Ffyc - 637- Program Director I

Description
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services is a great place to work, and we have the hardware to prove it! Year after year, our employees make the difference in helping those with mental health issues. Whether you are just starting your career or a seasoned professional, you'll be able to find the right spot to help others at a TOP WORKPLACE in 2023.
Fred Finch TBS behavior "coaches" work intensively with a participant in their home or in the community. The program requests authorization to provide services up to 20 hours a week. The needs of each participant guide the length and intensity of the program services they receive. The TBS coach designs, structures, models, and supports one-to-one interventions to modify target behaviors of concern or teach appropriate alternative behaviors, so that children and their family members or caregivers can live independently.
Join our team as: Program Director - Therapeutic Behavioral Services | Fred Finch
What You Will Do
The Program Director directs the delivery of effective high-quality services of one or more programs serving youth and/or young adults. Duties include direct and indirect supervision and oversight of all service planning and delivery, program and resource development and management, personnel management including hiring, evaluation, coaching, and training. Director provides leadership congruent with applicable regulation as well as agency policy, values, and mission; provides management reports as required; and leads significant program committees or efforts as assigned. The Program Director has indirect and direct reports and manages multiple funding streams. The Program Director represents the agency and program with funders, governmental agencies, and community providers.
Shifts Available
Full Time - Hourly; Mon-Fri/8am-5pm
Salary RangeIn accordance with California law, the expected salary range for this California position is between $48.41 and $78.86 per hour. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
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What You Bring to The Table (requirements):

• M.A. or M.S.W. Degree and LCSW or MFT.
• Two (2) years post-licensure experience, if supervising staff who are pursuing licensure with the B.B.S.

• Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of diagnostic assessment, individual/family/group behavioral treatment methods for target population of program.
• Experience with or knowledge of designing, supervising, monitoring, changing, and discontinuing individualized behavioral interventions for staff delivering behavioral services (e.g., TBS).
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk assessment, including danger to self or others, and effective community-based interventions for those with high risk.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize de-escalation techniques that align with the trauma informed care model as part of intervention strategy for working with participants in crisis who are responding to triggers/stressors and/or demonstrating early indicators of distress.

• Demonstrated cultural responsiveness in working with diverse families and communities.
• Clean driving record: current CA Driver's License or ability to obtain within 10 days after hire.

• Must have access to dependable transportation and personal car insurance, meeting minimum liability coverage required if driving for work or transporting participants, unless using an agency vehicle.

• Basic computer and keyboarding competence with the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred

• One or more years of supervisory or program management experience.
• One or more years of residential, community-based, or wraparound experience.
• One or more years post-graduate school experience with program target population (i.e. intellectually disabled, homeless, teens or young adults, SED); at least one-year experience with program modality (i.e. school-based, residential, mobile/community-based, assertive community treatment, wraparound, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to assess, triage and organize work.
• Demonstrated ability in using a strength-based, culturally competent approach to supervision, participant and community service.
• Experience with or knowledge of designing, supervising, monitoring, changing, and discontinuing individualized behavioral health interventions.
• Experience with relevant evidence-based practices (e.g., CBT, DBT, trauma-informed approaches).
• Experience in and demonstrated ability in behavioral, crisis management and family/individual/group therapy skills.
• Fluency in prevailing language(s) of the community served.

Our Mission:
"Fred Finch Youth & Family Services partners with individuals and communities to provide culturally responsive services that cultivate mental and physical resilience and wellness."
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