Administrative Director of Foster Care

Cardinal McCloskey Community Services•New York, NY

1d•$115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Cardinal McCloskey Community Services (CMCS) is seeking an Administrative Director of Foster Care to implement the agency’s mission, vision, and values across the Foster Care program. The role leads program and department goal-setting and coordinates and supervises the full range of social work and ancillary services. The Administrative Director serves as the primary liaison between CMCS and regulatory bodies, including the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). The position oversees quality, compliance, service delivery, program performance, staffing, financial management, and program sustainability. It also supports organizational collaboration, staff development, provider relationships, service growth, and agency-wide social work and administrative consultation.

Requirements

Master’s degree or higher in Human Services or Social Work.
Required professional licensure: LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC.
Relevant post-master’s experience in a mental health or child welfare setting.
Relevant supervisory experience in a mental health or child welfare setting.
Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
Exceptional writing and public-speaking abilities.
Knowledge of social work and clinical issues across the lifespan for child-welfare special populations.
Highly advanced computer skills.
Valid New York State driver’s license and own transportation for travel to various worksites.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in Social Work.

Responsibilities

Ensure comprehensive, timely, and quality social work and supportive services consistent with regulations and policies of oversight bodies, including OCFS and ACS.
Direct implementation of policies and procedures for the EFFC program.
Prepare for external audits and reviews, develop improvement plans, and monitor their implementation.
Analyze program performance data to inform quality improvement priorities.
Identify gaps, needs, and opportunities, and develop proposals and recommendations for new or revised policies and programs.
Develop and enforce procedures and protocols that align practices with quality standards and regulatory, agency, and Council on Accreditation requirements.
Foster a high-performance, inclusive, and accountable division culture aligned with CMCS core values and Sanctuary practices.
Promote effective collaboration among EFFC team members and organizational leaders to support knowledge sharing, resource utilization, and problem solving.
Provide targeted supervision to the director of foster care and the director of permanency, and complete performance reviews.
Manage program finances, maximize revenue, align revenue with staffing, and make timely staffing modifications based on program census.
Ensure programs maintain adequate census for sustainability.
Identify opportunities for social work service growth and development and help prepare timely, high-quality responses to new RFPs.
Provide social work and administrative consultation across agency departments as needed.
Ensure EFFC staff receive appropriate orientation and in-service training.
Develop relationships with preferred providers, including drug treatment, mental health clinics (Article 16, 28, and 31), and housing providers; troubleshoot and establish service-delivery and reporting systems.
Approve bills and expense sheets for payment according to Finance and Purchasing Department procedures.
Represent the Agency at meetings, work groups, and conferences with other agencies, practitioners, inter-agency committees, and regulatory bodies.