Darlene Mitchell-Sylak

Experience

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  LUCAS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL AND COURT SERVICES

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1994

  Release Counselor, High Risk Probation Officer, Pre-Sentence Investigator
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  WESTERN OHIO REGIONAL TREATMENT AND HABILITATION CENTER

  Aug 1994 - Aug 1996

  Program Director

  Coordination, planning and supervision of all treatment program activities. Review applications, interview and hire all casemanagers and other treatment staff. Perform probationary and yearly staff evaluations. Investigate and discipline staff as needed. Assist with program statistics. Serve as Director in absence of Executive Director. Develop and implement policies and procedures. Train and supervise all treatment staff. Coordination of student interns and other various volunteers. Hold and chair various committee meetings. Show less

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  LUCAS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT FACILITY

  Aug 1996 - Feb 1997

  Department Director

  Oversee operations and management of a 110 bed community based correctional facility. Management and supervision of 53 staff, including corrections officers and various professional staff. Complete yearly evaluations and monitor overall evaluation process. Interview and hire staff, oversee payroll, monitor overtime costs, perform investigations and staff discipline activities. Monitor overall facility security. Create and implement policy, procedures and treatment programming. Administration of a 2.6 million dollar budget. Evaluation, research and planning. Show less

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  WESTERN OHIO REGIONAL TREATMENT AND HABILITATION CENTER

  Feb 1997 - Dec 1997

  Executive Director

  Oversee operations of a 94 bed community based correctional facility. Management and supervision of 60 staff. Perform human resource functions such as interviewing and hiring, oversee payroll operations, manage overtime and personnel budget, internal investigations and employee discipline and employment termination activities. Complete EEO and Civil Rights packets, participate in mediation hearings and represent the agency at unemployment hearings. Oversight of employee benefits. Negotiated new benefits package for staff. Create and implement agency policy and procedure. Gain and maintain appropriate accreditations and state standards. Monitor overall intense treatment programming. Administer a 2.3 million dollar budget. Evaluation, grant writing and research. Show less

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  VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF TOLEDO

  Dec 1997 - Jul 1999

  Director of Corrections

  Management and supervision of 60 staff, including correctional officers and professional staff. Assure compliance with state and federal standards. Wrote and implemented policies and procedures to ensure Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services certification and American Correctional Association accreditation. Responsible for investigation and resolution of inmate grievances. Performed some human relations functions such as interviewing, staff investigations and discipline and employment termination. Creation and revision of policy and procedures. Conduct training for staff. Show less

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  OHIO LINK CORRECTIONS

  Jul 1999 - Aug 2001

  Regional Director

  Overseeing establishment and operations of new Halfway House facility. Responsible for obtaining and maintaining ACA accreditation, as well as maintaining Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Bureau of Prisons and local compliance with standards. Management of all staff and budget operations. Investigation and resolution of all inmate grievances and investigation of allegations of staff misconduct. Perform human resources functions such as payroll for all staff, managing overtime and personnel budget, approval and monitoring of all leave requests, interviewing and hiring of all staff, discipline and termination of employment. Public relations, grant writing and oversight, program development. Show less

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  OHIO DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES

  Aug 2001 - Oct 2005

  Regional Administrator

  Oversee 21 county parole office and supervise 21 staff. Perform various human resource duties such as reviewing and scoring applications, certification lists, interviewing, hiring, investigating allegations of staff misconduct or juveniles' rights violations, discipline and exit interviews and paperwork. Completed internal investigations and union arbitration training. Administer budget and community contracts. Staff training. Attend administrative state level meetings and serve on various local community committees. Ensure compliance with American Correctional Association standards and documentation for re-accreditation. Show less

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  Westwood College Online

  May 2005 - now

  Adjunct instructor

  Teach various undergraduate criminal justice classes for the online college.

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  REHABILITATION AND CORRECTIONS/TOLEDO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

  Oct 2005 - Jun 2008

  Accreditation Manager

  Ensure compliance for all operations of an 1100 bed prison, including personnel and human resources areas. Reviewed, revised and wrote various local personnel policies. Member of the institution EEO committee. Perform inspections and report on non-compliant activity. Coordinate compliance activities with all department heads. Perform duties as second-back up for Institution Public Information Officer. Perform staff training duties in areas of accreditation, discrimination and harassment, EEO, policies and procedures, cultural diversity and management of a multi-generational workforce. Perform auditor functions for other state institutions. Serve as auditor for the American Correctional Association for Adult Correctional Institutions, as well as Adult Community Residential Programs. These audits include monitoring of personnel records, EEO compliance, staff evaluations and hiring practices. Show less

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  NAKAMOTO GROUP

  Jun 2008 - Nov 2010

  Compliance Reviewer

  Monitor and report on compliance for various facilities holding foreign detainees. Perform inspections of all areas of operations, including inmate rights, medical services and other various areas on detention to monitor compliance with National Immigration and Custom Enforcement Detention Standards. Investigate and report serious incidents and serious life-safety issues. Provide monthly reports on compliance and provide technical assistance and training as needed.

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  Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

  Nov 2008 - May 2014

  Correctional Warden Assistant II/Unit Management Administrator

  Formerly Unit Management Administrator - Warden Assistant as of 8/26/12. As Unit Management Administrator responsible for all unit management staff including Unit Managers, Case Managers, Correctional Counselors, and clerical staff. Responsible for programming for close and maximum security inmates. As Warden Assistant responsible for overseeing Rules Infraction Board Process, inmate appeals, restitution, inmate assault reports, ACA accreditation and community linkage. Oversee staff training, health and safety and network administration departments. Show less

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  Bowling Green State University

  Nov 2009 - now

  Adjunct instructor

  Teach various criminal justice classes in the Masters of Criminal Justice online program.

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  Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio

  May 2014 - Apr 2018

  Program Director Toledo Residential Reentry Center
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  Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital

  Apr 2018 - now

  Performance Improvement Director