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Form of workProgram Director, DDS/DMH ASD Community Wrap Around Services Team
Bedford, MA
What You Will Do:
The Edinburg Center is seeking a Program Director to oversee it's new DDS/DMH ASD Community Wrap Around Services Program. This position will involve participation in leadership meetings, supervising staff, including - hiring, team-building, and promoting the growth and development of clinical skills across the team. The Program Director will be the primary liaison with DDS and DMH and will be the referral coordinator and first contact with families and person served; and will share clinical on-call responsibilities with other managers.
What You Will Bring:
- A Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis; and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- Massachusetts’ independent clinical licensure of Applied Behavior Analysis, preferred.
- 5 years of experience working with youth or young adults with ASD and serious emotional and behavioral health disturbances; along with at least 2 years of management experience.
- Knowledge of Children’s Mental Health Services including providing Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) services, or similar, as well as DMH Services and/or knowledge of adult DDS/DMH services in the state of Massachusetts.
- Strong leadership, organizational, communication, writing and supervisory skills and the ability to work a flexible schedule and be willing to share on call responsibilities, required.
- Bilingual/bicultural, experience working with youth with behavioral challenges, lived experience and knowledge of EBP models, preferred.
- Valid MA driver’s license and reliable transportation, required.
Who We Are:
A dedicated team of professionals who have chosen to join an organization with a forty year history of serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, brain injury and autism in the community. At work, we are psychiatrists, social workers, clinicians, nurses, behavior specialists, peer specialists, board certified behavior analysts, direct service staff and employment specialists. When we’re not at work, we love to hike, bike, craft, read, shop and sing opera, among many other things! Our staff of 350 have range of interests and skills and we know you do too! We know that The Edinburg Center will mean as much to you as it does to us!
What We Offer:
We offer an excellent benefits package for both full and part-time staff, including health and dental (must work a minimum of 30 hours) vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance as well as a 401(k)-retirement savings plan. Paid time off benefits include vacation, personal, sick and holidays. To support ongoing professional development, we offer tuition reimbursement, conference, seminar, certification, and specialized training funding, as well as free clinical supervision for licensure.
We think the best benefit we offer is the chance to learn from each other and we hope you will be willing to teach us as well.
Be YOU! We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The Edinburg Center, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
