DIRECTOR OF CHILD PLACING AGENCY - HYBRID

SJRC Texas Inc•New Braunfels, TX

5d•$65,000 - $80,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of the Child Placing Agency supports the Vice President in the overall administration, day-to-day operations, leadership, and management of the agency. The role oversees agency staff and program functions, monitors operational and regulatory performance, and provides consultation and decision-making support for complex placement, safety, and service matters. The candidate must reside in San Antonio or within 25 miles of the surrounding area. The Director oversees Case Management and Foster Home Development supervisors and related program functions, including case management, foster home development, foster family support, intake, admissions, service and treatment planning, discharge planning, and transitions. The role works closely with the Vice President and departments across the organization to support quality, compliance, staffing, budgets, and operational needs. It also represents SJRC Texas and the Child Placing Agency in community and professional settings and participates in foster parent recruitment and retention efforts. The work includes responding to regulatory and contractual oversight, monitoring records and program data, coordinating corrective actions and staff training, and providing crisis leadership and on-call availability as assigned. The Director is expected to demonstrate sound judgment, integrity, confidentiality, professional boundaries, and trauma-informed leadership. The position involves home-like settings with varying moderate to high background noise and work with children who have moderate to severe emotional and psychological needs. Physical requirements include mobility to bend, kneel, reach, walk briskly, stamina for long days and long-distance driving, and lifting up to 60 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
Five years of experience in a child-care-based field with supervisory duties.
Valid Texas Driver’s License and good driving record.
Ability to provide own transportation and proof of current automobile insurance.
CPR/First Aid Certification.
Minimum age of 21 years per licensing standards and insurance requirements.
Body mobility to stoop, kneel, bend, reach, walk, and walk briskly to interact with and monitor children.
Stamina to work long days and drive long distances.
Ability to lift up to 60 pounds.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing and to give and receive verbal and written instructions.
Ability to read fine print and maintain sustained and peripheral vision.
Ability to remain calm and adapt to fast-paced, emotional environments involving children with moderate to severe emotional and psychological needs.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or another human services field.
Bilingual ability.
LCPAA licensure with TDFPS.

Responsibilities

Oversee day-to-day Child Placing Agency operations in collaboration with the Vice President.
Provide leadership, supervision, training, scheduling, coaching, and accountability for assigned supervisors and staff.
Participate in hiring and termination decisions, performance evaluations, and corrective actions for assigned staff.
Monitor staffing, caseloads, workloads, foster home and placement capacity, and operational needs; communicate significant concerns to the Vice President.
Implement and monitor agency policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, organizational expectations, and operational changes.
Attend and lead staffings, management team meetings, consultations, and other staff meetings.
Assist the Vice President with program planning, budget development and monitoring, and identifying program needs.
Approve employee time off, review payroll, and ensure administrative functions are submitted by deadlines.
Oversee volunteers and volunteer activities assigned to the Child Placing Agency.
Maintain working knowledge of and ensure compliance with Texas Minimum Standards, DFPS and HHSC requirements, state and local contracts, T3C requirements, accreditation standards, agency policies, and other applicable requirements.
Coordinate responses to monitoring visits, inspections, investigations, licensing matters, and contract reviews with the Vice President and relevant departments.
Audit or ensure routine audits of youth, foster family, admission, service, training, and other program records for accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Identify compliance and performance trends and develop, implement, and monitor corrective actions, improvement plans, and staff retraining as needed.
Review program data and performance measures, including documentation timeliness, placements, discharges, placement stability, foster home development, training compliance, caseloads, and contractual outcomes.
Ensure required program data, reports, documentation, admissions, and administrative functions are completed accurately and on time.
Oversee Case Management and Foster Home Development supervisors and ensure effective performance of case management, home development, foster family support, and related program functions.
Provide consultation and decision-making support concerning child safety, placement stability, complex youth or family needs, disruptions, crises, investigations, and significant incidents.
Evaluate and determine appropriate child placements in consultation with the Vice President.
Oversee intake, admission, service and treatment planning, discharge planning, and transitions to support continuity of care and timely services.
Ensure routine staff consultations and required follow-up and documentation are completed.
Provide crisis intervention and leadership response as needed and remain available for on-call responsibilities as assigned.
Collaborate with the Training Department to ensure foster families and staff complete required pre-service, annual, and ongoing training.
Participate in required DFPS, Medicaid, TBRI, T3C, licensing, contractual, and agency training programs.
Participate in developing, implementing, and evaluating foster parent recruitment and retention efforts.
Establish and maintain professional relationships with community partners, placement agencies, SSCC representatives, government agencies, service providers, schools, law enforcement, courts, licensing staff, medical and behavioral health providers, and other stakeholders.
Represent SJRC Texas and the Child Placing Agency at community and provider meetings, trainings, conferences, recruitment events, stakeholder forums, and other professional activities.
Prepare and deliver public presentations, trainings, program updates, recruitment messages, and other speaking engagements.
Participate in professional and community organizations and advocate for the needs, safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families.
Coordinate with Training, Quality and Compliance, Clinical, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, and other departments to address agency operational needs and responsibilities.
Communicate program concerns, significant incidents, barriers, trends, and recommendations to the Vice President and support implementation of approved solutions.
Promote consistent communication, collaboration, and accountability across CPA teams and with internal and external partners.
Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries and demonstrate sound judgment, integrity, and trauma-informed leadership.
Ensure assigned agency vehicles and program resources are maintained safely and appropriately, as applicable.
Perform other related duties as assigned.