Robert E. Cade

MBA MSW LSW

Cleveland, Ohio ***08

216-***-****

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Mental Health Therapist

Excellent leadership, business acumen, and program management skills leveraged to launch impactful programs.

Passionate advocate successful in leading people, processes, and systems to improve overall operations for a variety of businesses in the Ohio area. Equipped with dual master’s degrees in Business Administration and Social Work, seeking to direct programs that affect diverse populations. Years of dedicated experience in business from entry level through top executive status. Skilled experience in marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling and addictions counseling. Able to help patients cope with behavioral, mental, and emotional problems that interfere with their daily lives and organize treatment programs. Leveraging experience and academic background to develop, implement, and evaluate community programs, providing expertise in the development of challenging and inspiring initiatives. Committed leader and mentor, combining vision and creativity to launch programs that affect positive change.

Highlights of Expertise

Program Management / Development

Staff Leadership and Teambuilding

Organizational Change Management

Community Outreach / Engagement

Strategic Planning and Analysis

Internal / External Communications

Stakeholder Management

Budget Administration

Public Speaking / Presentations

Volunteer Relations / Coordination

Integrative Problem Solving

Project Leadership / Management

Fundraising and Grantmaking Operations

Social Investment Strategy / Consulting

Career Experience

Growing Youth Development Center, South Euclid, OH

Program Administrator (2023 to Current)

Assure parents/guardians that their children will be in a safe, healthy environment where staff will strive to meet emotional, social, and physical needs. Work to create a happy, warm, and exciting environment that is inviting, comfortable, flexible, and manageable for the children.

Utilize substantial childcare experience in maximizing educational and social experience for children at Growing Youth.

Conduct hiring and training of all personnel at center

Oversees the daily operation, including budgeting, regulatory compliance issues, and recruitment of parents and children.

Catholic Charities, Cleveland, OH

Mental Health Therapist II (2019 to 2020)

Applied my strengths in mental health education to help support participants in substance abuse recovery to sustain productive lives.

Provide weekly one-to-one counseling and crisis intervention as needed.

Prepare weekly treatment plans and discharge planning in helping families to advance within the therapeutic model.

Provide crisis intervention when needed and make appropriate referrals and/or establish precautionary measures if necessary.

North Shore Elite Properties, Cleveland, OH

Leading Contractor (2009 to Current)

Demonstrated success overseeing residential construction projects. Committed to achieving goals for project efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness. Equally effective in leadership or hands-on ability. Skilled at isolating and solving problems at all project stages.

manage on-time, cost-effective delivery of residential construction projects

Collaborate with other project specialists and workers, including engineers, architects, and stonemasons

Supervise contractors, ensuring adherence to work quality and efficiency standards

Monitor job sites for prominent levels of safety and legal compliance

Provide regular updates to the head office on the progress of each project

Phuel Café, Cleveland, OH

Business Consultant (2014 to 2018)

Leveraged strategic leadership and industry expertise to structure long-term approaches that shaped the overall design of this organization, working diligently to maximize resources while managing all aspects of operations. Directed and developed continuous improvement projects that.

Constructed strategies for proactive and responsive support, providing analysis and guidance to advance program objectives; worked with the finance team to define internal systems, and oversee operational budgets.

Structured operations by promoting team collaboration to establish company objectives and drive the decision-making process; built a solid foundation by focusing on teamwork on customer satisfaction.

Keenly focused on developing teams and nourishing professional development, empowered the analysis of data and information to shape customer engagements and production decisions.

Just Like Mom’s Restaurant, Cleveland, OH

Director of Operations / Master Chef (2004 to 2014)

Created business development growth strategies to launch this innovative family restaurant, implementing strategic processes across all revenue streams to deliver a sustainable competitive advantage. Led a team of 25 professionals in addition to coordinating catering services. Maintained strong communications, fostering cross-team collaboration to drive profitable revenue; reviewed the analyses of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to track results.

Introduced multi-departmental training curriculum programs, accurately identifying and addressing opportunities to optimize performance and maximize returns.

Leveraged customer satisfaction data and purchase patterns to generate seasonal metrics for waste; enabling the creation of recipes, menus, and specials according to the results.

Serve as the Master Chef, introducing dynamic approaches to opportunities and designed innovative menus that inspired guests and created memorable experiences.

Community Leadership

Community, Assessment, and Treatment Services, Cleveland, OH (2017 to 2019)

Interned, providing analysis and guidance to advance objectives. Served in multiple capacities to support the organization’s mission including reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating projects as well as providing counseling services to Federal Probationers; utilized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to encourage client’s changed behavior. Facilitated support groups including Thinking For A Change (TFAC) and Alcohol & Substance Abuse (AOD).

St. John Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH (2017)

Directed and developed initiatives that brought value and enhanced community engagement, leading multi-disciplinary teams of outreach staff serving the community. Oversaw the selection and execution of programs, factoring in environmental, social, and economic factors, focusing on the local Food Bank Program.

William M. Bishop Cosgrove Center, Cleveland, OH (2013)

Served in multiple capacities to support the organization’s mission of feeding the homeless.

Education & Credentials

Master of Business Administration (May 2022)

University of Akron, Akron, OH – Dean’s List

Relevant Coursework: Managing People in Organization; Leading and Influencing; Professional Integrity; Negotiation in the Workplace; Labor Management Relations

Master of Social Work (2019)

University of Akron, Akron, OH – Dean’s List

Relevant Coursework: Social Work Ethics; Social Work Practice I & IV; Social Work Research I & II; Human Behavior and the Social Environment; Social Work Policy; Human Diversity; Psychology; Sociology; Substance Use & Abuse; Introduction to Addiction; Addiction Assessment / Treatment Planning; Evidence-Based Practice for Addiction; Psychopathology & Social Work

Psychopharmacology Treatment; Program Evaluation; Addiction & the Family; Diversity in American Society

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (2017)

University of Akron, Akron, OH

Associate of Business Administration

Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH

Accomplishments & Honors

Inducted into Phi Alpha MSW National Social Work Honor Society (2019)

Inducted into The National Society of Leadership and Success (2017)

Inducted into The Multicultural Honor Society (2017)

Inducted into The Golden Key International Honor Society (2016)

Inducted into The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Professional Licenses & Certifications

Licensed Social Worker (LSW) / Ohio’s Counselor, Social Worker, & MFT Board

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) / Ohio’s Chemical Dependency Professional Board

Adult CPR/AED, Child CPR and First Aid / American Red Cross

Career Pathways Level 4 / Ohio Professional Registry / OCCRRA

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