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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

* Supervise Assistant Commissioner of Support Services, Senior Directors of Residential and Community Operations, and five Regional Directors to ensure effective management of residential and community-based services.* Oversee the implementation of operational plans aligned with the strategic initiatives, ensuring adherence to agency goals and objectives.* Lead personnel decision-making processes, including hiring, training, and coaching plans to develop and retain high-performing staff.* Analyze national and state trends in juvenile justice to inform operational strategies and improve service delivery.* Build and maintain collaborative relationships with sister agencies and external stakeholders to enhance service coordination and case management.* Ensure the integration of clinical, educational, health, victim, and substance use services within operational frameworks to support comprehensive care.* Foster a culture of continuous improvement through performance monitoring and feedback mechanisms across all service areas.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Provide administrative leadership, direction, and oversight to programs designed for court-involved youth referred by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. These programs provide detention, assessment, treatment, stabilization and community reentry services for both male and female clients in residential and community based settings. Responsible for monitoring the hiring, training, budget development and maintenance of relationships with regional and state funding sources. Tasked with monitoring the operations of each juvenile justice program including compliance with licensing and accrediting organizations, program design as well as providing administrative supervision of all Program Directors in the juvenile justice cluster. Committed to ensuring the mission, goals and objectives of the agency as well as managing complex budgets, personnel issues, and service delivery needs of youth in care.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Provided supervision, leadership, budget management to DYS and DCF funded programs with total annual budget of 2.5 million dollars.• Provided sound fiscal management with yearly surpluses. • Conducted on-going training and supervision of over 45 staff members, including department heads and managers of varying disciplines.• Supplied direction and vision to 3 programs providing care to 30 female adolescent clients, including implementation of Occupational Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, psychopharmacological services and consultation, as well as individual and family therapy.• Successfully led programs through licensing studies and monitoring visits; while creating solid programmatic reputation with DEEC, DCF and DYS. • Led successful transition of DYS girls secure detention program to new residence, including staff training, procedural development, and formation of new programmatic systems.• Worked closely with agency’s Human Resources, Payroll, Information Technology, and Accounting Departments.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Provided clinical oversight of 12-bed Department of Youth Services secure facility for females in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system.• Supervised and trained clinical team, including clinicians, case manager, and interns within a secure detention, assessment, and revocation program.• Provided training to over 25 residential and support staff on topics that include effective modes of communication, maintaining appropriate boundaries, trauma-informed care, interpersonal communication, suicide prevention, and understanding clinical diagnoses.• Researched and implemented clinical model across a milieu setting by gaining corporate and administrative support, consulting with academic practitioner and researcher, and training program staff.• Developed a gender-responsive and strength-based approach to DYS advocacy program which empowered staff and provided residents with stronger therapeutic services.• Implemented group programming to include gender-responsive substance abuse, trauma, self-esteem, and social skill building.• Conducted individual and group counseling as well as crisis management/planning • Created essential partnerships with colleges and community programs.• Provided quality assurance by developing and reviewing assessments, treatment plans, discharge summaries, and client files.• Enhanced service delivery by implementing modified DBT modules of mindfulness and distress tolerance techniques to be appropriate for a secure setting.• Worked with prescribing physicians and multi-disciplinary team to discuss clients, diagnoses, and psychopharmacological treatment.• Co-Chair of the Annual Through Her Eyes Conference, (2007-Present) chairing committees focused on attracting and selecting conference presenters, ensuring youth participation, and obtaining sponsorship.• Provided 24 hour clinical on-call assistance to program staff.

• Conducted individual and group therapy.• Conducted psychosocial assessments of youth newly committed to the Department of Youth Services in order to determine future placements and treatment needs.• Provided crisis intervention for adolescents in secure juvenile justice facility.• Participated in multi-disciplinary meetings to assist in consultation and planning for residents.

Msw, Casework

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology