NC START Assistant Director / Eastern NC

RHA Health Services • Greenville, NC

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are hiring for: NC START Assistant Director / Eastern NC Type: Regular If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services! Provides clinical and programmatic oversight and supervision to Qualified Professional, Team leaders, who are providing behavioral health services on regional basis. Provides on-call and first responder consultation in the event of consumer crisis. Assists in the evaluation of high risk behaviors on an emergent and routine basis. Relies on extensive expertise, knowledge, experience, and judgment to supervise the clinical operations of a unit or a region. NC START Assistant Director, Eastern NC, office and remote work combination

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree (Not Human Services field) & 4+ years full-time experience with population served OR Bachelor Degree (in Human Services field) & 2+ years full-time experience with population served OR Master’s Degree or Higher & 1+ years full-time experience with population served.
• License, Provisional License, Certificate, Registration, Permit issued by governing board regulating human service profession.
• Complete criminal background Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

Nice To Haves

• Human Service Degrees Include: Social Service, Sociology, Psychology, or other Human Service Degrees.
• Populations Served Include: Mentally Ill-Child, Mentally Ill- Adult, Substance Abuse-Adult, Substance Abuse-Child

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary team leader supporting individuals with IDD and Mental Health challenges enrolled in START.
• Coordinates and monitors the referrals and waitlist for START.
• Works closely with other paraprofessional and clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and provide feedback and, standardize procedures.
• Provides clinical or administrative supervision to all employees under your supervision.
• Assists the Regional Director in ensuring that whenever necessary the appropriate transition to another level/type of care for the person supported is sought after appropriate staffing with the Regional Clinical Coordinator
• Assists the Regional Director in providing leadership to employees by promoting harmony among co-workers and clearly reinforcing company and site office objectives and strategies
• Monitors and ensures interventions are performed face-to-face outside the facility, and that each person supported receives required number of contacts per service definition
• Actively participates in financial maintenance, budget monitoring, and budget creation and plans of corrective action to improve unit performance and meet targets
• Assists in the resolution of complaints/issuers and serves as role model employees, visitors, the general public and individuals being serves
• Excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions.
• Excels at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program : to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level