Residential Treatment Center Administrator

New Horizons Ranch & Center, Inc.•Abilene, TX

3d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Administrator is responsible for facilitating a team-oriented approach to assessing, coordinating, and monitoring the New Horizons’ child-care program. In addition, the Administrator oversees the entire direct care staff network and ensures the daily care and treatment needs of the kids are being met. The Administrator is expected to have a thorough knowledge of the New Horizons’ Philosophy of Keeping Kids First and its Treatment Model; while demonstrating a commitment to continue to review, practice and operate within it. Keeping Kids First requires that every decision and action be motivated by and geared toward meeting the highest need of the individual kid. New Horizons will not tolerate anyone who is not committed to keeping kids safe from abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Requirements

Master’s Degree preferred, not required.
Possess a thorough working knowledge of residential child-care operations, all related support functions and all required standards for certification and licenses.
Be a Licensed Child-Care Administrator or eligible to become one.
Possess a minimum of five (5) years in residential child-care treatment with direct responsibility for supervision and development of Direct Care Staff, with emphasis on the implementation of child-care programs and the management and coordination of Direct Care Staff.
Demonstrate strong leadership abilities, effective oral and written communication skills, organizational abilities, and supervisory abilities.
Possess extensive prior experience with crisis intervention that demonstrates their cognitive ability to assist kids with difficulties, crises and stressful situations.
Work under the direct supervision of the Chief Operating Officer with a wide degree of discretion and independent judgment.
Must be able to fulfill the physical requirements of the position including considerable walking, good hearing to assess situations quickly and respond appropriately, the ability to perform CPR and First Aid, and be able to respond when a child is a danger to their self or others including performing physical restraints.

Responsibilities

Ensure that delivery of services for all clinical treatment, care and services is consistent with New Horizons’ policies, philosophy, and procedures, and in accordance with all applicable regulations and established policies, programming, and budget.
Supports facility personnel.
Interviews, orients, evaluates, trains and supervises program staff.
Ensures the provision of clinical services for kids in care.
Monitors services provided for individuals, groups and families.
Leads the treatment team in the development and implementation of an individualized treatment plan for each kid in care.
Ensures that relevant information is provided to direct care staff to allow appropriate therapeutic interventions.
Ensures regulatory compliance and upholds T3C requirements by educating staff on childcare standards.
Ensures all program staff are up to date with state and contract required training.
Establishes and maintains rapport with monitoring agents and acts as the point person for investigations/inspections.
Assists Therapists and Clinical Director with continued stays, planning discharges and coordinating placements.
Ensures that kids live in a safe environment and are supervised according to New Horizons’ policies and philosophy, licensing and contractual standards by managing the daily operations of the program.
Exhibits professionalism and positive role modeling for kids in care, staff, volunteers, contractual staff, outside visitors, and the community.
Maintains confidentiality of protected health information for kids and staff and complies with the HIPAA privacy rule.
Continues own professional growth and development and manages staff to maintain or improve their individual competency.
Ensures that required documentation and paperwork is completed according to New Horizons’ and state mandated standards and requirements.
Provides 24 hour a day, on-call coverage.