Aimee Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Rehoboth, Ma, Us

We develop co-created solutions to complex challenges in deep relationships with the people living them: organizations, individuals, and governments.We foster collaboration by bringing multiple stakeholders into a shared space to think through solutions, the conditions necessary for them to happen, and to learn through rapid iteration and evaluation. Co-design solutions for equitable practice and impact Build organizational cultural humility Approach complexity with joy and creativity Embrace iterative learning

Strategic design consultation on scalable interventions both within the space of arriving migrants in Massachusetts and the Jewish Community in Boston.∞ Facilitating a design team to develop a Home Hosting scheme to address the current crisis of new arrivals. Building on the success of the UK model for Ukrainians which supported over 100,000 feeling Ukrainians. This model is working to braid state housing stabilization money with care coordination dollars, to create a more humanitarian option for families that evidences greater economic sustainability. ∞ Member of a design team adapting a peer support curriculum to mitigate the impact of trauma on the well-being of the Jewish community in Bostin region. GPS Group Peer Support is an evidence and trauma informed mental health group model that allows for rapid implementation of essential support and mental health care during times of stress, challenge and grief. Utilizing mindfulness-based stress reduction, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, peer-to-peer support, psychosocial education and other evidence-based modalities.

Worcester, Massachusetts, Us

Overall responsibility of community services throughout New England (New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts) utilizing a human centered theory of change based on the social determinants of health. Services include transportation, car donations, foster care (unaccompanied refugee minors and child welfare) legal services, teen parenting houses, refugee resettlement, interpreting/translation services for hospitals, courts and providers, community-based care for elders and individuals with disabilities, congregate care diversion, and workforce solutions for those underemployed and recently arriving to the country. Leveraged a collective impact approach to support the current migrant crisis in Massachusetts. In a unique partnership of agencies, to support 55 families in temporary shelter through a migrant centric lens and a Family Council. Our goal is to mitigate the disempowerment and the negative outcomes in mental health, social adjustment and parenting. Designed, organized, and led our Afghan Response to welcome nearly 600 American allies to New England. We used a re-designed co-sponsorship program of over 1600 focused on dignity and well-being, which minimized relationship disruptions. Newly funded research grant to examine the life cycle of a co-sponsorship team as well as comparative analysis to typical resettlement is underway through LIRS support.Re-visioned the effort to address the workforce crisis and structural underfunding of Medicaid based in home care services as the Care Paradox, which includes a user generated story telling platform to give voice to those receiving and providing care. The goal was to mitigate the isolation of those being cared for and their caregivers, by sharing their struggles and grief, and advocate for systematic change in order to save lives. Effort resulted in a 42% rate increase with bi-partisan support.

∞ Member of the strategic command team at the Education Operations Center responsible for supporting schools with return to in person learning. Designed a “Wellness Wednesday project in response to pandemic fatigue and need for self-care and resiliency by highlighting state leaders and their personal approach to self-care, with subsequent funding of $600,000 for training and support.∞ COVID – 19 liaison for DCYF where work includes daily cadence of interagency meeting and various workstreams associated with policy and practice development, testing, outbreaks, quarantine and isolation.∞ Co-Lead of Race Equity Team with staff lead work teams working on policy/practice, representing our data in a powerful and engaging way, investing in our staff and partnering with our community. Hosting agency conversations weekly to model and support staff in difficult conversations around white ally-ship, disproportionate representation of black youth in throughout child welfare, and how to move this from a “moment to a movement” in the agency.∞ Director Designee in high priority projects including placement of children in foster care as well as residential placement. Redesigned review process to ensure the safest and most appropriate placement through a critical design review. Current process includes a RED Team (Review, Evaluate and Decide) that challenges the organizations historical practices and working to disrupt a placement system culture with fixed ways of approaching the problem. ∞ Co-led intra-departmental team in collaboration with Office of Management and Budget geared to understanding budget deficit, maximizing revenue, analyzing systems, and designing opportunities for DCYF to deliver consistent outcomes for children and families, including redesign of foster care contracting system, involving Medicaid and IV-E claims, development of levels of services based on needs of the child, and a strategy for contract negotiations and change management.

Providence, Ri, Us

∞ Overall responsibility for developing and implementing the vision for programs, operations and services at a comprehensive early childhood non-profit committed to making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and their families. Coordination of a $30 million dollar budget and support of over 400 multi-disciplinary individuals responsible for implementing high quality services.∞ Led the reconfiguration of Human Resources Department into two distinct teams of Talent Management and Human Resource Information Management to improve processes and enhance recruitment, onboarding and retention. ∞ Designed a “real time” strategic planning process utilizing “conversation circles” with external thought leaders and deployed through eight volunteer armies, focused on aligning the organization’s priority with the needs of the children experiencing devastating outcomes as a result of abuse and neglect.∞ Created the CAPTA Innovation Lab in response to the deaths of vulnerable children in RI which included an advisory group with members of Brown University, the RI Department of Health, and others. Process included journey mapping with clients and redesigning the service flow based on their identified needs. ∞ Deployed an integrated database focused on agency wide key performance indicators spanning 25 service areas with varied funders.∞ Developed and implemented a nationally recognized innovative design for Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership, based on collaboration and collective impact, in response to the Office of Head Start/Office of Child Care layered funding quality improvement efforts.∞ Facilitated the change process and cultural growth for an agency that tripled in size (100 employees to over 300) during a six-month period, by creating a staff lead culture building process called “Pathfinders” with subsequent development of Leadership Values and a development series called “Take the Lead”.

Overall responsibility for developing systems focused on developing innovative treatment practices, de-institutionalization, reducing number of hospital days and supporting least restrictive environment.∞ Responsibilities included supervision and development of social work services, intern training program, and oversight of the in-patient education, clinical group programming, design of specialized treatment tracks, staff training, quality improvement projects, policy development, and public relations with schools, residential programs, state agencies and managed care organizations.∞ One of the first adolescent in-patient units to design and implement a treatment philosophy based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) aimed at reducing parasuicidal behavior and increasing ability to remain stable in the community.∞ Facilitated the strategic planning of restraint reduction from 2003-2007 achieving a 93% reduction in mechanical restraints moving the program from being described as an outlier to one below the state average and a best practice.

Master'S Degree, Clinical Social Work

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Philosophy And Women'S Studies

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