Director Department

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Preventive Services help keep children safe from abuse, neglect and maltreatment and help them remain at home and in their communities. We partner with at-risk families by assisting them to develop the skills to manage crisis and maintain safety and stability by offering a range of clinical and concrete services to help them thrive. Our culturally competent staff addresses the individual needs of the child, each family member residing with the child, and their social economic environment.

Families are seen primarily in their homes and communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The program director is responsible for the clinical, operational, fiscal and administrative oversight of the Preventive Service Program. S/he provides on-going supervision to assigned supervisory, psychiatric and support staff. S/he also ensures that quality services, in line with City, State and JBFCS mandates, are uniformly provided and s/he monitors operations to certify that best-practice methodologies are uniformly employed, reviewed and updated as necessary.

S/he maintains relationships with various City and regulatory bodies while cultivating additional resources and relationships with community organizations for purposes of referral and collaboration.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides overall clinical and administrative leadership and management for the program.
• Ensures that programmatic systems are in place and functioning to meet client service needs and safety.
• Provides regularly scheduled supervision to all supervises.
• Reviews chart documentation; ensures that documentation meets regulatory requirements.
• Oversees and ensures the quality of services provided and the implementation of evidence-based models of service delivery.
• Assures clinical, administrative and regulatory compliance in all program areas.
• Collaborates and communicates with ACS.
• Collaborates and partners with evidence-based model developers and trainers.
• Evaluates supervises and ensures timeliness of all staff evaluations.
• Provides coverage, as needed.
• Manages and adheres to program budgets, meeting contract targets and monitoring expenses.
• Ensures that internal JBFCS and external regulatory agency standards and requirements are met.
• Active participant in the intake disposition process.
• Ensures that the safety and service needs of clients and families are met.
• Responsible for community outreach efforts with other groups, individuals or organizations for purposes of maintaining and/or expanding census and collaborating to ensure that client needs are being addressed
• Responsible for event/incident report submission and event review meetings/minutes
• Responsible for risk management, including identifying, addressing and tracking high risk in clients and program operations
• Interviews and hires staff, as well as addresses staff performance-related issues in accordance with JBFCS Policy & Procedure.
• Arranges for staff training and promotes the implementation of learning to practice
• Develops and implements CPI projects
• Facilitates program staff meetings and case conferences
• Responsible for staff scheduling and coverage, including case assignment
• Ensures intra-program collaboration and inter-agency collaboration.
• Tracks and reports necessary data and outcomes
• Provides direct service to clients on an as-needed/required basis.
• Assumes on-call administrative and crisis evening and weekend duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Basic social work knowledge and understanding of stages of change
• Ability to provide in home therapy and child welfare services
• Ability to establish a strong therapeutic relationship with families.
• Understanding of the use of family therapy principals to provide services
• Understanding of early childhood development and related theories and models of practice
• Strong Assessment skills to evaluate dynamics and interactions within the family
• Ability to Implement strategies to improve family communication and support

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy or a related subject area.
• NYS Mental Health Licensed Practitioner (e.g., LMSW, LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, or LCSW)

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Strong administrative, writing and computer skills are required.
• Three years of administrative and/or supervisory experience in a relevant setting required.
• Experience in preventive services and/or relevant evidence-based models preferred.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of Microsoft office required
• Knowledge and experience with the Connections system preferred

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• To perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds
• Risks/hazards associated with…