Cheryl Lynn Bade
Easton,PA
Summary
Proven leader in the New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs, adept at personnel management and process improvements. Excels in staff motivation and safety compliance, significantly enhancing operational efficiency. Expert in budget tracking and policy enforcement, with a knack for fostering team unity and achieving high employee performance standards.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Supervisor of Resident Living
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
Glen Gardner, NJ
04.2021 - Current
- Assistant Supervisor of Resident Living, serving as the head of the Human Services Department.
- Functions as the 'Authority in Charge' in the absence of higher-level supervision.
- Supervises, manages, and assigns tasks for the Human Services department and housekeeping personnel.
- Maintains emergency on-call responsibilities, ensuring that safety standards are maintained.
- Manages staffing schedules to ensure operational standards are maintained 24/7.
- Drafts and publishes new standards, policies, and procedures.
- Supervises staff's instruction, understanding, compliance, and performance with assigned tasks, standards of operations, policies, and procedures.
- Interviews, hires, and trains new employees.
- Makes recommendations for promotions, demotions, and staff retraining.
- Completes staff's Performance Assessment Reviews.
- Counsels staff, drafts, and issues disciplinary actions.
- Ensures that environmental inspections are completed in search of potential safety concerns and ensures that concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
- Supervises the Human Services and Housekeeping Departments, supplies inventory, and ensures sufficient quantities are maintained.
- Superintendent's leadership team member, which addresses overall facility health, initiatives, and resident well-being.
- Participates in monthly house meetings, where residents can voice their problems or concerns.
- Investigates resident complaints and addresses them promptly.
- Supervises and ensures adherence to state vehicle preventative maintenance schedules, ensuring that work is completed as scheduled.
- Supervises full evacuation fire drills, ensuring staff conduct them as per policy.
- Maintains all essential records and files.
- Assists leadership in writing grant proposals and ensures compliance with current federal grant awards.
- Assists leadership with the planning, organizing, and facilitation of facility events.
- Assists the Treatment Team with resident individual service plans.
- Supervises the implementation of the Hunterdon Development Center food contract in the absence of higher-level supervision.
- Draft Statements of Work for facility initiatives and serve as Project Manager.
- Maintains the fiscal purchasing account, NJSTART.
- Explains and interprets facility objectives with each resident through the facilitation of Policy and Procedure groups, ensuring understanding and adherence.
- Ensures all state regulations are followed including Fire Safety, HIPPA and OSHA.
Cottage Training Supervisor
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
Glen Gardner, NJ
06.2016 - 04.2021
- Functioned as the 'Authority in Charge' in the absence of higher-level supervision.
- Drafted and published the Human Services staffing schedule, ensuring operational standards were maintained 24/7.
- Supervised staff's instruction, understanding, compliance, and performance with assigned tasks, standards of operations, policies, and procedures.
- Completed staff's Performance Assessment Reviews. Counseled staff, drafted, and issued disciplinary actions when needed.
- Performed environmental inspections in search of potential safety concerns, ensuring that concerns were addressed in a timely manner.
- Conducted full evacuation fire drills, ensuring the accountability of all residents and staff.
- Published monthly group facilitation schedule for staff, and facilitated life skills groups to aid residents in meeting Individual Service Plan goals.
- Assisted the Superintendent with the implementation and management of the facility budget.
- Supervised and ensured adherence to state vehicle preventative maintenance schedules, and ensured work was completed as scheduled.
- Supervised the monitoring of the Human Services Department's supply inventory and ordered supplies to ensure sufficient quantities were maintained.
- Member of the Superintendent's leadership team for annual policy and procedure reviews.
- Maintained New Jersey Notary Public certification to serve veterans free of charge.
Human Services Technician, Acting Cottage Training Supervisor
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
Glen Gardner, NJ
06.2012 - 06.2014
- While in the title of and performing the duties of a Human Services Technician, I additionally functioned as the Cottage Training Supervisor and the 'Authority in Charge' in the absence of higher-level supervision.
- Assisted the Superintendent with the implementation and management of the facility budget
- Performed facility purchasing through NJCFS/MACSe accounts while adhering to purchasing rules, budget restrictions, and maintaining fiscal records.
- Managed all purchasing card accounts facility-wide.
- Participated in fiscal planning and review meetings to ensure facility needs and requirements were met.
- Installed, coordinated, and facilitated a life skills curriculum for residents.
