Family Partner

• Sep 2010 - Present

In this role I work with homeless families with young children who have social, emotional, behavioral challenges or are at risk of a serious emotional disturbance. I provide family centered, family driven care and care coordination to help families reach their short term goals and prepare for their long term goals. I advocate and teach them how to navigate the various systems of care they would become a part of. I also teach and encourage self efficacy skills to promote family voice and choice in decisions that affect them and help ease the transition for families and collateral agencies to ensure that this is a priority. I continuously network, collaborate and build relationships with community agencies to hopefully have more access to resources for the families I serve.Moreover, I provide in-service training when requested to agencies on Early Childhood Mental Health, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care and Parent Support. I also facilitate groups for parent support, parenting programs and advocacy training.I provide training for other team members in different parenting curriculum, wrap-a-round methodology and principles and early childhood mental health awareness. Providing Reflective Supervision for case mangers and other site teams are also part of my duties.` Show less

Lead Care Coordinator

• Sep 2010 - Present

Manager of Operations

• Jan 2000 - Present

Managed the day to day operations of the business. Communicated and negotiated with vendors to get the best pricing on materials, managed disbursement of monies to vendors, sub contractors and employees.Dealt with all issues that came up in the course of any given job. Managed the day to day operations of the business. Communicated and negotiated with vendors to get the best pricing on materials, managed disbursement of monies to vendors, sub contractors and employees.Dealt with all issues that came up in the course of any given job.

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Dec 2004 - Dec 2009

Worked with the Elderly and special needs population in following medical directives for their health and well being. This included, medicine management, ambulatory care and social and emotional health. Worked with the Elderly and special needs population in following medical directives for their health and well being. This included, medicine management, ambulatory care and social and emotional health.

Admin/Coordinator/Instructor

• Jan 1992 - Jul 2000

Worked with disadvantaged teens, their parents, community boards of education, Management and staff in the implementation of Adolescent Development Program. Supervised staff of 30 employees directly and 150 indirectly. Worked with disadvantaged teens, their parents, community boards of education, Management and staff in the implementation of Adolescent Development Program. Supervised staff of 30 employees directly and 150 indirectly.