PSA Compliance Mananger

Morrison Child and Family Services•Portland, OR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The PSA compliance manager is responsible for overseeing implementation and ongoing compliance with the Interim Final Rule on youth Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment standards from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at Morrison’s Long Term Group Home program. Morrison Child and Family Services is a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care: Nonviolence, Emotional Intelligence, Social Learning, Democracy, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, and Growth and Change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, human services, or social services fields.
At least one year of experience working with child welfare standards, best practices, or quality assurance or compliance.
Attained age 21 years or older before first day of employment in position (ORR)
Ability to respond to Mental Health Crises.
Knowledge of Child Abuse Reporting, Follow-up, and Intervention best practices.
Experience in Trauma-Informed Approaches when working with youth and staff.
Able to hold each other and yourself accountable to all individuals within Morrison, our clients, and our community stakeholders.
Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Able to provide proof of vaccination status.
Hold a valid drivers’ license and if driving a personal vehicle, must maintain minimum auto insurance policy.
Current CPR and Standard First Aid required.
40 hours of required training per year
Must hold valid driver’s license— Oregon or Washington within 30 days of hire
If driving personal vehicle, must maintain minimum auto insurance policy

Nice To Haves

Bi-lingual in Spanish and English, written, read and verbal strongly preferred. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish.
ORR experience
Experience working with youth in residential programs
Knowledge of Federal, State and agency regulations.
Knowledge of adolescent developmental issues, trauma, abuse and neglect, substance abuse and dependence, delinquency, peer influence, and related group and individual interventions.

Responsibilities

Create and facilitate PSA annual and refresher trainings every six months for all staff. Support staff with PSA-related questions and constructive feedback, as needed. Assist in the PSA training of all new staff.
Create, update, and facilitate PSA orientations and refresher presentations to youth served in the programs.
Review the reporting, documentations and follow ups of all sexual abuse and sexual harassment disclosures reported by youth served in the programs to program staff.
Lead with a multi-disciplinary team approach when initiating the coordinated response process following any incident of sexual abuse and sexual harassment disclosures.
Coordinate with the agency’s HR department to ensure tracking of sexual abuse prevention trainings and required background check clearances are integrated into the applicant screening and selection process. This process includes but is not limited to, new hires, contractors and volunteers.
Serve as a point of contact for the ORR’s assigned PSA Specialist and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Team and promptly respond to all inquiries and requests.
Complete camera audits and provide recommendations on mitigating blind spots, adding new cameras or camera views adjustments.
Review disclosure reports submitted to appropriate authorities and stakeholders (Child Level Events) to assure accurate reporting is followed and provide guidance to staff members. Complete Incident Reviews and required documentation, PSA Quarterly and Annual Reports to ORR per deadline requirements.
Track ongoing investigations and report updates to ORR and other stakeholders as required.
Complete unannounced internal monitoring audits to ensure facility compliance for all required informational postings, reporting mechanisms for youth in care and camera monitoring systems.
Attend monthly PSA Compliance Manager calls to learn of requirement updates, best practices and other guidance. Report updates to programs and monitor for implementation.
Develop, implement and oversee facility’s efforts to comply with ORR policy. Maintain management of policies and procedures and submit for approval to ORR to ensure policies comply with standards.
Act as point of contact for PSA-related audits by conducted by ORR, State Licensing and other stakeholders. Lead the completion of any required action plans following external audits.
Identify and build alliances with key constituents and establish Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) agreements with local or national providers that can provide services to youth in care.
Supervise the Residential Security Safety Supervisor.
Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.
Other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department.