Assistant Director - Residential Foster Home

SailFuture • St. Petersburg, FL

64d • $65,000 - $65,000

About The Position

SailFuture’s Residential Assistant Program Director is responsible for leading the family, culture, and quality of care at their residential home. The Assistant Program Director serves as the Primary House “Mom or Dad,” leading a team of Change Agents to co-parent a group of 6 teenage boys. SailFuture’s residential model includes (2) 50-day sailing expeditions per year, year-round schooling, weekly sailing days, and on-site counseling. SailFuture also provides in-house dependency case management. The APD is a live-in position and participates in international sailing expeditions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a residence within the home, minimum of 3 nights per week
• Coordinate or delegate the weekly grocery shop
• Coordinate and manage weekly incentive calendar (Tuesday movie night, Sunday Funday, and mid-week adventures)
• Coordinate and manage Greenlight card and allowance system
• Develop strong and meaningful relationships with each youth
• Share On-Call schedule with House Directors
• Monitor Slack as needed to effectively manage the home
• Complete employee performance reviews in partnership with the Program Director
• Coordinate the house schedule for youth and staff (we use Google Calendar)
• Coordinate appointments and transportation
• Inspire and facilitate youth participation in extracurricular after school activities
• Build and maintain Notion profiles
• Lead Program visits and interviews for children considering living at the home
• Ensure that all intake paperwork is completed the day of placement
• Coordinate and lead activities and services responsive to each youth’s individual treatment plan
• Participate in treatment plan reviews
• Work with Captain, Education Director, and Program Director to plan and organize multi-month sailing journeys
• Lead all programmatic operations during sailing expeditions
• Ensure completion of all incident reports
• Complete discharge paperwork
• Ensure completion of all performance reviews
• Ensure that medication is administered properly and monthly medication logs are submitted on time
• Ensure that monthly treatment plan reviews are submitted to case management on time
• Ensure that monthly treatment plan reviews assessing life skills are submitted to IL specialists on time
• Ensure that client files are regularly updated and organized properly in Records
• Assist with annual re-licensures and audits
• Participate in bi-monthly performance reviews with Program Director for all residential change agents
• Coordinate and manage time off between residential change agents
• Assist the Program Director with staff recruitment and training
• Assist with onboarding and training all new staff Home Management
• Manage all routine maintenance of the facility
• Ensure cleanliness of all common spaces and student bedrooms
• Ensure that air filters are changed monthly
• Ensure that all appliances and equipment is operational and in good condition
• Ensure all pool equipment is operational and in good condition
• Change electronic door lock codes every 30-days
• Check regularly to ensure that locked areas remain locked at all times (shed, breaker boxes, tool storage areas, chemical storage areas, etc.)

Benefits

• Up to $250 monthly health insurance contribution
• Housing & Meals provided year-round
• International and domestic sailing travel
• 401k with up to 6% employee match
• 15 Days PTO
• Work cell phone
• Mileage reimbursement for work-related travel

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees