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AMCI/YMCI Program Director ($7000 Sign-On!)

Child & Family Services, Inc., fall river, ma, United States


Summary

The AMCI/YMCI Program Director provides oversight, management, and clinical supervision to assigned AMCI & YMCI staff. The Program Director serves as a member of the leadership team and completes additional administrative activities such as hiring, scheduling, performance reviews, and participation in the CQI process.

Full-time, 40 hours per week with hourly + shift differentials and frequent opportunities for overtime.

Sign-On Bonus: $7,000 total ($2,500 after 3 months, $2,500 after 6 months, $2,000 after 9 months).

Benefits

$1 per hour Language Differential (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, or ASL).

Compensation Considerations

Child & Family Services carefully considers compensation based on prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other job‑related factors to support, reward, and compensate the entire individual. Final offer amounts may vary from the stated amounts.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

  • Directs and oversees all personnel activities in the Fall River AMCI/YMCI Program.
  • Participates as a member of the site and off‑site management team (AMCI, YMCI, ACCS, YCCS).
  • Works in conjunction with the Human Resource Director for all hiring and disciplinary action of employees.
  • Provides programmatic supervision and clinical supervision when appropriate.
  • Ensures programmatic compliance set forth by program specifications.
  • Works within the management team to evaluate and monitor program effectiveness through the Continuous Quality Improvement Program (C.Q.I.).
  • Identifies and implements strategies to maximize utilization of community‑based services and divert from Emergency Departments.
  • Works with the Associate VP of Acute Care Services and VP of Acute Care Services to develop the program budget and manages within the fiscal year budget.
  • Maintains contact with program‑related staff from contracts and other funding sources.
  • Collects and reports data critical to operation of the AMCI/YMCI Program.
  • Represents the program at key meetings internal and external to the agency.
  • Works collaboratively within Acute Care Services to cross‑train and provide coverage as needed.
  • Coordinates and participates in training as specified in performance specifications.
  • Shares administrator on‑call duties with staff identified in collaboration with the Associate VP of Acute Care Services.
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule as needed, including evening hours.

Staffing Expectations

All 24‑hour/Acute Care Staff are considered essential. Essential staff are defined as personnel who are expected to report to work as scheduled, regardless of holidays or emergency situations, and during any agency closing (e.g., inclement weather) to ensure the ongoing operations of the program.

Due to the nature of the work and client needs, this position may require work beyond a forty‑hour week. Essential staff may also be required to remain on shift or work an additional shift until relief staff are available.

For overnight positions, staff must stay awake for the entirety of their shift.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.

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