Lisa Johnston

Duties include:

• Volunteer coordination including recruiting/screening/training/retaining all volunteers, developing training curriculum, providing support and mentorship to volunteers, conducting monthly volunteer meeting, quarterly reporting of volunteer hours/stats
• Serves as a member of the Research & Development (RAD) team
• Maintain and update organization website and social media accounts
• Conduct presentations in the community that include DV 101, Healthy Relationships, Trauma-Informed Care, De-escalation, AS services
• Coordinate monetary donations and update donor database
• Participate in community events (tabling) and assist in promoting organization fundraisers
• Other duties as assigned by the leadership team, such as crisis intervention, providing Kids Group services and serving as the Agency Field Instructor (AFI) for interns

Duties included:

• Overseeing all aspects of running the Abbie Shelter Helpline including scheduling monthly on-call calendar, managing logistics with call center/online platform, covering unfilled helpline shifts and serving as “back-up” for staff and volunteers
• Volunteer coordination including recruiting/screening/training/retaining all volunteers, developing training curriculum, providing support and mentorship to volunteers, conducting monthly volunteer meeting, quarterly reporting of volunteer hours/stats
• Providing direct service to community clients including crisis intervention, advocacy, referrals, and case management duties
• Collaboration with community partners
• Consistent documentation within database

Started as Assistant Supervisor in Jan

2018, promoted to Supervisor in June 2021

Duties of both positions included:

• Direct care duties as needed
• Member of Core Leadership Team
• Ensuring services were delivered according to the mission and model
• Participating in admissions, managing treatment for each child, and discharge
• Monitoring records to ensure compliance with quality and timeliness
• Oversight of compliance with policies and procedures, licensing requirements, and accreditation standards
• Performing administrative functions and supervision of staff
• Human resource functions including interviewing, hiring, orienting, training, and development of all staff
• served as 'Family Liaison' to provide guidance and training of staff in forming a therapeutic working relationship with families
• Monitoring family visits
• Supporting the therapeutic process and providing guidance and training to families about the program model
• Maintaining safe supervisory boundaries in meetings and provides emotional containment for the team
• Scheduling and transporting children to appointments in the community
• Meal/menu planning and purchasing groceries/house needs
• Providing leadership and guidance to Day Treatment staff and fill in as 'acting teacher'

Duties included:

• Investigating reports
• Assessing for child safety by interviewing children, families and collaterals
• Crisis intervention
• Referrals to various community resources
• Completing reports, writing protection plans and safety plans
• Working with families to meet conditions for return

Duties included:

• Providing monitoring, support, assessment, crisis intervention, outreach, and linkage to severely emotionally disturbed children and families
• Teach skill building and instruction for caregivers on behavior management strategies
• Monitor therapeutic foster families
• Assisting families in setting up home routines, structures, and chore charts
• Writing treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, behavior plans, monthly summaries, crisis plans and daily notes
• Attending psychiatric appointments
• Linking with community services
• Utilizing the Zones of Regulation program
• Extensive knowledge of how to use an Electronic Medical Record