License and monitor group homes and foster care facilities, ensure compliance with Florida statutes, maintain documentation, participate in local and statewide meetings to stay abreast of new initiatives.
Worked with community employers to develop job placements, arranged job coaching and transportation, facilitated center based job skill training, implemented behavior interventions, maintained client and employee records, hired, trained and supervised staff.
Residential and commercial real estate sales.
Recruited, trained and hired direct care staff and case managers. Supervised business managers and monitored all facets of the agency budget. Developed and implemented quality assurance mechanisms. Directed the incident management committee and investigated allegations of abuse. Participated in expansion of day habilitation services. Oversaw all aspects of daily operations to ensure program quality remained consistent with state and federal standards.
Directed operations of South Florida Region medicaid waiver group homes. Hired, trained, and supervised direct care staff, managers and professional contractors. Screened, approved and coordinated new admissions, Conducted frequent unannounced on site monitoring for quality assurance. Created efficient record keeping systems. Developed a tracking system to ensure compliance with Behavior Focus guidelines.
Monitored services provided by community provider agencies to a caseload of 40+ members of a federal class action lawsuit. Interfaced regularly with numerous group home providers, licensure, quality review panel, and the court monitor.
Managed homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
As a Team Leader, supervised operations of a unit at the state institution for people with developmental disabilities. Promoted to TennCare Liason and networked with five MCOs to facilitate problem solving for community medicaid waiver recipients.
Developed skill aquisition and behavior intervention plans at a 6 bed ICF
Job coached educationally and behaviorally disordered students.
Assisted individuals with developmental disabilities with advancing work skills at a sheltered workshop and at community job sites.
Gathered date from inmates at a maximum security prison for two studies on testosterone levels.
Performed general office duties.
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist. Honorable Discharge.