Job Title: Program Director
Department: Residential Services
Location: Herkimer
FLSA Status: Exempt
Union Status: Non-Union
Educational Requirements: MSW or Masters in a related field.
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Essential Position Functions:
- Directly supervise the Assistant Program Director and other program staff. Supervise delivery of services to clients, including admission to the program, ongoing operations, and discharge from the program.
- Ensure that the program is prepared for successful audits and reviews. Complete monthly data collection to monitor services and trends in census, attendance, incidents, and funder outcomes.
- Available on-call for 24-hour crisis intervention. Attends meetings as requested and is willing to work nights and or weekends as needed.
- Manage personnel activities, including hiring, shift scheduling, developing policies and procedures, staff meetings, case conferences, staff training, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, and labor/management issues.
- Perform all required administrative duties, data entry, monitor performance measures, petty cash, and monitoring staff attendance.
- Ongoing assessment of building maintenance requirements, and services as liaison with maintenance staff regarding repair needs. Ensure overall management of the facility, including repairs and purchasing.
- Services as liaison with Property Management & Maintenance Department to ensure overall compliance.
- Attend staff meetings, supervisions, and training as required.
- Ability to work with consumers/residents/tenants, families, and staff in a caring and respectful manner, and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences.
- Conduct apartment/building inspections on multiple floors, utilizing stairs. Provide escorts to clients throughout the community utilizing public transportation & attend meetings/training off-site.
- Immediately reports serious incidents, serious incident allegations, incidents, or sensitive situations to supervisors.
- Any other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience working in mental health, crisis intervention, and managing trauma-triggered behavior.
- Excellent time management skills; stress resistant, flexible; team player; open to feedback; creative; excellent organizational skills; willingness to perform CPR/First Aid/AED/Crisis Intervention/Naloxone.
- Experience supervising clinical and operational staff; strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills.
- Preferred knowledge of AWARDS.
- Spanish speaking is a plus.
The Bridge Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
- Residential or Supportive Housing: 2 years (Required)
- Supervising Experience: 2 years (Preferred)
- LITC management: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Brooklyn, NY: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person