Training Manager

**** * ****** ***** **.

Lot C-** Bourbonnais, Il. 60914

Phone 815-***-****

email **************@*******.***

Kristina L Devors

Objective To increase skills working with vulnerable populations.

Education

Governors State University University Park, Il.

Master of Social Work

. Concentration in children and families.

Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, Il.

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work

. Dean's List Spring and Fall 2000

Work Experience 2008-2010 Charleston Transitional Facility Homewood,

Il.

Case Manager/Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

. Responsible for scheduling and attending psychiatric

visits.

. Write service plans and goals for all residents on

caseload, responsible for training on goals and

implementation.

. Resolve Social Security, Public Aid, and Medicaid

issues.

. Behavior Management/Human Rights Committee

documentation.

. Staff training/CILA meetings.

. Observation/Direct Service if needed.

. Write Behavior Support Plans.

. Behavior Management/Prevention.

. Admit/Discharge

. Overall supervision of residents' plan of care.

2006-2008 Good Shepherd Manor Momence, Il.

Qualified Mental Retardation Professional/Residential

Services Director

. Responsible to develop a written Individual Habilitation

Plan that assures vocational, behavioral, and medical

needs are planned for and addressed in accordance with

policies and regulations. Assures the home environment

is in accordance with these same regulations. Makes sure

these are appropriate for the individual.

. Develop training programs with goals that are realistic

and measurable. Ensure staff are trained on how to

implement the goals as well as making sure they are

revised when needed as well as appropriate.

. Develop a list of task that need to be done for the

resident.

Includes shopping, hygiene tasks, meal supervision,

etc.

. Develop the individual's schedule as well as doing

monthly progress notes to keep updated on how they are

progressing.

. In charge of convening the Interdisciplinary Team to get

input on how to serve the individual.

. Assuring their home is safe through staff supervision,

drills, safety inspections, maintenance upkeep, etc.

. Resident advocate.

. Keep in constant communication with the families.

. Interviewing, scheduling, selecting, evaluating, and

disciplining assigned staff. Communicates with staff

through staff meetings.

. Assure staff training is done in timely manner.

. Facility supervision to assure safety in the home.

. Coordinating referrals, admissions, discharges,

transfers, and visits to and from the facility.

2001-2006 United Developmental Services Kankakee, Il.

Service Plan Manager/QMRP

. Development of and implementation of individual service

plans.

. Assessing individuals in direct training and preparing

assessments that included direct observations.

. Keeping properly organized, updated, and prepared

records.

. Training, educating in functional/social/developmental

areas in the classroom, workshop, and community

settings.

. Aiding individuals on and off agency vehicles.

. Helping with toileting and other hygiene tasks.

. Helping direct trainers teach individuals a new task

. Greeting individuals to help them start the day

positively.

. Record review member. This job included reviewing

records every 3 months to make sure they were updated

and complete.

2000-2001 Avenue Bourbonnais, Il.

Sales Associate

. Suggesting outfits to customers.

. Helping customers with any questions or concerns they

may have.

. Keeping the store neat, clean, presentable.

Career Related Experiences

Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Aunt Martha's Kankakee, Il.

CCBYS/PPT Intern

. Writing MRAI follow up letters in response to families

in crisis.

. Pregnancy/parenting infant education

. Referring to community services

. Intake/assessment

. Counseling teenagers in crisis/non mandated clients

. Filing, billing, and case note recording

Winter-Spring 2001 Bethany Christian Services Chicago,

Il.

Foster Care/Adoption Intern

. Home visits

. Home studies

. Court appearances

. Case notes

. Transracial adoption conference speaker

. Filing and research

Training QMRP Course Coordinator Training, First Aid Training, CPR

Training, Active Treatment, Blood Borne Pathogens, Behavior

Intervention Plans, Time Management, Seizure Training and

Treatment Strategies for Individuals with Developmental

Disabilities and Substance Abuse, Direct Service Personnel

Training, Medication Administration, Management Training,

Sexual Abuse and the Developmentally Disabled, Being an

Effective First Time Supervisor training, Reality Therapy

training and certified 4/18/07, Rule 50 training, and Basic

Investigative Skills training.

Extracurricular

Interests/Activities 2007-present Teenager Sunday School Teacher

. Memorize verses

. Talk through issues they're facing

. Gatherings, parties, conferences, etc.

2006-present Member of National Association of Social

Workers

2001-2004 Youth Group Leader

. Spent three hours per week with teens teaching lessons

and helping them memorize and learn verses.

. Weekly activities pertaining to the lessons.

. Counseling teens when situations arose and they wanted

to talk.

2000. Youth for Christ

. Spent one night per week doing activities and talking

with at risk teenagers.

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