H. McLaren lifebackwards@gmail.com 801-623-3609
Education
Brigham Young University [BYU] (Provo, UT) Graduation Date: August 14 2009
- Social Work major, BSW portfolio address: http://heidimclaren.synthasite.com/
- Non-profit Management minor, certified by AHMI
Related Experience
Division of Child and Family Services (Provo, UT) Feb-Aug ’09
Intake Intern, duties:
- Answering and documenting phone calls on the child abuse hotline, documenting police reports, allegations and other referrals of child abuse, discussing and opening cases, maintaining records and confidential information, working with community and government agencies.
BYU Office of Compliance and Audit Jan 08-Apr 09
Compliance Associate, duties:
- Dealing with confidential personal and institutional information, Researching specific legal requirements and compliance matters, Creating documents presenting research, briefing on legal issues. Self motivation on assignments, little supervision.
Mesa Vista MEDICAID Home (Orem, UT) Jan-May 07
Habilitation Technician: graveyard shift, duties:
- Attending to the needs of individuals with severe cognitive and physical disabilities, including showering and changing diapers; charting progress, dealing with crises, performing with a low degree of supervision, high patient/staff ratio.
Children’s Justice Center (CJC) (Provo, UT) Aug 06-Jan 07
Child Advocate Volunteer, duties:
- Helping abused children and their families by orienting them with the CJC, supervising and playing with children during interviews, creating public information brochures and packets on child abuse
Utah State Hospital (Provo, UT) Jan-Apr 07
Elementary Teacher’s Aide Volunteer, duties:
- Tutoring children with mental health needs, motivating children in school, helping run the classroom and maintain order
UHR District 62 campaign (Provo, UT) Mar-Nov 08
Volunteer Events & Volunteer Coordinator, duties:
- Researching local and national political trends and climate; raising community awareness and excitement, producing and creating publications, fundraising, organizing and running events
BYU Plastics Recycling (Provo, UT) Apr-Aug '08
President, duties:
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Petitioning University administrators to recycle plastic bottles, raising awareness on campus about plasitics recycling, set-up and maintenance of 9 recycling bins on campus, emptying of plastic recycling bins daily, successful transition to university takeover of plastics recycling program.
Personal Awards & Interests
- Jui Jitsu; trained in Mental Health Holds
- fluent in conversational Spanish
- Hiking, fishing, camping, swimming, rock climbing
- swimming, longboarding, other outdoor activities
- writing poetry, reading
- crocheting, cross-stitching, quilting
- cooking
- Nibley Scholarship, tuition 8 semesters
