Résumé

Jeffrey S. Bormaster L.C.S.W.

814 NE 28^th St Wilton Manors, FL 33334

4305 Minori Ct #2  Palm Desert, CA 92260

[email protected]      760.333.9056     

20 years Public sector experience; 15 years in supervisory/ management roles

30 years Non-profit work; 30 years in supervisory/ management roles

EDUCATION:           

Masters in Social Work, 1988                                   University of Texas at Austin

Masters in Education Administration, 1974         University of Texas at Austin                                 

Bachelor in Education, 1970                                     University of Texas at Austin

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2012 –Present       Independent Consultant/Trainer, (California/Florida based)

Providing consultation and training to private, public, and corporate agencies that want to:

• improve their clinical service delivery practices and performance in foster care, residential/group home, mental health and substance use/abuse
• more effectively recruit and retain staff through success focused non-punitive supervision. 
• integrate trauma recovery into practice with staff and clients/students.
• learn how to effectively work with challenging clients, children, and families
• institutionalizing evidence-based practices
• make Quality Improvement a simple integrated process
• collecting the “right” data for effective decision making

1999 To 2012           Senior Director for Special Projects and Director of National Benchmarking Project,

          Child Welfare League of America, Washington DC (California based) 

• Provided consultation and training to public and private child welfare organizations throughout the United States and internationally related to clinical/ program and organizational improvement

1991 To 1999   Regional Director, Foster Care and Family Service, Moss Beach Homes for Children, Daly City, CA

• Expanded services from one office with staff of 3 serving 45 children to six offices with staff of 55 serving over 500 youth with an annual budget of $ 13.5 million

• Coordinated agency-wide accreditation activities for foster care, therapeutic foster care, residential care, adoptions, home-based services and school-based community mental health

1995 - 1997   Project Director, Sunset Beacon (concurrent responsibility)

• Director of the Sunset Family-Counseling Clinic (Medi-Cal Mental Health Services) 
• Wrote and directed grants and fundraising in excess of $ 500,000 

1989 - 1991   Supervisor of Excel Group Homes 

• Hired, trained and supervised staff of 15 in three community-based group homes serving 18 adolescents

1987 – 1989   Senior Chemical Dependency Therapist, Garden Sullivan Recovery Center, San Francisco, CA

• Supervised and provided case management, individual and group therapy for hospitalized dual diagnosed chemically dependent clients.

1984 – 1986              Executive Director, Groveland Recovery Center, Austin, TX

• Executive Director for an outpatient substance abuse treatment program.  Responsibilities included hiring and supervision of program staff, community marketing, budget management and clinical oversight.

1982 – 1984              Principal, Lake Travis Middle - High School, Lake Travis, TX

• Provided leadership to new school with 290 students in grades 6–12.  Responsibilities included hiring and supervision of staff, budget planning and monitoring and community relations.

1972 - 1982               Texas Dept. of Education: Education Service Center, Region XIII, Austin, TX

1980 - 1982   Coordinator of Staff Development  

• Designed and managed Training Cooperative for 59 fee-paying school districts serving 8,000 personnel

1976 - 1980   Director, Central Texas Teacher Center, San Marcos, TX and Federal Coordinator of Southern Regional Teacher Centers

• Designed and directed the Central Texas Teacher’s Center, a regional training center serving 12,000 central Texas educators. Concurrently, served as the Federal Coordinator for 12 southern federally funded Teacher Centers and the Washington DC Federal Teacher Center Program

 1972 - 1976   Grants Writer and Manager 

•  Wrote school improvement grants with a 90% funding success rate.

AREAS OF TRAINING AND CONSULTATION:

Personnel:

                                    Supervision for Success: Using a Success Focused Supervision Model     

Building and Organizational Culture to Support Trauma Treatment and Recovery

                                     Utilizing best Human Resources Practices

Governance:

                                    Policy and Procedures Review and Improvement

                                    Strategic Planning

Program/Operations:

                                    Success-focused Practice in Foster Care

Success-focused Practice in Residential Settings

Executive Functioning Skills; Successfully Working With Challenging Clients

Program Audit 

                                    Clinical Program Improvement 

PUBLICATIONS:     

• Leading Outside the Box – monthly newsletter on best practices and improving organizational success since 2012 

• Trauma Treatment (an online training course) 2014

• Classroom Trauma Indicators Checklist, 2014 co-author

• Adult Trauma Indicators Checklist, 2016 co-author

• Supervision for Success©, 2016, 2018, online course 2021

• Talking, Listening, Communicating ©, 1993

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, California LCS 15130

• Life Teaching Credential and School Administrator, State of Texas   

National Provider Number 1295932804