Description

Are you interested in making a life-saving difference for children and adolescents? Would you enjoy being part of a team working to change the world for the better?

If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

In response to the humanitarian crisis at America’s ports of entry, Devereux provides short-term shelter care services for unaccompanied children who have come to the United States without a parent or legal guardian. Devereux will provide extremely high-quality, trauma-informed residential and educational services for unaccompanied children, with intense supports for their social and emotional health. We will also ensure they receive excellent and immediate physical healthcare including pediatric, dental and nutritional supports for every child.

Devereux’s ultimate goal is to ensure every unaccompanied child who receives our services is successfully and quickly discharged into the loving care of their family sponsor and, during the short time they are with us, have received best-in-class medical, therapeutic, recreational and educational services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey. This is a very high benchmark to set, but we have already begun partnering with leading legal defense nonprofits to ensure children in our care have access to the finest immigration advocates and supports our country offers.

Being a Bilingual Assistant Program Director has many advantages

As a Bilingual Assistant Program Director at Devereux, you will be a critical part of a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated, experts who share your passion for helping children in need. We offer:

• 24 vacation days (increases with years of service)

• 8 sick days

• Quality low cost benefits (you can view our plans by visiting https://benefits.devereux.org)

• 403(b) plan with employer match/contribution

• Employee Assistance Program

• Interested in advancing your career? Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND - the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers - the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to $15k reimbursed annually for undergraduate and $25k reimbursed annually for graduate) and student loan repayment! Learn morehere

The Assistant Program Director supports the Program Director and serves as a secondary liaison with Short-term Shelter program. He/she is responsible for operation, assessment, planning, and evaluation of the children refugee’s residential, education, case management and clinical services, and for providing leadership needed to deliver quality programming and treatment. He/she will recognize problems in program delivery and respond proactively. The Assistant Director will help establish effective outcome measures to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Short-term Shelter program/clinical services. He/she will supervise, develop and coach staff, as well as managers. Additionally this leader will help to interact with all regulatory agencies and ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

Keywords: Assistant Program Director, Assistant Operations Director, behavioral health, mental health, Assistant Residential Director, clinical services, case management, human services, child welfare administration, bilingual, Spanish

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, sociology or other relevant behavioral science field

• 5 years of progressive employment experience with social services or childcare agency or organization

• 5 year experience as a supervisor in a residential facility (preferred)

• 3 years in supervisory/management experience in mental health setting (preferred)

• Be bilingual in English/Spanish and minimum 21 years of age

• Fully immunized/vaccinated (or have a medical/religious exemption) for Varicella, MMR, TdAp, Influenza prior to starting.

• Be able to attend twelve days of in-house orientation/shadowing

• Be able to lift up to 50+ pounds and perform Safe and Positive Approaches

Devereux conducts a very thorough background check process to ensure the safety of the children in our care.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 weeks ago (4/12/2024 1:37 PM)

Requisition ID 2024-36663

Category Program Mgmt

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.