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Margaret Zysk

Genesee,USA

Summary

Results-oriented mentoring professional, known for creating impactful relationships that support academic and personal development. Proven ability to adapt mentoring approaches to fit individual needs and build trust effectively. Highly collaborative and dependable, ensuring goals are met and team dynamics remain strong.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

North Hub Resource Peer Mentor-Lead

State of Idaho
01.2024 - 04.2025
  • Supervise Resource Peer Mentors within 10 counties of region 1 and 2 in northern Idaho
  • Support Department of Health and Welfare by maintaining weekly contact with both staff and foster parents.
  • Work closely with licensing supervisor, and staff to ensure immediate needs are met.
  • Communicate needs, preform data entry accurately and timely in the departments ESPI system. Assign role and work assignments, as lead to ensure a smooth work environment.
  • Provide training and support to new employees. Meet with them weekly to access any needs or concerns. Monitor their progress as they onboard.
  • Identify, invite, and co-train new families with state sanctioned curriculum.
  • Update and maintain master list of prospective foster families, licensed families and families that choose to discontinue their journey of fostering.
  • Host information meetings state wide over zoom or Webex links. Provide clear and consistent information that will ensure a knowledge base that benefits new prospective foster families.

Trainer

Fostering Idaho
10.2008 - 01.2025
  • Certified October 2008
  • Co-train prospective families to become foster parents
  • Provide families with a first-hand accounting of fostering experience.
  • Help guide families to make an informed decision about whether fostering is a fit for their family.
  • Help provide feedback and evaluation of discussions through assessments of required competencies for the licensing team.
  • Help families gain skills to be proficient with the 5 core competencies required to foster.
  • Provide positive and creative ways to foster a child that is not biologically yours.
  • Introduce RPM program and share regional resources for our new families.
  • Trauma Based Relational Intervention training.

Recruitment Coordinator

State of Idaho
01.2020 - 01.2024
  • Supervise Resource Peer Mentors (RPM) within 5 counties of region 2 in Idaho.
  • Administer Resource Peer Mentors employment processes, hiring, training, mentoring, supervision, and evaluations.
  • Supervise meetings, mentoring assignments, accuracy of information shared, and follow through with calls. Assign new leads according to roles and expertise of RPM’s.
  • Work closely with licensing supervisor and department staff to ensure immediate needs are met.
  • Identify, invite and co-train new families with state sanctioned curriculum.
  • Meet with statewide recruitment coordinators and staff bi-monthly as an ongoing way to maintain consistency throughout the state.
  • Maintain closed Facebook page for foster families to connect with other families as well as gain information about upcoming events.
  • Organize, plan, and execute recruitment events to share the needs of foster care.
  • Create and submit monthly reports that accurately share the efforts and work that is being conducted in region 2.
  • Cultivate community relationships to promote awareness of foster care system.
  • Successfully solicit and collect donated money and items for retention events for the foster community.
  • Build strong partnerships and connections within diverse communities such as Tribal partners, LGBTQ community, Human needs councils and non-profit organizations.
  • Highly proficient with data entry into ESPI and SharePoint. Entered in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Host information meetings state wide over zoom or Webex links. Provide clear and consistent information that will ensure a knowledge base that benefits new prospective foster families.

Liasson

One Church One Child
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Community outreach between people of faith and Department of Health and Welfare
  • Speak at regional churches
  • Outreach to all businesses and individuals wanting to donate to help foster families and children.
  • Recruit, solicit and distribute donations to fostering community.
  • Event coordinator for Empowered to Connect Conference and Christmas Outreach
  • Conduct Information meetings for prospective foster families.
  • Booth set up, participation and tear down for events

Resource Peer Mentor

01.2008 - 01.2018
  • Provide mentoring for families after training, and through their first placement of a foster child.
  • Provide mentoring for kinship-care families and their unique needs.
  • Help family’s access and gain assistance they need through community resources.
  • Use my knowledge of the foster care system to guide families in advocating for their foster children within the department.
  • Guide them to be a supportive team member within the fostering system.
  • Encourage foster families to be a strong advocate for the children placed within their care.

Licensed Foster Parent

01.2004 - 01.2015
  • Foster parent to 23 placements during our family time of being licensed to foster
  • Specialized in drug affected infants
  • Worked closely with birth families and department staff for the benefit of the children in my care
  • Worked with Infant Toddler program and other medical resources as needed for each case.
  • 10 plus hours of continued education each year as a licensed foster parent

Education

Fostering Idaho - Trainer -

01.2025

Licensed Foster Parent - Foster Care

Fostering Idaho
Coeur D'Alene, ID
04-2004

Skills

  • Effective communication skills
  • Recruitment for volunteers and workers
  • Successfully work independently and as a team member
  • Diverse group collaboration
  • Advocacy for multiple teams
  • Community engagement and involvement
  • Donation fund management
  • Record keeping and data entry
  • Onboarding/ training of new hires
  • Supervisor Role over multiple teams
  • Report generation and distribution
  • Task completion and follow through
  • Problem solving with creativity
  • Public speaking for large and small audience
  • Event planning for large community outreach venues
  • Computer skills
  • Able to prioritize, organize, and solicit feedback
  • Conflict resolution
  • Meeting Coordinator and facilitator
  • Trauma trained with best practices followed

Skills And Experiences

  • Able to communicate effectively, and execute the needs of supervisors, staff, co-workers and community partners.
  • Extensive experience in recruiting volunteers from the community for projects and donations.
  • Work well independently with little supervision and/or in a group setting.
  • Able to advocate for resources, change, and services.
  • Works well with community members in many divisions of service, such as WIC, Infant Toddler Program, CASA, Churches, Counseling Services, Therapists, Department of Health and Welfare, Court system, corporate sponsors and Nonprofit organizations.
  • Solicit and manage donations and the distribution of those donations.
  • Excellent record keeping and report generation with follow through to completion.
  • Execute tasks with consistent completion.
  • I value new and creative ways to help others gain knowledge and success.
  • Able to execute public speaking events in churches or community settings.
  • I have extensive event planning skills; planning the event, securing speakers, securing accommodations, securing volunteers, set up, execute event, tear down and distributing funds accordingly.
  • Computer skills in SharePoint, Outlook, Word and Windows.
  • Organized.
  • Able to resolve customer conflict and resolutions in a timely manner.
  • Able to work with individuals for the good of the company regardless of personal bias.
  • Able to work consistently as a team member.
  • Trainer of educational curriculum for the Department of Health and Welfare. Can provide certificates of completion of trainings as requested.
  • Trauma Informed Training and Practices.

Certification

Coordinated Care/Apple Health:

  • Trauma Informed Parenting part 1 & 2.
  • Trauma 101
  • Hope for Healing Part 1-4


  • Positive Indian Parenting
  • The importance of ICWA
  • Caring for Children who have experienced Trauma
  • Certified in Ransomware Foundations
  • Certified in Phishing Foundations.



Timeline

North Hub Resource Peer Mentor-Lead

State of Idaho
01.2024 - 04.2025

Recruitment Coordinator

State of Idaho
01.2020 - 01.2024

Liasson

One Church One Child
01.2018 - 01.2019

Trainer

Fostering Idaho
10.2008 - 01.2025

Resource Peer Mentor

01.2008 - 01.2018

Licensed Foster Parent

01.2004 - 01.2015

Fostering Idaho - Trainer -

Licensed Foster Parent - Foster Care

Fostering Idaho

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