Assistant Director
The Assistant Program Director is responsible for assisting the Director in the development, implementation, and day to day operation of the program, which includes direct interventions and services to children and their families. The Assistant Director works to develop and maintain a close collaboration with internal and external partners and stakeholders.
At Sonoma Compass, we view short-term residential treatment for youth as an intervention that must be integrated with a wide array of family and community-based services. As an alternative to inpatient hospitalization, treatment begins in a therapeutic home with consistent support focused on stabilization. Treatment supports successful step downs to a Wraparound Program in order for young people to achieve permanency in a nurturing family home.
Seneca is committed to hiring and maintaining a culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse workforce that is reflective of the local client/student community
Responsibilities
- Perform the following personnel functions: interviewing, hiring, supervision, training, and evaluation.
- Ensure that adequate supervision around improvement of job performance is provided in a supportive, constructive manner.
- Provide leadership for staff in creating a positive work environment.
- Work with the Director (STRTP Administrator) and Program Assistant (Support Staff) to ensure that the staff’s payroll and training needs are addressed.
- Ensure that the program is run in a safe, therapeutic and efficient manner.
- Develop cooperative, effective and functional teams to ensure that the program developed is implemented.
- Support the general well being of the agency and participate in all administrative and program meetings.
- Monitor the prompt completion of employees required paperwork.
- Coordinate and participate in (when appropriate) all meetings for Clinical Standards and administrative oversight.
- Remain in compliance with all agency training requirements, including the facility manager and Prudent-Parent Decision Making training.
- Apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard to decisions involving the participation of a child in age or developmentally appropriate activities after completion of the Prudent Parent Decision Making training.
- Assist clients with medication self-administration following medication management training
- May be designated as the STRTP Administrator in the absence of the facility’s STRTP Administrator.
Qualifications
- Masters Degree in social services, social work, public policy or related field required
- One year of administrative or supervisory experience over social work, direct care, child care, or support staff providing direct services to children in an agency or in a community care facility with a licensed capacity of six or more.
- Ability to lead, supervise, and negotiate for the agency.
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement programs is desirable.
- Experience in a foster care or mental health program highly preferred
- Valid California driver’s license and be insurable
- Clearance of TB test, fingerprints and any other mandatory state/federal licensing or certification requirements