Kevin Davidson

I have spent the last 15 years working for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a CPS and foster care worker and a data analyst.  My passion is in leadership and employee engagement. I am currently pursuing a graduate degree in leadership. 

Relevant Work Experience

Senior Services Specialist 12                                    May 2023 – Present

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Isabella County, MI

• Managed up to 15 ongoing children’s protective services and prevention cases. 

• Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to gain trust and lead clients toward success.

• Member of Isabella & Clare County Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team, Employee Engagement Committee, and Relative Search and Engagement Committee.

• As a senior services specialist, support my peers by discussing and accompanying them on complex cases and mentoring them through experiences.

• Maintain excellent relationships with external partners, including Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s Behavioral Health, Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and the Mount Pleasant City Police Department

• Consistently maintaining personal metrics that exceed the statewide average.

• Share knowledge with staff to assist in achieving office-wide success.

Services Specialist 11                                                July 2022 – May 2023

                        Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Isabella County, MI                                                                   • Managed up to 12 ongoing children’s protective services cases.

•Use Motivational Interviewing to improve family engagement.

• Assisted in mentoring two college interns for the 2022-2023 school year.

Departmental Analyst 12                                         August 2019 – July 2022

                        Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, MiSACWIS Project

• Gained advanced knowledge of requesting, analyzing, and synthesizing information from large data sets to determine root causes and offer suggestions. for enhancements to improve data integrity for Federal Reporting with the MiSACWIS Project.

• Attained advanced knowledge of the MiSACWIS and CCWIS software systems, including innovative improvements to assist frontline staff. These are the software systems used by Children’s Services Specialist throughout the State of Michigan.

• Participating in, and when necessary, leading meetings with internal and external stakeholders to successfully provide deliverables that are on-time, practical for the end-user, and within budget.

• Solved numerous problems and, from concept through completion, held a leadership role with large staff to implement several enhancements to the MiSACWIS system that resulted worker relief and improved efficiency in federal reporting.

• Created and trained staff on detailed concepts so that those staff could create and complete trainings to others on the various content.

Services Specialist 11                                                January 2018 – August 2019               Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Isabella County, MI

• Provided direct care for up to 13 children and their parents as a foster care case manager. 

• Investigate allegations of child abuse and/or neglect as Children's Protective Services Investigator.

• Monitor and manage CPS Ongoing cases. 

• Emerging Leader Program graduate. 

• Created and implemented a DEI training for the local office.

• Member of the Isabella County Employee Engagement Committee.

• Monitor and manage CPS Ongoing cases. 

• Experience using Motivational Interviewing to improve family engagement.

Services Specialist 9-11                                February 2009 – January 2018

                        Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Ogemaw County, MI

• Investigate allegations of child abuse and/or neglect.

• Monitor ongoing cases of child abuse and/or neglect to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being.

• Maintain a good-standing relationship with the Ogemaw County Prosecutor’s Office, the 34th Circuit Court, Family Division in Ogemaw County, and other Federal, State, and Local Authorities.

• Formal mentor for new staff, taking them on visits, reviewing their work, and encouraging them as they encountered unique circumstances.

• Utilize my work experience to mentor my peers with a goal of "leading from one step behind."

                        Program Coordinator                                  October 2008 – February 2009

                        Holy Cross Children’s Services, John Hall, Saginaw, MI

 • Director of a 14-bed residential foster care unit.

• Responsible for the creation of professional reports, including Initial Service Plans and Updated Service Plans for foster care youth in the J-Jolt system.

• Facilitated individual and group meetings for residential foster care youth.

• Facilitated weekly staff meetings for John Hall treatment staff.

• Responsible for hiring, terminating, and supervising treatment staff.

Floor Coordinator                                        November 2005 – August 2008

The Carlbrook School, Halifax, VA

• Responsible for oversight and daily scheduling of 100-140 students and 10 staff.

• Resolved conflicts ranging from scheduling discrepancies to student behavior.

• Co-facilitated process group therapy sessions for 10-25 students.

I have nearly completed by Master's of Science in Administration with a concentration on leadership through Central Michigan University