Richard Coleman

Experience

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  Ramsey County

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2011

  - Manage and direct operations for child protection assessment and case management units. six direct reports and fifty indirect staff reports Organize, coordinate, monitor and evaluate service area functions. Developed and facilitated the county permanency review team for long term foster care children. Provide monitoring and oversight of child welfare contracted vendors and contract maintenance. Implementation of policies, practice, training and regulations. Maintain child protection area budget in (excess of $3 million) Show less

  • Division Manager ( Child Protection Case Management )

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2011

  • Unit Supervisor ( Child Protection )

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  • Social Worker

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1999
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  Casey Family Programs

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Collaberative Faculty

  Plan, develop and facilitate breakout sessions for quarterly national learning sessions Coaching, mentoring and technical assistance for collaborative teams from the Departments of Human Services for the states of Utah, Oklahoma and Maryland. Facilitate the work of Kinship Care Breakthrough Series Collaborative. Facilitate monthly team conference calls and team extranet data postings and assignments. Guest lecturer and presenter for regional and national conferences/workshops.

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  Regional & National Presentations

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2017

  Presenter / Guest lecturer

  • 2005 California Breakthrough Series on Differential Response/ Keynote speaker: Sustaining and Spreading Systemic Change , California Department of Human Services, Sacramento,CA• 2007 Casey Family Program Expert Panel, Baltimore, MD (Permanency through Timely Reunification)• 2007 Panelist- Poverty and Neglect Conference, Baltimore, MD Casey Family Programs• 2008 Presenter- King County Coalition on Racial Disproportionality, Seattle, WA: Addressing Disproportionality through Transformational Systemic Change. University of Washington• 2008 Presenter- CSSP-Alliance for Racial Equity, Ninth Annual Retreat, Greensboro, NC Ramsey County Racial Equity Scorecard/Data Presentation • 2008 Presenter- Building on a Strong Foundation moving to Scale/Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative St. Louis, MO Using Data to Address Racial Equity 2009 Presenter- Poverty and Neglect Conference, Differential Response, Pittsburgh, PA Casey Family Program 2010 Presenter- Overcoming Racism Conference, Understanding Internalized racial superiority and Internalized racial oppression: a cognitive behavioral approach, William Mitchell College., St. Paul MN 2014-Presenter-Social Work Certification Classes- Licensing, Supervision & Ethics// Ethically Managing Performance Issues // Cross Cultural Supervision, Salvation Army North Division, Roseville, MN 2016- Presenter (NASW) National Association of Social Workers 26th Annual Conference" Navigating the Winds of Change: Transforming lives in Minnesota - workshop-Managing Performance. University of Minnesota 2017 - Presenter Cross-Cultural Supervision and Ethics. Training/Presentation (MSSA) Minnesota Social Services Association: 124th Annual training conference expo, Assuming our Responsibility for Change/Hilton Hotel , Minneapolis, MN Show less

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  The College of St. Scholastica

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2022

  Responsible for administration and overall delivery,quality and ongoing assessment of the undergraduate social work program. Position tasks include: teaching, marketing and promotion, program development, implementation, management and evaluation. Collaboration with area community colleges, curriculum development, recruit, hire and supervise adjunct faculty, student services, recruitment and retention, review and admit students, review applications for graduation, academic advisement, direct instruction of core social work courses on-ground, online , international and hybrid Show less

  • Assistant Professor /Social Work Program Coordinator

    Jul 2014 - Sept 2022

  • Instructor/ Social Work Field Coordinator

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
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  Cornerstone Advocacy Services

  Jun 2015 - Mar 2024

  Emergency Services Advocate
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  International Social Service, USA Branch

  Jun 2020 - now

  Consultant

  arrange, coordinate and compete home studies for adoption and custody transfers for international agencies seeking child placement and oversight in Minnesota

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  Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA)

  Sept 2022 - now

  Metro Staff Trainer- Human Services Representative II

  deliver foundation training for new child protection/ child welfare workers ( county and tribal ) assist in curriculm development and provide assistance for DEI team , metro counties training liason