Edlira Maku
@edliralonghurst
Training Director focused on trauma-informed, Wraparound-aligned onboarding and workforce development.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Training Director with hands-on leadership in foster care program oversight, including evaluating foster placement decisions, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supervising staff through consultations and case reviews. I bring a strong training and operations mindset—developing onboarding tools, standard operating procedures, and program improvements that strengthen service delivery.
In my training work, I collaborate with leadership to align training with organizational mission and strategic initiatives, identify training gaps, and build tailored solutions for workforce development. I maintain Wraparound and Methodology training standards and fidelity, promote inclusive and trauma-informed practices, and use LMS platforms and performance data to track completion, evaluate impact, and drive continuous improvements.
My background also includes case management and adoption homestudy social work—conducting interviews, home visits, assessments, documentation, and background checks—plus experience as a bilingual (Spanish) trauma support and facilitation specialist. Earlier roles in teaching and international interpreting strengthened how I communicate, facilitate, and coach people in high-stakes environments.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Homestudy Social Worker
Family Network Adoption Center
Conducted interviews and home visits to assess prospective adoptive parents and living conditions. Completed documentation, background checks, and references while providing education and support to applicants.
Case Manager
ISU Sierra Vista Hospital
Provided quality case management and coordinated with local agencies and county service providers. Facilitated collateral information exchange, treatment referrals, and ongoing communications with county and other agencies.
Crisis Situation Volunteer
LDS Charities
Jan 1998 - Jan 1999 (1 year)
Supported humanitarian relief by delivering donations to Kosovo refugee camps and assisting with housing refugees. Provided emotional and language interpretation support to sexual abuse victims and helped connect them with resources to seek professional help.
Rotational Internship Technician
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Jan 2002 - Present (24 years 5 months)
Rotationally observed mental health professionals across short-term acute inpatient programs for adults and adolescents. Assisted and studied practices in long-term care programs supporting both adult and adolescent patients.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Northcentral University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology
Ph.D. student in Psychology at Northcentral University (Arizona), currently enrolled.
Brigham Young University–Idaho
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Activities and societies: Minor in Criminal Sociology (Honors).
B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University–Idaho (dated December 2003).
Northcentral University
Master of Arts, Psychology
2013 -
Master of Arts in Psychology at Northcentral University, with a reference date of November 2013.
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