Quality First Program Manager

Easter Seals Blake Foundation • Tucson, AZ

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About The Position

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?
We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:
Medical, Dental and Vision
Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Life insurance
Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
Critical Illness insurance
Accident insurance
Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
General Position Description: Provides oversight of the Quality First team and coordination of the Quality First program’s activities, ensuring that the objectives are met within the required timelines and budgetary constraints.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Service, Education, or related field with 5 years of experience working in an early childhood setting with children birth through 8 years of age and management and supervisory experience required.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the hiring, planning, and training of new Quality First Coaches in coordination with the administrative home.
• Implements policies and procedures as required for the Quality First Coaching and Incentives Program.
• Oversees components of coaching documentation, specifically as it relates to participants that are presenting with challenges in increasing quality or lack of engagement issues.
• Ensures program effectiveness and consistency through regular monitoring of coaching visits, program timelines, guidelines, and requirements.
• Monitors the development and facilitation of quality improvement plans as well as plans and paperwork associated with financial incentives.
• Submits accurate and complete reports as per program guidelines and according to program timelines. Assists with generating content for quarterly narrative reports.
• Engages in collaborative meetings and communication internally with the internal coaching partnership, as well as the larger Quality First programmatic system collaborations.
• Provides ongoing monitoring of practice and regular reflective supervision to Coaches in support of their reaching optimal outcomes with participants, and in turn children and families.
• Provides a broad range of administrative and supervisory functions. Supervises assigned staff in accordance with EBF personnel practices including recruitment, training, performance evaluations, and day to day scheduling. Participates in the process of ongoing professional development. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees