Experience

Orangewood Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Foster Youth Services

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Directs all aspects of the Youth Connected Program including the foster family agency, onsite dormitory and supportive services on the school campus. Responsible for implementation of trauma informed service coordination. Ensure collaboration with government agencies and community partners. Serves as an important member of the Leadership Team focusing on the furthering Orangewood Foundation’s mission and strategic goals. Develop relationships and communicate with community partners to maintain and expand referral and resource base. Report out regularly to funders on contracted program outcomes and deliverables. Collaborate to recruit, hire and retain a team of staff who are knowledgeable of issues affecting youth in foster care and can support youth who have experienced homelessness, mental health, exploitation, trafficking or are at-risk of being exploited. Adheres to all areas of government contract compliance for the services rendered. Responsible to utilize youth input in program practices and to maintain services that are current, relevant and consistent with the needs of the target population. Provide supervision, guidance, coaching, and training to program supervisors of direct care staff. Ensure program meets operational and performance benchmarks and data accuracy is in adherence to guidelines for reporting. Direct the implementation and evaluation of relevant initiatives, current and future programming. Lead effective program meetings and weekly individual/group supervisions. Provide crisis intervention, as needed, to support the operations of the Program. Provide after hours on-call response to emergency situations. Develop, update and implement Program policies and procedure, ensuring all Program staff are knowledgeable of processes and expectations and the fidelity of organizational policies across all program sites. Show less



NUEVO AMANECER LATINO CHILDREN'S SERVICES

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  In charge of all programs and compliance at all levels of the Corporation, including but not limited to the children, Foster parents and personnel. 1. Assist the President and CEO while developing and implementing an ongoing Quality Plan.2. Help to define design a system in order to assess and improve the quality of Nuevo Amanecer Latino’s performance while meeting Nuevo Amanecer Latino’s standards for quality outcomes.3. Help to develop an integrated and ongoing system of processes, techniques, resources, and training, including feedback from consumers and other stakeholders to continuously assess and improve organizational performance to provide children and families with high quality educational, and family-based and child-centered treatment services while achieving desired expectations and planned quality outcomes.4. Support the Adoptions Department5. Promote through quality improvement the Latino excellence of family-based and child-centered educational and treatment foster care services.6. Look for new avenues and create the conditions to implement effectively and efficiently the whole Quality Improvement process by involving and helping Staff Qualoty Improvement Teams (QIT) to define problems as opportunities for improvement while achieving benchmark of excellence. 7. Communicate and to interact professionally, respectfully and successfully with the President and CEO, Managers, and Resource Foster Care Administrators and other staff.8. To coordinate and monitor the Quality Improvement Process implementation.9. Formulate, compose, edit and/or review Quality Improvement reports or letters.10. Monitor Quality Assurance performance.11. Check for accuracy of information and data. Show less

• Independent Living Skills Coordinator

  • Dec 2006 - Jun 2022

  1. Created and implemented an Independent Living Skills curriculum/training for at risk foster youth 16-21 years within the agency as similar to those of DCFS.2. Created and implemented a Mentoring Program within the agency composed of former foster youth to conduct outreach to current and former foster youth.3. Mentored and assisted current foster youth with college, financial aid, employment, housing, youth services.4. Responsible for coordinating all youth services and trainings as well as referrals for youth needing assistance.5. Created community partners to assist youth. Partners include Planned Parenthood, Homeboy Industries, Guardian Scholars, Renaissance Scholars, Job Corps., Wells Fargo Bank, United Friends of the Children. Show less

