Rameka Davis
Carson,CA
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Person-Centered Coach/Service Coordinator
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
Los Angeles, CA
05.2025 - Current
- As a Person-Centered Coach I assist staff with learning to build rapport and ask questions (Motivational Interviewing) that encourage relationship building with individuals, while meeting individuals where they are in life.
- Navigate services for an 100 person caseload for youth between the ages of 6-13.5 years old who have been diagnosed with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Consumer Services Coordinator
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
Chatsworth, CA
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Navigate services for a caseload of 80 youth between the ages of 14-22 years old who have been diagnosed with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Supervisor 2 - Living Unit Manager (LUM)
Oregon Youth Authority
Woodburn, OR
02.2024 - 01.2025
- Supervise up to 14 staff who work with adjudicated youth between the ages of 14-24 1/2 who have been confined to the Oregon Youth Authority per the Oregon judicial system.
Urban Program Supervisor/Housing Case Manager Supervisor
Looking Glass Community Services
Eugene, OR
01.2023 - 02.2024
- Promoted to Program Supervisor from YHDP Case Manager.
- Supervise 6 housing Case Managers at Looking Glass Community Services.
- Organize and lead meetings and training sessions on a county-wide database.
- Ensure financial records and client service transactions are accurately documented.
- Work with Case Managers to provide housing opportunities for at-risk and unhoused youth and young adults, while providing educational opportunities to encourage sustainable self-sufficiency for long-term stability.
- Proficient in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which is a county led platform for data collection.
YHDP Housing Case Manager
Looking Glass - New Roads
Eugene, OR
01.2023 - 02.2024
- Secure housing opportunities for homeless youth between the ages of 16-24.
- Assist with ensuring basic needs are met, while guiding them in the day-to-day challenges of securing and maintaining employment, food, and basic needs.
- Guiding youth in the challenges of future self-sufficiency, with a trauma-informed approach to physical, mental, and social needs.
Direct Care Worker
Fleming and Barnes
Gardena, CA
05.2020 - 01.2023
- Working with at-risk youth placed in an STRTP (Short-Term-Residential-Treatment-Program) setting by DCFS and/or Probation.
- Provide emotional, social, and psychological support, as well as guidance in social and life skills to youth between the ages of 12 and 18 years.
- Provide counseling during difficult situations.
- Utilize de-escalation and conflict resolution techniques to assist the residents in returning to baseline.
- Utilize trauma-informed care techniques to help clients set boundaries and complete goal-oriented tasks.
- Provide staffing support to help maintain safety and security of residents, staff, and the facility.
- In July of 2021 I was trained as a Facility Manager for STRTP.
- As of March 14, 2022, I was promoted to the title of DCW representative.
- My new duties include training new hires on the policy and procedures of programing, educating new hires on de-escalation procedures, introducing new hires to trauma-informed care, and providing supportive guidance in working with at-risk youth in a residential treatment facility.
- In August 2022, I took a second facility manager training for STRTP.
- I work closely with my immediate supervisor and Facility Administrator in the day-to-day tasks of running a juvenile facility for male adolescents.
- Current work hours Sunday - Wednesday 11:00 pm - 9:00 am, including overtime.
- Overtime hours vary, depending on the need of the facility.
Group Supervisor, Nights
Los Angeles County Probation Department
Downey, CA
08.2002 - 05.2021
- During the hours of 10p.m.-6 a.m., I supervise at-risk youth in a detention camp and/or juvenile hall setting.
- My duties include, supervising and monitoring youth between the ages of 12-18 years old.
- Providing counseling and/or suicide prevention methods to psychologically and emotionally vulnerable youth that are going through the process of adjudication and/or family restructuring.
- I am often called upon to work additional shifts, completing 16-20-hour shifts, 2-3 times a week.
- At which time, I am responsible for escorting juveniles to court and/or medical appointments, while also providing comfort and support in the absence of parental or custodial support.
- On some occasions I am also called upon to supervise, monitor, and counsel youth with developmental disabilities, and drug abuse and/or gang activity histories.
Payment Processor
AARP - Through an employment agency
Lakewood, CA
08.2001 - 08.2002
- My duties included: processing payments from clients.
- Assisting the office manager in organizing and updating the payment process, to expedite payments more efficiently.
Timeline
Person-Centered Coach/Service Coordinator
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
05.2025 - Current
Consumer Services Coordinator
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
01.2025 - 05.2025
Supervisor 2 - Living Unit Manager (LUM)
Oregon Youth Authority
02.2024 - 01.2025
Urban Program Supervisor/Housing Case Manager Supervisor
Looking Glass Community Services
01.2023 - 02.2024
YHDP Housing Case Manager
Looking Glass - New Roads
01.2023 - 02.2024
Direct Care Worker
Fleming and Barnes
05.2020 - 01.2023
Group Supervisor, Nights
Los Angeles County Probation Department
08.2002 - 05.2021
Payment Processor
AARP - Through an employment agency
08.2001 - 08.2002