Your Name
Eureka,CA
Summary
Reflective Leader, Collaborator, Systems Thinker
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sorrel Leaf Healing Center
Eureka, USA
01.2022 - Current
- Centered all work through the lens of healing centered engagement, prioritizing the needs of young people and their families when making system level decisions.
- Created community co-design system for development of children's crisis program involving nonprofit employees, consultants, and community members with personal and professional experience resulting in 6 advisory work groups and over 50 volunteers.
- Collaborated with county and state level staff to create systems level change in relation to crisis level work resulting in launching a mobile crisis program and developing policies, procedures, and funding for additional crisis programs.
- Centered anti-racism work through securing funding, employing cultural bearers for service design, providing board of director training and support, and engaging stakeholders in anti-racism lenses when developing policies.
- Provided consulting and coaching to executive staff, board of directors, agency staff, and contractors regarding best practices for clinical services and nonprofit infrastructure.
- Conducted community level presentations to increase community awareness, training, and engagement.
ESD112
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Centered all work on balancing needs of children and families with needs of staff and community.
- Created systems and procedures to support this balance.
- Provided training and supervision to 8 staff providing direct services to children and families in Early Head Start Program.
- Increased utilization of trauma informed care by staff by providing training, individualized support, and reflective supervision which was replicated across the agency.
- Developed and facilitated webinars/trainings specific to trauma, child welfare, and behavioral health.
- Created formalized partnerships with nine community-based agencies resulting in quicker access to services for children and families.
- Supported team in anti-racism work through developing staff led groups resulting in systems level changes in hiring and retention practices.
- Changed team culture and view on services through intensive assessment, supervision, coaching, and practice change.
- Increased retention of team to 90% through implementation of effective employee wellbeing practices, creating a supportive environment, and individualizing growth plans.
Maple Star Colorado
01.2013 - 01.2018
- Centered all work on the belief that children's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs are best met when they can safely remain or be connected with family. Services were provided to support caregivers in making this a reality, while challenging the current status of the child welfare system.
- Obtained an 87% success rate of families remaining safely intact by providing direct service and supervision through a contract with the child welfare system.
- Provided trauma informed services, training, and coaching.
- Co-created intensive family finding program resulting in child welfare system change and increased family connections for youth involved in the child welfare system.
- Conducted county-level trainings and collaborative meetings.
- Attended family team meetings, court, and community meetings in support of clients.
Education
Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management -
12.2023
Master of Social Work - Clinical & Group Work Specializations
Boston University
12.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Emphasis Social Welfare
Arizona State University
12.2010
Skills
- Child Welfare Services
- Community Engagement
- Partnership Building
- Consulting
- Coaching
- Training
- Supervision
- Policy Development
- Compliance
- Systems Level Change
- Trauma Focused Clinical Services
- Creativity in Complexity
- Trauma Informed Care Continuum
Certification
- Colorado, CSW.09924576
- California, License Pending
Timeline
Sorrel Leaf Healing Center
01.2022 - Current
ESD112
01.2019 - 01.2021
Maple Star Colorado
01.2013 - 01.2018
Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management -
Master of Social Work - Clinical & Group Work Specializations
Boston University
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Emphasis Social Welfare
Arizona State University