For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.
PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff uses a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities. Our children’s community residences are single site residence’s that provide a group living for eight children and/or adolescents. The program provides a supervised, trauma informed therapeutic environment which seeks to develop the resident\'s skills and capacity to live in the community and attend school/work as appropriate.
Position overview The Assistant Director will work closely with the Program Director in providing leadership to the staff of the 4 Children Community Residences and will make certain that all program goals are implemented in line with Agency expectations and practices.
Key responsibilities
Oversee and facilitate the weekly team meetings and ensure supervision is provided to the Team Leaders.
Use available data to identify needs, provide guidance to program staff, and inform program planning and quality service delivery.
Maintain the program to meet the needs of the residents in the program, including but not limited to physical environment, personal needs, food, healthcare, services, etc.
Oversee direct care staff training and orientation.
Engage with other community agencies including emergency responders and community neighbors.
Network with other mental health and child welfare agencies and attend OMH meetings as appropriate.
Assist the Director in ensuring that all necessary programmatic systems are in place to meet client safety needs, both on and off the ground.
Oversee key administrative staff (Team Leaders) of the program and ensure appropriate completion/compliance of such work.
Assist with adhering to the budgetary parameters of the program.
Participate in ITM implementation.
Assistant Director will directly supervise the Team Leaders in all four Community Residences.
Assistant Director will be available by phone after hours in the event of program related issues that are required to be reported beyond the Administrator on Duty and will report to the Director as necessary.
Additional responsibilities directed.
Additional functions
Participates in intakes, assessments, and discharge follow-up.
Participates in regular staff meetings and training.
May be asked to travel to offsite meetings and training courses.
Commitment to recovery-oriented trauma-informed practice.
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
Values and demonstrates cultural competency.
Excellent resident engagement skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive agency van.
Educational/Training required
LMSW, master\'s degree in a closely related field that can be licensed.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in children’s residential, and Mental Health is a plus.
At least 2 years of supervisory experience.
Be an effective communicator with strong oral and written skills.
Have computer skills.
A valid driver’s license is required to meet all insurance requirements.
Core competencies
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
Values and demonstrates cultural competency.
Excellent resident engagement skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Computer skills
Knowledge of electronic health records; Avatar knowledge is a plus.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Word.
Aptitude for learning new systems and application software.
Experience with telehealth platforms a plus.
Experience/language
Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.
Verbal and communication skills.
Ability to work as a team player.
Visual and manual dexterity The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation and/or vehicle.
Work environment / physical effort
Services are provided in the community and the office.
Offices are accessible in accordance with the ADA; travel to offsite sites may be required.
Risks/hazards are those encountered when traveling around New York City.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law. We will endeavor to make reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with disabilities.
Values Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve.
Treat every person with dignity
We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities.
Strive to be outstanding
We are exceptional professionals in all that we do.
Embrace each other\’s differences
We create a fair and inclusive environment for all.
Engage individuals and families as our partners
We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration.
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment as well as general treatment during employment. We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.
This description reflects the role as described and is intended for formatting and quality purposes.
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PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff uses a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities. Our children’s community residences are single site residence’s that provide a group living for eight children and/or adolescents. The program provides a supervised, trauma informed therapeutic environment which seeks to develop the resident\'s skills and capacity to live in the community and attend school/work as appropriate.
Position overview The Assistant Director will work closely with the Program Director in providing leadership to the staff of the 4 Children Community Residences and will make certain that all program goals are implemented in line with Agency expectations and practices.
Key responsibilities
Oversee and facilitate the weekly team meetings and ensure supervision is provided to the Team Leaders.
Use available data to identify needs, provide guidance to program staff, and inform program planning and quality service delivery.
Maintain the program to meet the needs of the residents in the program, including but not limited to physical environment, personal needs, food, healthcare, services, etc.
Oversee direct care staff training and orientation.
Engage with other community agencies including emergency responders and community neighbors.
Network with other mental health and child welfare agencies and attend OMH meetings as appropriate.
Assist the Director in ensuring that all necessary programmatic systems are in place to meet client safety needs, both on and off the ground.
Oversee key administrative staff (Team Leaders) of the program and ensure appropriate completion/compliance of such work.
Assist with adhering to the budgetary parameters of the program.
Participate in ITM implementation.
Assistant Director will directly supervise the Team Leaders in all four Community Residences.
Assistant Director will be available by phone after hours in the event of program related issues that are required to be reported beyond the Administrator on Duty and will report to the Director as necessary.
Additional responsibilities directed.
Additional functions
Participates in intakes, assessments, and discharge follow-up.
Participates in regular staff meetings and training.
May be asked to travel to offsite meetings and training courses.
Commitment to recovery-oriented trauma-informed practice.
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
Values and demonstrates cultural competency.
Excellent resident engagement skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive agency van.
Educational/Training required
LMSW, master\'s degree in a closely related field that can be licensed.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in children’s residential, and Mental Health is a plus.
At least 2 years of supervisory experience.
Be an effective communicator with strong oral and written skills.
Have computer skills.
A valid driver’s license is required to meet all insurance requirements.
Core competencies
Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
Values and demonstrates cultural competency.
Excellent resident engagement skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Computer skills
Knowledge of electronic health records; Avatar knowledge is a plus.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Word.
Aptitude for learning new systems and application software.
Experience with telehealth platforms a plus.
Experience/language
Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.
Verbal and communication skills.
Ability to work as a team player.
Visual and manual dexterity The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation and/or vehicle.
Work environment / physical effort
Services are provided in the community and the office.
Offices are accessible in accordance with the ADA; travel to offsite sites may be required.
Risks/hazards are those encountered when traveling around New York City.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law. We will endeavor to make reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with disabilities.
Values Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve.
Treat every person with dignity
We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities.
Strive to be outstanding
We are exceptional professionals in all that we do.
Embrace each other\’s differences
We create a fair and inclusive environment for all.
Engage individuals and families as our partners
We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration.
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment as well as general treatment during employment. We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.
This description reflects the role as described and is intended for formatting and quality purposes.
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