Assistant Program Director - 4876

BronxWorks•New York, NY

58d

About The Position

BronxWorks helps individuals and families improve their economic and social well-being. From toddlers to seniors, we feed, shelter, teach, and support our neighbors to build a stronger community. In all aspects of our work, we strive for the highest ethical and performance standards and are guided by the belief that people are to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their present situation or past experiences. Across our 60+ locations, we provide programs in a variety of service areas, including workforce development, children, youth, families, seniors and homeless prevention. Strengthening Families, Empowering Futures - The BronxWorks Family Enrichment Program partners with families in the South Bronx to create safer, more nurturing home environments. Our goal is to help families thrive—together.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work required.
A minimum of two years program management experience.
Engaging personality and detailed orientated skills are essential.
Ability to collect and analyze client demographics and outcome.
Excellent team-building and leadership skills.
Strong oral and written communication, time management and organizational skills are necessary.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and other standard business technology is required.

Responsibilities

Provide direct services to clients.
Maintain case records and statistics for program.
Assist the program director in recruiting and training direct service staff.
Administer personnel policies and procedures under the guidance of the program director.
Hold monthly supervision meetings with staff supervised.
Develop regular communication with contract managers for programs supervised and act as liaison with funding source.
Ensure all programs meet contractual goals and reporting requirements.
Monitor program progress and submit all required reports to funding sources, including.
Submit internal progress reports on a monthly basis, or more frequently as required.
Plan and develop budgets, and work with Program Director and fiscal staff to ensure that collection of payment from funding source is current.
Monitor fiscal expenses and analyze fiscal reports on a monthly basis.
Prepare proposals for the development, expansion and continuation of programs in coordination with Department Director and the Program Director.
Monitor staff performance, including performing case reviews and structured observations.
Participate in, and encourage staff to become involved in, agency events.
Act as liaison with the community including the area community district.
Perform additional duties as assigned by manager.
Provides administrative, clinical and case management supervision to up to 5 Case Managers.
Reviews and ensures proper documentation in Contact Grids, PROMIS, Connections and offline documentation, including the listing of contacts, progress notes, Family Assessment and Service Plans and Family Team Conferences.
Provides weekly supervision to the Case Managers and documents it in supervision notes.
Completes monthly Supervisory Case Reviews in Connections and offline for all cases assigned to their team.
Reviews all correspondence and court reports prior to delivery.
Attends Family Team Conferences, Elevated Risk Conferences and Child Safety Conferences to maintain case focus and direction; facilitates conferences as needed.
Joins the Director on meetings of relevance to the department’s work (ACS, OCFS, COFCCA).
Participates actively as a member of the program's management team in strategic planning, capacity building, ongoing assessment, evaluation, planning and development of the program.
Attends trainings to improve skills and strengthen practice.
Completes annual performance evaluations for all supervisees.
Maintain availability and access for staff to consult when they are in the field.
Facilitate groups as needed.