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Bay Area Youth Services
Program Director of FFT
Career Insights for Education and Social Policy Program Director (Public Sector)
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What they do
An Economic and Social Policy Program Director manages government initiatives relating to the education and welfare of the residents in a state and may work for a child welfare agency, department of education, or other public agency.
$173,830 / year median in Florida
+10% projected growth
Job Description
The Program Director provides direct supervision to a team of therapists who will implement Functional Family Therapy (FFT). Position bears responsibility for day-to-day operations of program, and the achievement of program quality goals as established by the Provider and contract requirements. We are looking for a Program Director who must have: Masters in Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area Experience in program development including design, financing, staffing, and evaluation. Managing day-to-day operation of a community-based clinical and/or social service program for children, adolescents, and families. Supervisory experience Experience in training in business development, program development, personnel management and financial management preferred Must possess a valid Florida Driver's License and Auto Insurance Job duties and responsibilities include: Meet weekly with FFT Trainer to review therapist progress and supervision related issues. (e.g., site characteristics, difficult cases, therapist drift) ; Review adherence ratings with FFT Trainer to provide feedback during group supervision to therapists. Participate in recruitment, selection, performance management, and retention efforts for program; Ensure program/facility has staffing sufficient to provide adequate client coverage; partner with Human Resources to maximize retention efforts. Supervise, direct, motivate and evaluate performance of program leadership and immediate subordinates; Implement staff training and development programs and evaluate staff growth plans and development. Ensure therapists maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback. Meet with stakeholders, as needed to sustain referrals, communicate treatment progress, develop, and maintain appropriate community resources to meet family needs, and advise of client readiness for case termination. Ensure data collection on youth participating in the project in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the project design; work with representatives from the County and local DCF in the identification of outcome measures and design of data collection. Monitor treatment team case input into the FFT Outcome database, provide summaries to organizational leadership. Ensure site is open at times convenient to families; Provide 24/7 availability of clinical and administrative support to Therapists. Attend and/or present at community events in an effort to promote BAYS Family Connections FFT Program. Performs all other related duties as assigned.