- Functioned as a team member for the review of residents' Individual Service Plans when necessary.
- Inspected resident living areas for safety concerns and cleanliness.
- Participated in the Superintendent's leadership team for the annual policy and procedure review.
- Scheduled and coordinated outside events and activities for residents.
- Ensured compliance with all HIPAA regulations.
Senior Human Service Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Glen Gardner, NJ
11.2007 - 06.2012
- Supervised and facilitated Illness Management and Recovery groups, an evidence-based practice, during my internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
- Performed activities of daily living with residents.
- Supervised resident meals to prevent choking.
- Escorted residents to and from therapy groups.
- Escorted residents and transported resident records to court proceedings.
- Authenticated, tracked, and maintained resident documentation.
- Supervised residents in social settings and during meals to ensure their safety.
- Documented daily behaviors and clinical information in residents' records.
- Ensured compliance with all HIPAA and state regulations. Monitored and maintained resident records.
Human Service Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Glen Gardner, NJ
05.1998 - 11.2007
- Provided daily personal care to residents, and monitored their safety.
- Documented behaviors and clinical information in residents' records.
- Facilitated life skills groups that promoted wellness and recovery.
- Ensured compliance with all HIPAA regulations.
Cottage Training Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Clinton, NJ
06.1996 - 05.1998
- Supervised activities and safety of consumers as assigned
- Assisted in the preparation and monitoring of meals
- Facilitated basic life skills to consumers
- Inspected cottage for adherence to standards as set forth by administration
- Maintained files, reports and records as assigned
- Ensured compliance with all HIPPA regulations
Certified Nurses Aid
Brakeley Care Center
11.1995 - 06.1996
- Served as a Certified Nurses Aid, providing nursing care to clients
- Provided meals and monitored client safety
- Performed light housekeeping
- Provided clients access to their medications several times per shift
- Documented medication administration in Medication Administration Record
- Monitored client's activities, wellbeing and safety
- Maintained daily records of client care
Education
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Pennsylvania State University
Board and Care Operator Training Credential -
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Certified Public Manager (CPM) -
Rutgers University- New Jersey Civil Service Commission
FEMA-Fundamentals of Emergency Management -
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Crisis Intervention Team Training -
New Jersey Crisis Intervention (CIT) Center of Excellence
Supervisor Success Series-S3 -
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
Supervisory Training Empowering Performance (STEP) -
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
Evidence-Based Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practice Certificate -
University of Medicine And Dentistry of New Jersey-SHRP
Grant Writing Certificate -
Grant Writing USA
Skills
- Staff motivation and discipline
- Employee motivation and discipline
- Process updates
- Budget tracking
- Safety and compliance
- Scheduling expertise
- Issue resolution
- Team building
- Records management
- Expense tracking
- Policy enforcement
- Personnel management
- Training and mentoring
- Task delegation
- Process improvements
- Employee performance management
- Employee relations
Affiliations
Currently volunteering at Centenary University for their Therapeutic Riding at Centenary (TRAC) program.
I served as a Riegelsville Public Library Board Member and Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee for three years.
Certification
- Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP), United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, 01/01/11, Present
- New Jersey Notary Public of Hunterdon County, New Jersey Notary Public Commission, 01/01/14, Present
References
Furnished upon request.
Timeline
Assistant Supervisor of Resident Living
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
04.2021 - Current
Cottage Training Supervisor
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
06.2016 - 04.2021
Human Services Technician, Acting Cottage Training Supervisor
New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs
06.2012 - 06.2014
Senior Human Service Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
11.2007 - 06.2012
Human Service Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
05.1998 - 11.2007
Cottage Training Technician
New Jersey Department of Human Services
06.1996 - 05.1998
Certified Nurses Aid
Brakeley Care Center
11.1995 - 06.1996
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Pennsylvania State University
Board and Care Operator Training Credential -
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Certified Public Manager (CPM) -
Rutgers University- New Jersey Civil Service Commission
FEMA-Fundamentals of Emergency Management -
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Crisis Intervention Team Training -
New Jersey Crisis Intervention (CIT) Center of Excellence
Supervisor Success Series-S3 -
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
Supervisory Training Empowering Performance (STEP) -
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
Evidence-Based Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practice Certificate -
University of Medicine And Dentistry of New Jersey-SHRP
Grant Writing Certificate -
Grant Writing USA