KIMBERLY HOLT_______________________________________________ADDRESS: 316 Bicole Drive, Burleson, TX 76028

PHONE: 817.999.1665 EMAIL: GARYNKIM79@YAHOO.COM

SOCIAL WORKER AND EDUCATOR

_____________________________________________________________QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Immensely competent social worker and educator with professional, volunteer, and internship experience. Renowned for unrivalled work ethic, organization skills, and efficiency in managing administrative tasks and priorities under challenging and fast-paced environments. Articulate communicator with naturally personable attitude essential in providing quality service and connection with students to positively impact academic development. Additional qualifications include:

• Exemplary dedication in providing appropriate teaching and training to prospective parents of abused and neglected children

• Expert in advocacy for clients and providing assessment, education, resources, and counseling for families and children

• Excellent presentation skills and experience educating elementary, middle school, and college students as well as adults

• Strong supporter of social issues and social justice, namely child welfare, human rights, homelessness, and human trafficking

• Experience in and great appreciation for working with diverse populations

• Definite ability to meet students or clients “where they are”

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EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Science in Social Work: 2007

Community and Administrative Practice ConcentrationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON * Arlington, TX

Bachelor of Arts in Teaching, Minor in Reading: 1990SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY * Huntsville, TX

Associate of Arts in General Studies: 1987NAVARRO COLLEGE * Corsicana, TX

TRUST-BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION CERTIFICATIONTEXAS PROVISIONAL TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE

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KIMBERLY HOLT_____________________________________________________ADDRESS: 316 Bicole Drive, Burleson, TX 76028______________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: 817.999.1665 EMAIL: GARYNKIM79@YAHOO.COM______________________________________________________________________________

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE_____________________________________________________________________________

Adoption Caseworker/Social Worker, 2007 – Present The Gladney Center, Fort Worth, TX_____________________________________________________________________________

• Conduct home studies for parents seeking to adopt children from the State foster care system domestically or internationally

• Work with Child Protective Services to build relationships and make matches of prospective adoptive parents with available children

• Conduct presentations of prospective families to Child Protective Services

• Conduct placement paperwork for foster and adoptive placement with children and families

• Conduct monthly supervisory visits with families upon placement of their children

• Prepare proper documentation for adoptive families for the adoption attorney

• Manage caseload of families in the home study process, matching process with CPS, and those in placement

• Educate families on the foster care system, adoption process, separation, grief, and loss, appropriate discipline and parenting techniques, and Sensory Processing Disorder

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Field Instructor for BSW and MSSW candidates, 2013 – Present Baylor University,

Waco, TX Texas Christian

University, Fort Worth, TX

• Supervise and provide job-shadowing opportunities for master-level social work students

• Teach home study assessment skills, interviewing techniques, and licensing requirements for prospective adoptive parents

• Train students to provide supervisory visits for clients• Complete appropriate paperwork for the University as well as liaison

meetings with the University’s professors regarding the graduate student’s progress and employment appropriateness

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Legislative Graduate Advanced Internship, 2007 Office of State Senator Kim Brimer,

Fort Worth, TX ________________________________________________________________________

• Listened attentively to understand situations without any judgment toward victims and constituents, and provided caring support to assist constituents in offering resources or finding appropriate solutions.

• Managed statistical data and appropriate case notes with a high level of confidentiality

• Attended numerous and varying community meetings on behalf of Senator Brimer

• Attended legislative sessions and Senate Committee meetings in Austin, TX

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KIMBERLY HOLT________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: 316 Bicole Drive, Burleson, TX 76028________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: 817.999.1665 EMAIL: GARYNKIM79@YAHOO.COM________________________________________________________________________

Graduate Internship, 2006 The Gladney Center, Fort Worth, TX

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• Gained familiarity with licensing and minimum standards involved in the adoption process through the Family Services and International Departments at The Gladney Center for Adoption

• Conducted home studies on prospective adoptive parents

• Conducted supervisory visits for families whose children had come home from their countries of origin

• Complied with guidelines of various countries regarding their child welfare policies

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Teacher, 1993-1998; 2000 Burleson, ISD, Burleson, TX_____________________________________________________________

• 4th and 6th grade Language Arts________________________________________________________________________

Teacher, 1992-1993 Fort Worth ISD, Fort Worth, TX

• 6th and 7th grade Reading• 6th, 7th and 8th grade ESL

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Teacher, 1991-1992Wortham ISD, Wortham, TX

• 6th grade Language Arts• 6th grade Social Studies

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OTHER AFFILIATIONS/ACTIVITIES________________________________________________________________________

Employee of the Month, The Gladney Center, April 2014

First Runner-Up, Employee of the Year, The Gladney Center, 2014

Caseworker of the Month, Adoptuskids.org, November 2008

Volunteer, St. Matthew Cumberland Presbyterian Church, co-founder Orphan Ministry Team

Volunteer, Dillon International Inc., Area Representative

Volunteer, Shoes for Orphan Souls

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REFERENCES

Christie Mosley-Eckler, LMSWSamaritan’s HouseAdjunct Social Work Professor, UTA817-691-0699

Vickye SchultzAledo, TX817-832-7535Former Vice-President, LCPA at The Gladney Center

Melinda King, MAThe Gladney Center Waiting Child Matching Caseworker817-727-3331

Joy Barnes Majors, MSWThe Gladney CenterIntake, Recruitment, and Waiting Child Caseworker254-220-3219

Tonya Gilley, JDChild Protective Services Supervisor1406 Security DriveCleburne, TX 76033682-564-7601

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