Senior Director Of Operations

• Dec 2021 - Present

Director Of Community Education

• Jan 2018 - Jul 2022

Clinical Program Director

• 2017 - Jan 2018

Social Services Coordinator

• Apr 2011 - Mar 2017

Duties include working with women, infants, children, youth and families that have been infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS. Other responsibilities include operation of day to day program activities; overseeing staff; establishing agency linkages and maintaining contracts; writing grants, overseeing and preparing budget; seeking new funding opportunities; problem solving; planning outreach activities; monitoring clinic flow and patient follow-up; overseeing management of data collection and quality assurance; chart audits; ordering supplies; facilitating and attending meetings; evaluating employees performance; evaluating patient satisfaction; working as a team player with staff, patients and other collaborating agencies; documenting date into Careware date collection system; ,working closely with and updating Program Director of status. Show less

Program Director

• 2008 - 2011

Duties included supervision of staff; recruitment, selection and training of staff and foster families; provided FosterPRIDE/AdoptPRIDE training; review of therapeutic foster care packets to determine eligibility for placements; collect and research data; facilitates and participates in meetings, conference calls and other business related activities; ensures that all program regulations and requirements are met; completes various agency reports, annual staff performance evaluations; directs and participates in case record reviews; plans, assigns and supervises work/caseloads; oversees and manages contracts and budget; addresses and resolves complaints; in/out of state travel; consults with direct supervisor and upper management as necessary and appropriate. Show less

various positions held throughout my emloyment with DCFS(see decription below)

• Jan 1999 - Oct 2008

I worked for DCFS in many different capacities beginning as a Social Services Aide in 1999, Family Service Worker in 2001, County Supervisor in 2005 and Adoption Specialist/CALL in 2007. Duties included but were not limited to direct supervision; following current legislation as it pertained to child welfare; front line case management and child abuse investigations, casework counseling, support and referrals to needed resources and services, provided homemaker services, parenting and basic life skills, home visits, court reports/testimony; employee evaluations; facilitating and attending meetings; document in the agency's reporting system CHRIS (Children's Reporting Information System); in/out of state travel; assuring that the child’s educational, medical, health and safety needs were being met. Show less