• Program and Compliance Director

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2021

  In charge of all programs and compliance at all levels of the Corporation, including but not limited to the children, Foster parents and personnel. 1. Assist the Executive Director while developing and implementing an ongoing Quality Plan.2. Help to define design a system in order to assess and improve the quality of Nuevo Amanecer Latino’s performance while meeting Nuevo Amanecer Latino’s standards for quality outcomes.3. Help to develop an integrated and ongoing system of processes, techniques, resources, and training, including feedback from consumers and other stakeholders to continuously assess and improve organizational performance to provide children and families with high quality educational, and family-based and child-centered treatment services while achieving desired expectations and planned quality outcomes.4. Support the Adoptions Department5. Promote through quality improvement the Latino excellence of family-based and child-centered educational and treatment foster care services.6. Look for new avenues and create the conditions to implement effectively and efficiently the whole Quality Improvement process by involving and helping Staff Qualoty Improvement Teams (QIT) to define problems as opportunities for improvement while achieving benchmark of excellence. 7. Communicate and to interact professionally, respectfully and successfully with the Executive Director, President and CEO, Managers, and Resource Foster Care Administrators and other staff.8. To coordinate and monitor the Quality Improvement Process implementation.9. Formulate, compose, edit and/or review Quality Improvement reports or letters.10. Monitor Quality Assurance performance.11. Check for accuracy of information and data. Show less

• Quality Improvement Supervisor

  • Jul 2012 - Feb 2015

  1. Assisted the Executive Director with day to day ongoing projects and programs 2. Responsible for the implementation of the ongoing Quality Improvement Plan.3. Responsible for outgoing memos from the department to all staff on QI.4. Attend as needed foster parent re-certification trainings or other trainings to assist ED.5. When needed and requested conduct audits of various nature and provide written outcomes.6. Assisted with the monitoring and adherence of Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children’s Services standards, policies, and procedures.7. Created, implemented, and evaluated forms that will assist with the auditing and improvement of the quality within the agency.8. Compiled audit findings of all of the above and provide reports with graphs on findings. Provided charts with appropriate graphs for the ED within specified period.9. Assisted in the distribution of stakeholders and staff questionnaires.10. Compiled stakeholders and staff questionnaires results of all of the above and provide reports with graphs on results. Provided charts with appropriate graphs for the ED within specified period.11. Created, implemented, and coordinates RFSW trainings, and all trainings required by Title 22 and, CCL, and DCFS. Show less

• Social Worker

  • Feb 2009 - Jul 2012

  Provide social work/case management services to assist with the reunification/permanency planning goal of the treatment plan of children in foster placement, as well as to facilitate the best possible treatment for abused, neglected, and emotionally disturbed children and their families. 1. Develop and consistently implement the Needs and Services Plans for children under his/her care in collaboration with resource parents, CSW’s, and Birth Parents or Legal Guardians (where possible).2. Meet medical, dental, educational, religious, recreational, family, social, emotional and psychological needs of each child on caseload in conjunction with available community resource.3. Maintain casework, medical, and home files on individual caseload; prepare all required reports thoroughly and in a timely manner for these files.4. Submit required reports to state licensing and placing agency in a timely manner.5. For each resource family home on his/her caseload, monitor adherence to licensing regulations. This includes driving to each home and physically surveying and supervising the care and treatment of each child in the home.6. Obtain and provide resource parents with required admission information upon initial placement.7. Develop and maintain network of medical and psychological resources for foster children in the area of placement.8. Monitor current status of educational planning and academic functioning of each foster child on his/her caseload. Represent the foster child in the educational setting wherever necessary.9. Participate in assessment team meeting in order to discuss individual case, develop treatment goals or plan for eventual family reunification (where appropriate). 10. Provide or develop resources for family therapy with the foster child and natural family, where appropriate.11. Provide transportation for foster children whenever necessary. Show less

• Director of Quality Improvement Assistant

  • Dec 2006 - Feb 2009

  1. Assisted with the implementation of the ongoing Quality Improvement Plan.2. Assisted filing documents in their proper files.3. Assisted in typing and distributing memos, all memos from DCQIP to staff.4. Attend as needed foster parent re-certification trainings or other trainings to assist DCQIP.5. When needed and requested conduct audits of various nature and provide written outcomes.6. Assisted with the monitoring and adherence of Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children’s Services standards, policies, and procedures.7. Created, implemented, and evaluated forms that will assist with the auditing and improvement of the quality within the agency.8. Compiled audit findings of all of the above and provide reports with graphs on findings. Provided charts with appropriate graphs for the DCQIP within specified period.9. Assisted in the distribution of stakeholders and staff questionnaires.10. Compiled stakeholders and staff questionnaires results of all of the above and provide reports with graphs on results. Provided charts with appropriate graphs for the DCQIP within specified period. Show less