Workforce Development A Full-Time
Resume:
Deborah J. Saucedo, MSW, LSW
**** ***** ********** ******, *******, Illinois 60608
Qualified in Social Work Administration, Leadership Development, and Workforce Development
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Passionate results-oriented professional with 30 years of progressive accomplishments in human services
Visionary leader with the ability to assemble an exemplary team who embraces innovative intervention practice
Ability to create a workplace that emphasizes cultural humility and a respectful attitude toward diverse points of view
Ability to engage and encourage individuals to meet their full potential
Creates an environment that outlines clear expected results for employees by process-oriented direction
Uses implementation science theory to plan for, implement, and sustain creative intervention programs
Exemplary management skills with the ability to operate in accordance with budgets
Ability to gain trust and establish credibility among stakeholders
Advanced skills in leadership development with the ability to delegate and coach employees to exceed standards
Accepts responsibility for fulfilling the company mission statement and vision
QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS
Mission driven
Coaches and trains new staff for successful outcomes
Known for providing high quality deliverables
Builds strong interdependent relationships
Works hands on and collaboratively
Establishes strong working partnerships
Design and implement internship programs
Creates and sustains a well-organized infrastructure
Exceptional engagement skills
Delegates authority and holds staff accountable
Full cycle recruitment skills
Recruitment and interviewing skills
Fiscally responsible
Strategic marketing skills
Creative fund-raising skills
Recruits mission-driven, reliable volunteers/interns
Creates a positive agency identity among collaterals
Excellent oral and written presentation skills
Proficient in presentation/training to diverse audiences
Compliant with state and federal contract expectations
Proficient in Foster Care Rules and Procedures
Proficient in Intact Family Services
Proficient in application of Evidence Based Models
Influences staff to exceed state and federal standards
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
An established leader in child welfare who gains credibility and trust by consistently exceeding standards, by implementing service delivery with unwavering integrity, and by aligning with the agency’s mission and vision. Responsible for the overall leadership, management and organizational development of agency programs including intake, staff development, training, curriculum development, grant writing, trauma informed practice and planning, foster care, adoption preparation, post-adoption intervention services, parenting training, and early childhood education.
Developed budgets for state and federal contracts and exercised proper control over expenditures to remain on target with the allocated expenses.
Developed new programs from the planning stage to implementation for evidence-based programs and interns
Developed strategic plans for programmatic implementation and designed outcome-based measurements to oversee the effectiveness of programs and services.
Established programmatic credibility with Stakeholders by achieving state Annual Compliance Review scores that averaged 99% over a six-year period.
Designed competency-based training for four teams to increase programmatic treatment fidelity that resulted in a 25% increase during state compliance reviews.
Created an environment that redefined problems as opportunities for growth by practicing sound decision making in collaboration with stakeholders and agency staff.
Assigned to programs that were not meeting stakeholder requirements to produce long-term positive results by analyzing barriers, enforcing clear expectations, setting high standards, and implementing change.
Collaborated with the Children’s Bureau and IDCFS in activities related to the multi-faceted diligent recruitment project that addresses a transformative platform for improved system response to permanency as it relates to IDCFS policy, rules and legislation.
SUPERVISION AND TRAINING
Initiation of a leadership development plan that outlined professional development goals for supervisors, which would allow for coaching their teams for high performance, practicing effective communication, leading and implementing change, and managing the employment relationship.
Collaborated with Senior Management team to develop a competency-based training program for new and emerging leaders with the goal of creating excellence in program outcomes through excellence in leadership.
Twenty-five years’ experience supervising program and management staff.
Fifteen years’ experience with developing competency-based training curriculum and evaluating implementation
Low turnover rate in staffing patterns.
Management and stakeholders’ recognition for exemplary practice in service delivery and evidence-based models
EXPERIENCE
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Associate Executive Director - Cook July 2019 – June 2023
Foster Care Program Director September 2016-July 2019
Illinois Center for Adoption and Permanency/Adoptions Unlimited, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
One Hope United
FamilyCare of Illinois
The Youth Campus
Hephzibah Children’s Association
Affiliated Psychologists, Ltd.
Senior Director of Operations
Recruitment and Kin Connection Project
Project Director
Child Welfare Permanency and Adoptions Supervisor
Supervisor II – Foster Care, Lake Villa
Director of Programs – Cook County
System of Care Coordinator
Training Coordinator
Supervisor II – System of Care
Director of Family Based Services
Foster Care Supervisor
Child and Family Therapist
Family Preservation Worker I
MSW Intern – Family Preservation Worker
Crisis Intervention Specialist
Marketing Specialist
October 2014 – September 2016
January 2011 – July 2016
October 2009 – January 2011
February 2009 – October 2009
December 2006 – February 2009
March 2006 – December 2006
April 2004 – March 2006
March 2003 – April 2004
October 1997 – June 2002
April 1995 – October 1997
February 1994 – April 1995
May 1993 – February 1994
August 1992 – May 1993
October 1989 – August 1992
EDUCATION
Masters in Social Work Graduated May, 1993
University of Illinois, Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology Graduated May,1983
Ball State University, Muncie Indiana
Certified in CERAP – November 1995, Child Care Act – June 1996, Foster Family Homes – June 1996,
DCFS Child Welfare Employee Licensure – Issued December 2004, CANS 2.0 Certified Trainer, May 2009, Treatment Foster Care of Oregon, October 2016
PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Project Director – Illinois Recruitment and Kin Connection Project (2010 – 2015) - (https://library.childwelfare.gov) Getting Connected. Staying Connected. - Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families- Grant #90.CO.5013 – Developed front-end family finding model based on Child Centered diligent recruitment. Planned and implemented sustainability for IDCFS and influenced change in rules, policy and procedure, law, diligent recruitment and daily child welfare practice.
Publication – Scott C. Leon, Deborah J. Saucedo and Kristin Jachymiak. “Keeping it in the family: The impact of a Family Finding intervention on placement, permanency, and well-being outcomes” Children and Youth Services Review Vol.70 lss. 70 (2016) p. 163-170 – available at http://works.bepress.com/scot-leon/9/
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Available upon request
Deborah J. Saucedo, MSW, LSW
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