Manager Training

Seth Watterson

**** ****** ******* ? Columbus Ohio 43221 ? E-mail: ***********@*****.***

? 614-***-**** home/614-***-**** cell

Objective:

I have over 40 years of experience in the field of human services at all

levels. Over these years I have worked for both Public and Private Agencies

in direct services, supervision, support, strategic planning, mediation and

training. I want to use my skills and make a difference in an agency that

has important work to do.

Education:

One Year of a Two Year Master's in Education-Adult Learning, Ohio State

University 1989

Masters in Public Administration 1976

Central State University of Michigan, Columbus, Ohio branch

Masters Thesis on empowerment of agencies to make real changes in people's

lives.

Gestalt Certified Counselor 1975

Gestalt Institute of Central Ohio, Columbus, Ohio

Bachelors of Arts in Social Science 1968

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Employment:

Academic Coach 2007 - July 2008

Educational Services Center of Franklin County, Columbus

Ohio

I have worked as part of a team

of Academic Coaches working with Columbus Public Elementary and Middle

Schools to get out of Academic Emergency/Watch. I worked directly with two

elementary Schools, Windsor, Lincoln Park and the 46 teachers and staff to

give the recourses and support they needed in addressing the students that

were struggling. This position was a one year contract on an overall three

year program.

Family Conference Coordinator/Resource Manager 2004 - 2006

The Buckeye Ranch, Columbus, Ohio

Responsible for the development of family based services for the Child

Welfare Managed Care program for the Ranch, Permanent Family Solutions

Network. Worked with the schools on the development of Individualized

Education Plans for the children who had difficulty in school.

Program Manager 1988 - 2003

Institute for Human Services, Columbus, Ohio

Worked with team to build 23 Treatment Foster Care Networks across Ohio.

Worked with each Network to develop and train highly skilled family

caregivers responsible for fostering the most challenging children. Helped

develop advocate training for families, foster patents and volunteers

working with children. Trained trainers to teach the core curriculum for

foster and adoptive caregivers. Also responsible for developing, training

and mentoring over 500 contract trainers for the Ohio Child Welfare

Training System.

Program Manager 1985 - 1988

Ohio Department of Human Services, Columbus, Ohio

Worked with the Medicaid, AIDS, PASSPORT (prior to the Department of Aging)

and the Disability Waiver programs. Helped set up administrative rules,

monitored the service delivery of local agencies and problem solved issues

to make sure clients were able to get services. Served as the initial

Director of the Title 4E Independent Living Program. Developed/monitored

local programs for 16- and 17-year-old youth who were in the custody of the

Child Welfare System to help them become independent adults.

President 1982 - 1985

Ability Recovery Services, Columbus, Ohio

Started private industrial rehabilitation agency serving large self-insured

companies for worker's compensation issues. Acted as administrative head

and managed a caseload of 15 injured workers during their recovery

services, including medical, drug management, re-training and their return

to work.

Treatment Foster Parent 1978 - 1981

Youth Advocate Services, Columbus, Ohio

Part of team that established and ran a Treatment Foster Care Network that

worked with all the children placed in the network work toward family

reunification.

Juvenile Justice Coordinator 1973 - 1978

Ohio Department of Development, Office of Criminal Justice, Columbus, Ohio

Responsible for managing a staff of 11 in administering Law Enforcement

Assistance Administration's efforts to de-institutionalize children who had

committed status offenses. Responsible for an annual budget of more than

$5 million for local programs to provide options to institutionalization

for these children.

Budget Officer/Juvenile Justice Program Developer 1971 - 1973

Los Angeles Regional Office of Criminal Justice, Los Angeles, California

Responsible for both the administrative budget and the grant budget.

Managed staff of three, payroll and presented the administrative budget to

our Board. Worked with State Auditors in monitoring the budget. Also

worked with local agencies in the Los Angeles area to develop grants and

serve the targeted populations the grant monies were meant to serve.

Juvenile Probation Officer 1968 - 1971

Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles, California

Supervised and managed group of teenage boys in ensuring they were

responsible in conducting their daily activities. Worked in the community

and managed a caseload of 30 youth who had been placed on probation.

Prepared reports, counseled and worked with families to prevent these youth

from becoming further involved in the court system.

Neighborhood Workshop Coordinator 1967 - 1968

City of East Cleveland, Ohio

Worked in organizing community efforts and empowering the citizens to

demand more from their local governments, Housing and Urban Development

Pilot Program.

Childcare Worker 1965 - 1967

Bellefaire Children's Home, Cleveland, Ohio

Worked with teenage boys with severe emotional problems.

Volunteer Activities:

Court Appointed Special Advocate

(CASA)

Trained and worked with over 15 children and their families as an officer

of the court to represent the best interests of a child in development of

case plans approved by the Court.

Parenthesis Family

Advocates

I was the first Board

President for Parenthesis and helped this program get started 20 years ago.

Greater Columbus Rowing

Association

Serves as President and was

instrumental in the development of a Youth Rowing Program.

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