Kathleen Lennon
Chicago,IL
Summary
Professional with extensive experience in supervising and guiding teams. Strong focus on collaboration and achieving results while adapting to changing needs. Skilled in team leadership and conflict resolution.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adult Probation Department Supervisor
Cook County Adult Probation Department
01.2019 - 02.2025
- Directly supervise probation officers and other staff
- Review and evaluate staff performance
- Identify training needs
- Provide training, guidance, and counseling
- Recommend and deliver correction action to staff for deficient or delinquent performance and or policy and procedure infractions
- Work to maintain employee relations
- Undertake activities to develop employees and programs
- Conduct and participate in staff, unit, and Department meetings
- Schedule and monitor staff’s time
- Assigned tasks and established work schedules to staff to cover operational needs.
Adult Probation Officer
Cook County Adult Probation Department
02.1997 - 01.2019
- Supervised offenders to reduce risk to community.
- Evaluated people on probation to determine best course of rehabilitation.
- Researched each case thoroughly to strengthen case outcomes.
- Coordinated community and job placement resources.
- Verified social and legal history information of individual probationers.
- Performed both pre-sentence and pre-parole investigations.
- Coordinated and worked closely with law enforcement, social service agencies and mental health providers.
- Served as court liaison by attending court hearings and presenting reports and recommendations.
- Conducted pre-sentence investigations by doing in-depth research and compiling police reports.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois01.1995
Skills
- Case Coordination
- Pre-sentence report writing
- Effective Interviewing Techniques
- People skills
- Research-Backed Methods
- Accountability
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Judicial Collaboration
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork
- Collaboration with law enforcement agencies
- Workplace safety
- Problem-solving
Certification
AOIC-ISP LEADS Certified
Adult Risk Assessment (ARA) Certification
New Hire Evaluation Training
State of Illinois Mandated Reporter Training
Timeline
Adult Probation Department Supervisor
Cook County Adult Probation Department
01.2019 - 02.2025
Adult Probation Officer
Cook County Adult Probation Department
02.1997 - 01.2019
AOIC-ISP LEADS Certified
Adult Risk Assessment (ARA) Certification
New Hire Evaluation Training
State of Illinois Mandated Reporter Training
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Southern Illinois University
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