Program Director BHS

Hope Network Careers•Grand Rapids, MI

10d

About The Position

Program Director – Behavioral Health We are helping people overcome. Join us. Each year at Hope Network, 2,800+ talented professionals serve individuals across 280 unique locations. Some serve by providing hands-on care or medical treatment, others serve by assisting behind the scenes, but they all play an integral part in creating comebacks. Click here to watch what we mean. With your help, we can take on the challenges, the barriers, the statistics, and the seemingly impossible.

Requirements

Master’s degree or six years of related experience required.
A minimum of two years’ experience in human services field, including at least one year in management, or three years of combines clinical and management experience.

Nice To Haves

LMSW, LLP preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure that each person served is involved in the individual planning process and has a major role in determining the direction of his/her individual plan.
Ensure that the individual plan contains goals and objectives that incorporate the unique strengths, abilities, needs and preferences of the person serve.
Identify, follow-through, and correct problem areas. Develop and implement methods for improvement of services
Independent work direction exhibits persistence and initiative; puts forth a consistent, energetic effort; assumes full and complete responsibility for accomplishments, or lack thereof, for all programs/services within the scope of the Service Area.
Provide consultation to staff on programmatic matters.
Consistently monitor progress toward program goals and objectives. Confirm adequate steps are taken to correct any identified compliance problems and prevent the recurrence of such problems.
Recruit and provide direct supervision to a team of professionals. Set goals for own team, develop their capabilities, and maintain a high-performance environment.
Communicate a positive attitude; serve as a catalyst for action and encourage staff to try new things and to take calculated risks; provide honest feedback; minimize tension and defensiveness; create and environment for success; teach and guide staff rather than controlling them.
Review, monthly, all service area programs' financial reports and monitor revenue and expenditures to ensure budgetary goals are being met.