140 | CoLEAD Staffing Support Model: Care, Relationship, and Retention
Tracks
Workshop
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 |
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
Room 212-214 |
Session Overview
The Housing First service model requires innovation, strategy, and a sustainable workforce. To build and maintain a strong team, CoLEAD instituted a Staffing Care Model that intentionally and methodically supports case management and leadership needs, utilizing wellness techniques and varying implementation strategies. This workshop will offer an overview.
Description
The Housing First service model requires innovation, strategy, and a sustainable workforce. To build and maintain a strong team, CoLEAD instituted a Staffing Care Model that intentionally and methodically supports case management and leadership needs, utilizing wellness techniques and varying implementation strategies. This workshop will offer an overview.
Chevonna Gaylor
Clinical Director
Purpose Dignity Action
Presenter
Chevonna Gaylor, MA, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Expert. Although Chevonna has served most populations and clinical settings, she specializes in trauma-informed and culturally conscious services. She has extensive experience serving individuals facing community violence, homelessness, and human trafficking.
Jenea Burrell
CoLEAD Participant Support Specialist Supervisor
Purpose Dignity Action
Presenter
Jenea Burrell is a CoLEAD Participant Support Supervisor with over 13 years of housing case management and 9 years of leadership experience. Jenea graduated from Seattle Central Community College with a Bachelors of Social Work.
In past positions, she assisted in launching the Housing Connector and partnered with the Seattle Housing Authority and Seattle Public Schools in a pilot program that assisted participants experiencing homelessness in obtaining housing choice vouchers. Jenea was also worked as a Program Supervisor II for Regional Access Point (RAPs) which was the front door to Coordinated Entry for All (CEA). Services included: Path to Home program within in King County, assist with barriers to housing such as past eviction debt and one time move in payments.