Assistant Director Department

The Jewish Board•New York, NY

About The Position

The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff uses a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities. Our children’s community residences are single site residence’s that provide a group living for eight children and/or adolescents. The program provides a supervised, trauma informed therapeutic environment which seeks to develop the resident's skills and capacity to live in the community and attend school/work as appropriate. POSITION OVERVIEW: The Assistant Director will work closely with the Program Director in providing leadership to the staff of the 4 Children Community Residences and will make certain that all program goals are implemented in line with Agency expectations and practices.

Requirements

LMSW, (master's degree in a closely related field that can be licensed)
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in children’s residential, and Mental Health is a plus.
At least 2 years of supervisory experience
Be an effective communicator with strong oral and written skills
Have computer skills
A valid driver’s license is required to meet all insurance requirements.
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
Values and demonstrates cultural competency
Excellent resident engagement skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Attention to detail
Ability to work independently as well as with a team
Knowledge of electronic health records, Avatar knowledge is a plus.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Word
Aptitude for learning new systems and application software
Experience with telehealth platforms a plus.
Verbal and communication skills
Ability to work as a team player
The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation and/or vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish/English a plus

Responsibilities

Oversee and facilitate the weekly team meetings and ensure supervision is provided to the Team Leaders.
Uses available data to identify needs, provide guidance to program staff, and inform program of planning and quality service delivery
Maintain the program to meet the needs of the residents in the program, including but not limited to physical environment, personal needs, food, healthcare, services, etc....
Oversee direct care staff training and orientation.
Have an active role with other community agencies including but not limited to emergency responders and community neighbors.
Network with other mental health and child welfare agencies and attend OMH meeting accordingly.
Assist the Director in ensuring that all necessary programmatic systems are in place to meet client safety needs, both on and off the ground.
Oversee key administrative staff (Team Leaders) of the program and ensure appropriate completion/ compliance of such work.
Assist with adhering to the budgetary parameters of the program.
Participate in ITM implementation
Assistant Director will directly supervise the Team Leader’s in all four Community Residences
Assistant Director will be available by phone after hours in the event of program related issues that are required to be reported beyond the Administrator on Duty and will report to the Director as necessary.
Additional responsibilities directed.
Participates in intakes, assessments, and discharge follow-up.
Participates in regular staff meetings and training.
May be asked to travel to offsite meetings and training courses.
Commitment to recovery-oriented trauma-informed practice
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
Values and Demonstrates Cultural Competency
Excellent resident engagement skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive agency van.