Lalaine Cuddie
Beausejour,Manitoba
Summary
Multi-tasking Manager well-known for creating positive workplace culture and high-performing teams. Demonstrated [Product or Service] expertise, including competitive offerings, pricing, and market positioning. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Admissions, Sentence and Discharge Manager
Manitoba Justice
04.2017 - Current
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members through feedforward, mentorship opportunities and performance management.
- Reduced operational costs through comprehensive process improvement initiatives and resource management through restructuring department with estimated $250,000 per year cost savings
- Foster, develop and maintain excellent communication with various stakeholders including,Tribal Councils, Correctional Services of Canada, Canada Boarder Services, Courts,Canada Parole Board, Child and Family Services, Probation, Court Liaison Unit, RCMP, Crown Attorneys, Community Corrections, Bail Programs, Community resources.
- Participated in and lead team projects, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively and effectively with diverse leaders for maximum efficiency and results.
- Managed evolving priorities and procedures utilizing critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions in a complex congregate living environment for five hundred incarcerated men including through the COVID 19 Pandemic while mentoring and demonstrating leadership throughout the Centre.
Unit Manager Correctional Living Locations
Manitoba Justice
04.2015 - 03.2017
- Managed eight living locations for incarcerated men including over forty Correctional Officers and four Supervisors.
- Demonstrated integrity through leadership while assisting incarcerated people.
- Developed case management tracker through excel to maintain accountability and consistency which is currently utilized for all Case management in the centre.
- Chaired and recommended Inmates for Responsible Reintegration Initiative (RRI) to support early release into the community.
- Chaired Disciplinary Boards
- Developed excellent community relationships with stakeholders including Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Workplace Education Manitoba , Employment Insurance, Parole, Probation, Ombudsman while mentoring collaberations with my team to maintain future relationships.
Shift Operations Manager
Manitoba Justice
04.2014 - 03.2017
- Responsible to oversee all operational requirements of the Correctional Centre ensuring compliance with the collective agreement while deploying staff, directing critical incidents including risk to life, injury and spontaneous events while maintaining sound judgement and excellent communication and decision making skills.
- Supervised over five hundred Inmates and up to 100 hundred staff including deployment and scheduling a 24/7 compliment while also maintaining the safety of external agencies through regular and exceptional circumstances.
- Lead de briefs for all staff following critical incidents including escape attempts, staff assaults, Inmate assaults and suicide attempts while maintaining empathy and compassion to those directly and indirectly involved.
Senior Unit Officer/Shift Leader
Manitoba Justice
04.2009 - 04.2014
- Ensured accurate record-keeping by diligently updating inmate files, documenting incidents, and submitting daily reports as required.
- Streamlined operational processes by effectively coordinating tasks such as meal distribution, recreation scheduling, and visitation logistics.
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Reduced incidents of conflict by skillfully managing inmate interactions, mediating disputes when necessary.
Correctional Officer
Manitoba Justice
04.2001 - 05.2009
- In this role I carried various positions including working with incarcerated women, men, youth, diminished mental capacity, vulnerable people , administrative segregation.
- These people included status's of direct lock up, arrestee, remand, sentenced, parole suspension and revocation, Immigration refugee and detention act, mental health act.
- Through this experience I gained a foundation of working with Inmates, peers and mentors that shaped my career while adhering to ( Personal Health Information Act) PHIA and Personal Health Information and Protection of Privacy Act )PHIPPA. Additionally this provided an educated perception on human behavior and an understanding of how people may come into conflict with the law.
Education
Master of Arts - Leadership
Royal Roads University
Victoria, BC06.2024
Skills
Excellent Political Acumen
Divisional Investigator
Critical thinker maintaining excellent integrity for sound and challenging decisions in exceptional circumstances
Highly inclusive and diverse
Excellent presentation skills including:
Transgender Awareness facilitator, Indigenous Awareness Facilitator
Applied Suicide Intervention ASIST Master Trainer
Performance management for senior leadership facilitator
Corrections Offender Management System (COMS) facilitator
Accomplishments
- Critical Writing and Thinking Skills - Royal Roads University
- Canadian research Ethics
- Barret Values assesment
- Commissionaire of Oaths
- CPIC authorized ( Criminal Record Checks)
- CCAIN ( Canadian Court system)
- Accessibility for Manitoba's Act
- Essentials of Supervision modules 1-4
- HR policy session
- Inclusion and Diversity in the workplace
- Informational security awareness
- Our Shared Journey Towards Truth and Reconciliation
- Respectful Workplace and Harassment Prevention
- Strategic Staffing Skills
- Values and Ethics in Government.
Certification
- Road to mental readiness for managers
- Commendation from Justice Minister for dedication to suicide prevention
- Divisional Sentence, Criminal Code and Conditional sentence training
- Customs and Immigration presentation
- Thinking awareness Group (TAG)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Crisis Intervention and Conflict management
Additional Information
- Initiated ladies leadership mentor program throughout Manitoba Corrections
- Volunteer Community Justice Diversion Program member
- Volunteer steering committee member for incarcerated women's programs
- Essential Computer Skills Facilitator - Workplace Education Manitoba
- Volunteer speaker Manitoba Metis Youth Conference
- Volunteer member community support partnerships
Timeline
Admissions, Sentence and Discharge Manager
Manitoba Justice
04.2017 - Current
Unit Manager Correctional Living Locations
Manitoba Justice
04.2015 - 03.2017
Shift Operations Manager
Manitoba Justice
04.2014 - 03.2017
Senior Unit Officer/Shift Leader
Manitoba Justice
04.2009 - 04.2014
Correctional Officer
Manitoba Justice
04.2001 - 05.2009
Master of Arts - Leadership
Royal Roads University
- Road to mental readiness for managers
- Commendation from Justice Minister for dedication to suicide prevention
- Divisional Sentence, Criminal Code and Conditional sentence training
- Customs and Immigration presentation
- Thinking awareness Group (TAG)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Crisis Intervention and Conflict management
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