls
- Sort out mail into PO Boxes
- Distribute mail
Cashier/Cook
Quickstop
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Greeted customers entering restaurant, responded promptly to orders.
- Cook
- Clean
- Stock up on supplies
- Cash count and close.
Summer Student-Filing Clerk
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.1997 - 08.1998
- Sort out confidential documents
- File papers
- Organize Files in alphabetical order
- Organize change of placement cards
- Set up children's activities, games, sports, etc.
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
University College of The North
Garden Hill-OnlineGED -
Garden Hill First Nation High School
Garden HIll MB06-2008
Skills
- Substance abuse awareness
- Behavioral Health
- Referral Networking
- Assessment skills
- Case Documentation
- Attention to Detail
- Family Case Management
- Efficient under pressure
- Client documentation
- Intervention Planning
- Referrals and implementing
- Client Advocacy
- Mental health knowledge
Certification
- Anoknokiiwin Training institute: Microsoft Word Certificate. Level 1 and 2 Certificate Course 2009
- Anoknokiiwin Training institute: Microsoft Excell Certificate. Level 1 and 2 Certificate Course 2013
- CFSA/Excel Training Certificate 2019
Timeline
Stats/Intake Social Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2022 - Current
Human Resources Assistant
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
11.2021 - 06.2022
Cashier/Cook
Quickstop
05.2021 - 07.2021
Child Family Service Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
10.2020 - 11.2021
Intake/Stats Filing Clerk
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
04.2014 - 10.2020
Regional Stats Worker-Term
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2013 - 04.2014
Relief Worker
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.2012 - 06.2012
Post Office Clerk
Canada Post
09.2008 - 09.2008
Administrative Receptionist
Island Lake Tribal Council
08.2008 - 06.2009
Reception Relief
Garden Hill Nursing Station
08.2007 - 08.2007
Summer Student-Filing Clerk
Island Lake First Nation Family Services
06.1997 - 08.1998
- Anoknokiiwin Training institute: Microsoft Word Certificate. Level 1 and 2 Certificate Course 2009
- Anoknokiiwin Training institute: Microsoft Excell Certificate. Level 1 and 2 Certificate Course 2013
- CFSA/Excel Training Certificate 2019
Bachelor of Arts -
University College of The North
GED -
Garden Hill First Nation High School
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