Experience

Little City Foundation
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Home Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Present


Bashor Children's Home

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Unit Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  -Supervised team of youth care workers to encourage residents to participate in treatment to ensure they were receiving the help they need while in placement, assisted residents in developing life skills using the Psycho-Educational-Model (P.E.M.) to positively reinforce good behavior, and maintained a safe, clean, and comfortable living environment for residents-On a monthly basis, assumed duties of Campus Supervisor, which included addressing issues with residents or staff that arose across all seven units on the Campus, correspondence with State agencies and/or law enforcement, and maintained funds for campus outings-Managed schedules for residents including doctor and therapist appointments, psychiatric evaluations, and local and home visits as well planned recreational activities and outings-Lead weekly treatment team meetings involving residents’ requests and phase/level advancements and prepared meeting notes to send to treatment team members-Minimized occurrence of restraints of residents through effective utilization of therapeutic crisis intervention techniques to defuse disagreements between residents in a quick and safe manner -Held weekly supervision meetings for new staff and bi-weekly supervision meetings for seasoned staff, which included providing feedback on performance, ensuring staff understanding of their duties as a youth care worker, discussing new policies and procedures, and ensuring staff attend appropriate trainings -Completed required administrative duties including managing staff schedules, prepared bi-weekly payroll, reviewed logs and incident reports, reviewed cameras, and filed request forms as well as documented important information for the next shift of workers Show less

• Youth Care Worker/Staff Lead

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2016

  -Encouraged residents to participate in treatment to ensure they were receiving the help they needed while in placement-Assisted residents in developing life skills using the Psycho-Educational-Model (P.E.M.) to positively reinforce good behavior-Maintained a safe, clean, and comfortable living environment for residents-Participated in weekly treatment team involving residents’ requests and phase/level advancements-Utilized therapeutic crisis intervention techniques to defuse disagreements between residents in a quick and safe manner -Completed required daily paperwork including daily logs, review cameras, and file request forms as well as documented important information for the next shift of workers Show less