MARIA DANIELA BUTLER
23144 N. 76th Lane ~ Peoria, AZ 85383
C: (808) 372-6217 butlermd1979@gmail.com
ASPIRING SOCIAL WORKER
Currently employed as a Department of Child Services as a Case Aide. Completed bachelors degree in the field of Behavioral Science: Emphasis in Early Childhood Mental Health. This educational pipeline will help achieve the goal of eventually working in a full-time capacity, supporting families. Proven abilities to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders and exhibit interpersonal skills necessary to meet customers needs. A compassionate, patient and understanding approach helps earn trust with key partners. Breaks in professional work history are attributable to supporting family military moves for 20-years as well as own children’s development in home, prior to them entering public school system.
¨ Empathetic ¨Superb Communication Skills¨ Flexible Schedule
¨ Bilingual (Eng/Span} ¨ Information Collection/Analysis ¨ Critical Thinking
¨ Relationship building ¨ Top Secret Security Clearance ¨ Interpersonal Skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Versatile Professional: In varying professional roles and different capacities, consistently met demands of respective customers. Whether in the hotel industry, diplomatic profession or as a social worker case aide; attentiveness to those being served is unparalleled.
- Currently manages administrative workload of a Department of Child Services Case Aide. Facilitates in person and virtual meetings for clients and their families, meets national travel demands and manages required files for the adoption processes.
- At U.S. Embassy Panama, provided the Economic Section Director with regular support to ensure timely delivery of deliverables such as State Department Cables, diplomatic notes and Official US Government correspondence to foreign leaders.
- Earned trust and developed rapport among key leaders and organized multiple critical and short-notice meetings between U.S. government officials and foreign leaders to help expand U.S. equities abroad. Hand-chosen to spearhead relationship building initiatives.
- Exceptional ability to communicate in both English and Spanish. In different professional roles, language capability supported both verbal and written translations and interviewing processes.
- During employment sabbaticals, effectively managed family finances and childhood development of three children, as spouse deployed with the military for extended periods.
Team Player: Embraces challenges and sets the standard when filling both informal and formal leadership roles. Trustworthy and relied upon heavily in all previous positions to drive business success. Servant leader who is empathetic, self-motivated and completely dedicated to meeting company goals.
- Awarded Top-Secret security clearance from U.S. government and acted as custodian of classified government documents and files.
- Established team production goals when working in retail environments.
- Directed accounting functions in the hotel industry and ensured completion of month-end reports and periodic audits.
- Oversaw scheduling and execution of all office operations, administrative functions and daily plans to ensure the embassy’s economic section met country goals as dictated by the US Ambassador.
Continued …
Maria D. Butler History
EMPLOYMENT
CASE AIDE – VISITATION AIDE; PHOENIX, AZ 2022 – Present – Department of Child Safety
EMPLOYMENT SABBATICAL; PHOENIX, AZ 2014 – 2022 – Due to military transfer of family and birth of final child
SECRETARY, ECONOMIC SECTION, US EMBASSY PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 2012 – 2014 – US Department of State, December 2012 – June 2014
EMPLOYMENT SABBATICAL, MIAMI, FL 2011 – 2012 – Due to birth of child and military transfer
MACY’S, INC, MIAMI, FL 2009 – 2011
Cosmetics Sales Representative, Clinque, December 2009 – July 2011
GRAND DEL MAR RESORT, SAN DIEGO, CA 2007 – 2008
Property Controller and Financial Manager, March 2007 – December 2008
EDUCATION
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, Flagstaff, Arizona 2023 – 2024
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies – Applied Human Behavior
GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Glendale, Arizona 2021 – 2022
AAS, Behavioral Sciences: Early Childhood Mental Health
AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL, Auburn, Washington 1998
Graduated early, General Studies
CERTIFICATIONS
- Youth Mental Health Fist Aid USA – Valid through March 2025
- ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – Valid through April 2024
- CPI | NCI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention – Valid through March 2025
REFERENCES
Excellent references provided upon request.
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