Gwyneth Clark
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Youth program professional with comprehensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating youth initiatives. Proven ability to foster inclusive and supportive environment that promotes youth development and community engagement. Known for collaborative leadership and adaptability in dynamic settings, with strong skills in program management and team-building.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Director
Grand St Settlement
05.2024 - Current
- Trained and supervised a team of support staff, fostering a positive work environment for all employees.
- Gathered feedback from participants, parents, staff members regularly to identify areas for improvement within programs offered.
- Enhanced youth program outcomes by implementing creative and engaging activities.
- Increased youth retention rates through consistent follow-up with families about participant experiences and expectations throughout their involvement in the programs.
- Streamlined communication with parents and guardians, ensuring timely updates on program events and student progress.
- Organized community outreach events to raise awareness of available programs, attracting new participants through targeted promotion efforts.
- Managed budgets and resources effectively, thereby maximizing the impact of each program offered.
- Adhered to negotiated annual budget and spending requirements.
- Led professional development workshops for staff members on topics such as youth engagement strategies or culturally responsive teaching practices.
- Provided overall supervision and management of program recruitment, hiring, training and terminating.
Program Director
Center of Cares
06.2023 - Current
- Manage and develop the center and its programs in accordance with licensing regulations, established policy and procedure, program and budget, and the needs of the participants
- Oversee the administrative plan ensuring clearly defined lines of responsibility, equitable distribution of work, and adequate supervision
- Monitor programs and attendance to ensure required staffing meets regulations
- Lead weekly and monthly MDT/Health Team meetings, & staff dept
- Head meetings
- Review and approve participant IPC's, ensure participant Health Records are maintained according to regulations
- Oversee daily implementation of therapeutic activities program
- Evaluate participants' changing needs and make necessary program adjustments
- Responsible for recruitment, interviewing, training, supervising and evaluating employees
- Support the HR team with personnel files, employee and consultant paperwork
- Work with established Site Advisory Committee to review quality assurance issues, coordinate community outreach and public relations
- Coordinate provision of monthly in-service trainings
- Oversee center Policies and Procedures, update as needed
- Maintain relationships and contracts with various community partners, i.e
- Senior Employment Programs and Caregiver Resource Center
- Represent agency by attending community events, participating in committees, trainings
- Maintain program within budget
- Oversee center transportation program, interface with transportation providers
- Compliance, attending training, vendor contract, completing annual renewal, overseeing compliance and submitting monthly reimbursement requests
- Prepare reports for various committees and board meetings, funding and licensing
- Oversee purchase of program supplies and equipment
Day services Manager
Unique People Services
03.2022 - 06.2023
- Provides for administrative, clinical and program operations of developmental disability programs
- Provides supervision to Day Habilitation Service Supervisors
- Coordinates clinical, personnel and routine management concerns in Day Habilitation
- Conducts program planning and development activities
- Evaluates work performance of supervise-es as specified by agency personnel policies and standards of clinical practice in addictions, behavior management, psychiatric, treatment and rehabilitation
- Ensures the development and implementation of treatment/habilitation in Day Habilitation
- Ensures that services are culturally sensitive and responsive
- Ensures that services are provided in a manner that optimizes client independence and recovery
- Develop and monitor all administrative, programmatic and clinical services for Day Habilitation
- Assists in the development of in-service training's for all division staff in cooperation with other Senior Program Directors
- Reviews all Day Habilitation Service supervisors schedules, assignments and records in a periodic, systematic manner
- Provides emergency back-up to program staff on a regularly scheduled basis
- Participates in inter agency committees and information sharing meetings
- Maintains ongoing communication with relevant state agency in a positive and professional manner
- Attends meetings with state agencies as requested by the Division Director
- Ensures compliance with Opwdd
- Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team, including physical therapist, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologist, and behavior consultants
- Participate in hiring, evaluation, and when necessary terminating of staff
Day Habilitation Supervisor
Heaven Hands Community Services
02.2020 - 03.2022
- Ensure the effective day-to-day operation of the program
- They hire and train staff, provide staff supervision, handle conflicts between clients, perform client assessments, write treatment plans and complete program and staff reviews
Program Coordinator
Casita Maria Center for Arts
05.2017 - 01.2020
- Manage internship program operations including participant placement, payroll processing, time-sheet collection, etc
- Monitored program compliance with laws, rules, regulations, and policies related to provision of D.O.H and D.O.E
- Revised the school safety plan to ensure a safe school environment
- Provided onsite supervision for 100 students and 13 staff
- Determine allocations of funds for supplies, materials and equipment and make/authorize purchases
Special Education Paraprofessional
KIPP Infinity Charter School
08.2014 - 06.2017
- Created strategies to meet the needs of mentally and physically disabled students
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in a self-contained ED and LD classroom
- Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with the master schedule
- Implemented and taught a life skills program
- Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on the entire group
School Educator
Casita Maria Center for Arts
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Developed and implemented lesson plans and daily activities focused on language arts; reading, grammar, spelling
- Provided individual teaching to motivate and instill enthusiasm for learning; approx
- 20-25 students
- Led weekly enrichment activities for entire school varying from art, and gym, team building
- Designed individualized curricula for academically under achieving students
- Liaison between parents, students, and schools resulting in improved behavior habits for special needs students
Education
High School Diploma -
Lafayette High School
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
Monroe College
Bronx, NY11.2024
Skills
- CPR
- Special Needs
- Special Education
- Curriculum Development
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Program Management
- Autism Experience
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Supervising experience
- Curriculum development
- Teaching
- Program management
- Risk management
- Payroll
- Budgeting
- Communication skills
- Leadership
- Office management
- Operations management
- Recruiting
- Human resources
- Childcare
- Payroll management
- ADP
- Workday
- Care plans
- Computer skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Docs
- Organizational leadership
- Relationship building
- Microsoft Word
- Critical thinking
- Varied lesson plans
- Skilled multi-tasker
- Organized
- First Aid and CPR Certified
- Program leadership
- Staff development
- Youth engagement
- Inclusion strategies
- Educational programming
- Staff management
Certification
CPR Certification
15-hour OCFS-approved “Health and Safety Training: Competencies in Child Care for Day Care Center, School-Age Child Care, and Enrolled Legally Exempt Group Directors” course
Assessments
- Case management & social work, Proficient, 06/01/21
- Work style: Reliability, Proficient, 01/01/23
Timeline
Program Director
Grand St Settlement
05.2024 - Current
Program Director
Center of Cares
06.2023 - Current
Day services Manager
Unique People Services
03.2022 - 06.2023
Day Habilitation Supervisor
Heaven Hands Community Services
02.2020 - 03.2022
Program Coordinator
Casita Maria Center for Arts
05.2017 - 01.2020
School Educator
Casita Maria Center for Arts
08.2015 - 05.2017
Special Education Paraprofessional
KIPP Infinity Charter School
08.2014 - 06.2017
CPR Certification
15-hour OCFS-approved “Health and Safety Training: Competencies in Child Care for Day Care Center, School-Age Child Care, and Enrolled Legally Exempt Group Directors” course
High School Diploma -
Lafayette High School
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
Monroe College
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