Northside Center for Child Development · 1 day ago
Program Director of Family Connections
Northside Center for Child Development is dedicated to providing high-quality services to children and families in New York City. The Program Director of Family Connections will lead and manage a team to ensure operational excellence and adherence to program goals, while fostering stakeholder engagement and supporting the overall mission of the organization.
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Responsibilities
Implement and evaluate program practices to ensure compliance with funder and agency metrics and achieve program goals
Collaborate with the Interim Program Director of Community Programs and other agency leadership to develop and refine program specific policies and procedures
Maintain adherence to Northside’s, City, State, and federal reporting requirements
Ensure best practices in service delivery and documentation through oversight, evaluation, and coaching to supervisors, case planners, intake coordinators, and Family Team conference facilitators
Guide issue resolution and ensure adherence to standard operating procedures through organizing monthly staff meetings and team sessions as well as conducting formal weekly supervision to offer ongoing support to staff
Lead recruitment and development in partnership with Human Resources, including hiring, onboarding, assessing training needs, and supporting professional growth
Foster stakeholder engagement and organization representation by attending all meetings scheduled by Northside and regulatory funders as well as developing and maintaining ongoing relationships with community partners and resources
Provide leadership to support the overall mission of Northside as directed by the Interim Director of Community Programs
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in social work, Psychology or other related fields required
10+ years of experience in child welfare, preventive services, foster care and/or other social service programs including five years of supervisory and/or managerial experience
Excellent computer skills and Microsoft Office
Strong skills and knowledge of program databases (Connections, PROMIS, Cornerstone preferred)
Model leadership as a Program Director. Child, family, and client-oriented, clinically skilled, culturally sensitive, respected professional, team player, flexible, and agile, with the ability to work in a complex and fast-paced environment and manage multiple relationships and projects under deadlines
Knowledge and experience as a Programs Director with leadership and management capability. Proven ability to lead, develop, and teach clinical, educational, and program staff
Sound judgment, empathetic, compassionate, with the ability to manage human dynamics, privacy, confidentiality, and priority on client care and outcomes
Confident, friendly, collaborative, and the ability to work with a diversity of people and engage people at all levels, including clinical, front-line, and professional staff
Experience with family challenged by issues of child abuse and neglect, truancy, mental illness, intimate partner violence, and homelessness
Strong communications, writing, relationship development, interpersonal, presentation, and crisis intervention skills
Critical thinker, analytical, creative, strategic, and detail-and results oriented
Preferred
LMSW preferred
Experience working in an ACS funded Evidenced Based Model program preferred
Familiarity with Programs relevant to funding source regulations preferred
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits package
Company
Northside Center for Child Development
Northside Center is a nonprofit that provides expert behavioral/mental health, education and enrichment programs to children and families living in poverty.
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