Director Department

For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Adult and Family Residential Division supports residents living with serious mental illness to remain stably housed in the community, with as much independence as possible. Using a non-judgmental, trauma-informed approach, staff guide residents to create and meet personalized recovery goals, to stabilize their mental health, to develop independent living skills, and to plan effectively to be able to live in a healthy and secure apartment in the community.

Our work is guided by principles that emphasize the critical importance of safe and stable housing, utilize a culturally competent and anti-racist lens, and respect the dignity and legitimacy of each individual’s journey.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Director provides administrative and clinical supervision. All responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the standards of regulatory agencies and of The Jewish Board. Work schedule may include rotating shifts and on-call service.

• Ensures overall clinical, operational and fiscal oversight of assigned programs
• Assists programs in utilizing established, effective interventions to achieve defined, meaningful outcomes
• Provides leadership and vision to assist programs in achieving goals; continually improving performance and meeting challenges proactively and effectively
• Ensures that programmatic systems are in place to meet all client safety and service needs, including the safety and service needs of children residing in the shelter
• Ensures service delivery and program operations are in compliance with regulatory requirements and standards
• Provides individual and group clinical and task supervision to staff, conducts performance evaluations
• Takes the lead in recruitment, hiring, discipline, and other personnel matters with program staff
• Ensures that physical facilities/sites meet appropriate safety and aesthetic standards and that monthly fire drills with the clients are completed
• Conducts regular apartment inspections.
• Ensures that appropriate training and supervision is provided to all staff; develops and provides training
• Develops and implements new programs, projects and initiatives
• Available and on-call 24/7 to assist in managing and responding to urgent situations and client crises

• Provides overall administrative oversight for assigned programs.
• Maintains census for programs and oversees program intake and discharge activities
• Ensures that all deliverables from Jewish Board and OMH are met.
• Ensures compliance with internal Jewish Board policies and procedures
• Maintains adherence to program budgets and maintains programs’ fiscal viability
• Collaborates with Program Directors and other Jewish Board programs/departments to solve problems/issues
• Utilizes data to inform planning, service delivery and overall management
• Participates in agency and external committees and initiatives and coalitions
• Works collaboratively with fellow Program Directors of other Jewish Board programs
• Provides leadership and direction to staff including the development of talent
• Ensures that quality of care and high clinical standards are met (as evidenced by independent program reviews, positive client outcomes and low numbers of adverse events)
• Acts as a strong steward of agency resources as evidenced by programs meeting productivity and utilization goals as well as delivering financial results in line with budget
• Responsible for approval of administrative forms and reports including monthly billing information, weekly staff timesheets, petty cash and monetary disbursements to clients.

• Knowledge of and experience with the operation of housing and supportive housing programs.
• Excellent track record as a supervisor, ability to motivate staff, build teams, and…