Kimberly Whitewater
Eland ,WI
Summary
Adept at division administration and fostering relationships. I led significant projects for the Community Supportive Services Division, enhancing program efficiency and compliance. My expertise in team leadership and recognizing the need for cultural awareness drove impactful community workshops, achieving key objectives for our families/communities.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Community Supportive Services Division Director
Ho-Chunk Nation Social Services Department
12.2016 - Current
- Create and track all budgets for programs within the division.
- Write federal and state grant plans as well as all required reports.
- Supervise program managers and other direct staff as well as the operations of all division programs.
- Maintain grant compliance, and keep proper records for grant spending.
- Plan events and provide support to all programming provided within the division.
- Update SOP's, write strategic plans, update program applications and continuously grow/change programming with the needs of our communities, among many other responsibilities.
FSP Life Skills Coordinator
Ho-Chunk Nation Social Services Department
10.2013 - 12.2016
- Taught prevention/intervention life skills to inmates in 3 county jails.
- Taught prevention using cultural coping skills to multiple Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services Centers.
- Facilitated youth and community education workshops/events with many collaborative partners.
- Active participant in writing the Tribal Action Plan (TAP). Was also an active part in implementing activities to reach the TAP goals, and a key contributor in bringing many of the larger projects to fruition.
- Addressed: self-awareness, AODA, suicide prevention, setting attainable goals, stress management, job skills, budgeting, education, cultural identity, healthy cultural coping skills, and healthy living along with other individual client needs.
Care Advocate Specialist
Lutheran Social Services- Homme Home Youth
09.2012 - 06.2014
- Provided 24/7 care in a youth residential treatment facility (CBRF certified).
- Advocated for youth in a residential setting.
- Worked with resident's families, case workers, and therapists as well as attended their court hearings.
- Facilitated educational and/or peer support groups.
- Administered medication (state certified).
- Worked with youth to find and provided healthy coping skills that worked for them.
- Cooked meals and kept chore calendar for residents.
- Trained in Principles of Subject Control (POSC) to provide safe protection methods within this work setting.
Admissions and K12 Advisor
Northcentral Technical College
06.2008 - 05.2010
- Enrolled students into college courses.
- Worked with Admissions, Student Advisors, and Financial Aid Director to assist in all areas of admission for new or returning students.
- Spoke at area high schools on the importance of continuing education.
- Worked with the school counselor to provide support and advise around 50 students enrolled in the Wausau Alternative High School (AHS).
- Taught specialty courses, for credit, to AHS students.
- Collaborated activities with community programs for the purpose of hands on learning and student self-awareness workshops.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Services And Leadership
University of WI Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI Associate of Science - Human Services
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI08-2008
Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Relationship Building
- Division Administration
- Team Management
- Training and Mentoring
- Self-Motivated
- Public Speaking
- Strong Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Multicultural Sensitivity/Awareness
- Flexibility/Adaptability
- Client Assessment and Analysis
Accomplishments
- Lead planner/contributor for the annual Family Healing Camp event.
- HHCDA homeless work group member who researched and assisted in writing the plan for the new HHCDA Permanent Supportive Housing recently built.
- Team leader in building the new Ho-Chunk childcare center, Naagu Pii.
- Assisted in the planning and opening of Hosto Pii Hoci as the first large project for TAP goals completed.
- Obtained grant funding, and collaborated with HHCDA to fund the needs of tribal members looking for assistance through the Economic Assistance Program when it was defunded during the pandemic.
Timeline
Community Supportive Services Division Director
Ho-Chunk Nation Social Services Department
12.2016 - Current
FSP Life Skills Coordinator
Ho-Chunk Nation Social Services Department
10.2013 - 12.2016
Care Advocate Specialist
Lutheran Social Services- Homme Home Youth
09.2012 - 06.2014
Admissions and K12 Advisor
Northcentral Technical College
06.2008 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Human Services And Leadership
University of WI Oshkosh
Associate of Science - Human Services
Northcentral Technical College
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