Regional Director of Child Welfare Agency

The Regional Director of Programs is responsible to ensure high quality services and effective daily operations of all aspects of the program. Duties include managing budgets and contracts, multi-site supervision, services and human resource management including hiring, evaluation, coaching and training. The Regional Director of Programs is responsible to ensure program outcomes, to manage external relationships, and to develop and promote the reputation of the agency at all times. The Regional Director of Programs provides leadership congruent with agency policy, values and mission, provides management reports as required, and leads significant program committees or functions as assigned. For this multi-site and multi- program position the Regional Director of Programs will be responsible for the operational success ensuring seamless team management and development, program delivery, quality control and evaluation.

DUTIES + RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Program Operations

Leads projects and program implementation ensuring quality, productivity and services delivery standards

Resolves problems, completes audits, identifies trends and recommends, determines and implements system improvements.

Achieves or exceeds operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategies plans and reviews, preparing and completing actions, managing assigned projects

Leads and manages improvement and change efforts

Participates agency-wide workgroups and projects as assigned

Responsible for all aspects of program including physical plant, safety, compliances, service delivery, program enhancements, growth and reputation and stakeholder relationships.

Human Resources

Recruits, selects, orients, trains, assigns, schedules, coaches, counsels assigned employees to achieve program results and highest quality services.

Enforces policy, communicates job expectations, plans, monitors and appraises performance

Review and recommend compensations actions

Provides clinical and programmatic supervision and leadership to the Clinical Program Managers.

Fiscal/Budget Management

Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing and recommending annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.

Includes keen attention to vacant, census, staffing and other metrics to ensure fiscal health of program

Community Development

Represents agency interest and advances agency reputation with external stake holders including partners, sub-contractors, county agencies and others.

Collaboratively explores and recommends program and contract improvement and change.

Leadership

Collaborates and communicates effectively throughout organization

Exemplifies and promotes standard of high achievement

Recommends strategic and program improvement through participation on assigned program leadership team

Training and Compliance

Ensures program meets or exceeds all regulatory and contract requirements including development of formal training program for staff

Facilitates Litmos training and other onboarding trainings as needed

Qualifications:  

• MA or MSW required; LCSW or LMFT with two or more years of post-licensure experience preferred.
• 5 years of progressively responsible program management experience, preferably in a high-growth, youth-serving organization with five years of supervisory experience leading multi-level teams required.
• 5 years working with youth facing systemic barriers, preferably youth currently or formerly in foster care. Milieu or wraparound experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across multiple sites and manage a geographically distributed team.
• Program budget management experience required.
• A car, a valid driver's license, and proof of insurance required; regular travel to program sites  

We are a staffing and recruiting agency that specializes in social services. We hire BA, BSW, MA, MSW, LCSW, MFT, PsyD and PhD candidates for temporary, temp to hire and direct hire opportunities throughout California. We have part time and full time positions available, both direct services and management.