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Kitchener, On, Ca

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

• Connects and integrates community engagement efforts across sectors, creating collaboration across parallel networks to leverage funding and maximize impact.• Leads policy and procedural working groups for social assistance, community housing, and housing stability, supporting knowledge exchange, collaboration, and best practices in holistic service delivery.• Makes recommendations for corrective actions and continuous service improvements, ensuring programs meet legislated and corporate standards.• Organizes work assignments, leads recruitment, arranges vacation coverage, manages performance issues, and provides program direction to staff.

Waterloo, Canada Area

• Through research and data analysis, develops investment plans, business cases, and other types of applications for federal, provincial, and other types of funding.• Communicates information about housing services programs and initiatives to Regional Council and the general public, enhancing community understanding about the importance of and impact of housing for all community members.• Develops and evaluates housing and homelessness programs and services in response to new funding streams and emerging community needs.• Summarizes, presents, updates and analyzes housing program data, identifying emerging needs to inform the use of technology and service improvements.• Provides proactive leadership, facilitation and problem-solving to the housing stability system and responds to areas of identified program need.

Guelph, Ontario

• Analyzes and evaluates impacts to existing and changing policies, programs and legislation, and develops recommendations for enhancing system capacity and impact• Develops policies and proposals to respond to identified program needs, including programs related to social assistance, income benefits, employment, poverty, homelessness and community development• Collects, analyzes and evaluates data related to service delivery and performance, identifying emerging needs to inform policy development and further analysis• Engages in social research to identify community trends, needs and issues, and utilitzing this information, undertake systems and program planning with the goal being to increase the quality of life of Ontario Works recipients• Promotes a broader, deeper understanding of the Ontario Works program and on related social development issues locally through leading the development of innovative research projects, the delivery of presentations to the community, and producing reports for internal and/or external use• Provides professional expertise on a wide range of social issues, enabling informed and anti-oppressive policy analysis

Waterloo, On

• Elected by the membership in March of 2013 to serve a one-year term• Supervised the entire staff and executive team of the association, which included two full time staff, one Vice-President and three Directors• Responsible for carrying out the Constitution & Bylaws, policies, regulations, and resolutions of the Corporation• Represented the GSA internally at Laurier, overseeing all business and services operations, including the management of staff• Lead the development of long-term goals, strategic planning, and priorities of the Corporation• Championed mental health on campus, acting as a leader and advocate in the development of a Comprehensive Mental Health/Wellness Strategy for Laurier• Ensured and maintained a high level of professionalism, transparency, and accountability to the GSA membership specifically, and to the University community more generally• Negotiated, approved, and signed all contracts and agreements with external parties onbehalf of the membership• Acted as the custodian of the Seal of the Corporation

Waterloo, On

• Created the Emergency Shelter Information and Referral Guide for Waterloo Region• Initiated and facilitated relationships with local hospitals to promote the implementation of collaborative policies between hospitals and emergency shelters• Developed and collaboratively implemented various forms, policies and procedures within the emergency shelter program• Through extensive research and consultation with local communities, created a Diversion Report and Toolkit to inform practices locally• Through the use of numerous resources and program pilot models, created a comprehensive report for the Safe and Effective Hospital Discharge for People Experiencing Homelessness, citing the importance of hospital discharge in promoting housing stability and overall health• Contributed to the April 2014 report on Family Homelessness in Waterloo Region

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Master Of Social Work (M.S.W.), Communities, Policy, Planning And Organizations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) With Distinction, Sociology And English