What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Child Welfare position at Children's Hope Alliance?
Description:
Summary:
The Child Welfare Director oversees the operations of all Foster Care & Adoption Services programs of Children’s Hope Alliance, ensuring the effective and efficient services to youth and families.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
** Applicant MUST be located in NC or willing to relocate**
Leadership
- Maintain effective, cooperative relationships with executive leadership to ensure successful implementation of the agencies mission and vision.
- Ensure that all aspects of foster care meet or exceed the appropriate standards and provisions of North Carolina licensing, Joint Commission, and Teaching-Family Association accreditation standards.
- Participate in a Quality Management program through the establishment of performance measures, and goals that reflect the organizational strategic plan and assure monitoring and reporting of these goals.
Supervision
- Provide supervision of Foster Care Program Managers, Supervisors & Adoption Program Manager to assure that they are meeting standards required for daily operations of programs.
- Supervise the implementation of staff and regional development plans insuring the opportunity to work towards identified goals and monitoring of progress thereof.
- Completion of individual annual performance appraisals for all direct reports.
Administration
- Management, personnel and fiscal oversight for all foster care services, meeting quarterly revenue and expenses goals.
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships in the community, including local advocacy group, child welfare agencies, philanthropic organizations, and other social agencies.
- Meet quarterly census goals for foster care services.
- Ensure achievement of regulatory standards for documentation of services.
- Maintain and create appropriate documents for all aspects of operation, including operating manuals.
- Attend agency, regional, and clinical staff meetings and other proactive team efforts to achieve program and organizational goals.
Supervision Responsibilities
This position supervises a team of 5 with the support of an administrative assistant and is responsible for overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of subordinate employees in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures and applicable laws.
Children’s Hope Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Requirements:- Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, or related field. Individuals with a degree in Business Administration and/or Healthcare Administration are encouraged to apply.
- Previous work experience in a related field or experience managing a team of healthcare professionals, or willingness to apply business management principles in a healthcare setting.
- 5 to 10 years experience in foster care services preferred and/or training equivalent combination of education and experience. Applicants with less experience in child welfare but primary experience in business administration will be considered
