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* This position will be Denver based, but will have an expectation be regularly present in the Ft Collins office (average: 1x per week)*

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a nonprofit, human services agency where you have the opportunity to provide support to children and families across the Rocky Mountain region. We are passionate about what we do and dream of inspiring community through our commitment and mission. We are a welcoming agency that believes that ALL people from the newborn to the elderly are valued members of our communities. If you want to make a difference where you live while serving alongside other amazing professionals, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains invites you to apply.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The Child and Family Services Division provides programming throughout Colorado, including Foster Care (traditional foster care, Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program, and Long-Term Foster Care program), Adoption and Pregnancy Counseling, Older Adult Services, and Family Support & Education programs. Our staff work diligently with clients and families to support them in reaching their unique goals.

The Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC) program at Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (LFSRM) provides care and support to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in federal custody as they wait for their immigration case to be resolved so they can transition to a more long term program or living arrangement. UCs are placed with licensed foster families and attend public school while they are in the program, allowing them to have more normalized experiences in family based environment.

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Program Director of Child & Family Services will be responsible for the overall management of the programmatic, administrative, and operational systems related to the provision of care and services. In this role, it is essential to maintain program efficiency and compliance and communicate effectively with key stakeholders. Maintains fiscal oversight of annual program budget. Selects, supervises, and evaluates program personnel, providing case and administrative supervision. This position maintains oversight and decision-making authority over all positions in assigned programs.

REQUIRED COMPETANCIES

Occupational Competencies

• Manages Projects and Functions: Ensures effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of services and/or programs. Organizes people, resources, and activities and fosters collaboration to achieve responsibilities, goals and targets.

• Promotes Staff Development: Maintains positive and professional relationships with staff, providing regular feedback on strengths and areas needing development. Provides ongoing training and coaching to help staff develop skills and knowledge to be successful at work and foster professional growth.

• Communicates Expectations Clearly: Ensures that expectations are achievable, communicated clearly and understood.

• Utilizes Delegation: Ensures that responsibilities are appropriately delegated to staff according to individual skills, job duties and work priorities.

• Fosters Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Promotes efforts aimed at improving current processes through a culture that fosters continuous improvement. Identifies and Implements improvements and innovations that increase efficiency and enhance work quality.

• Communicates Professionally: Ability to communicate professionally and cooperate with colleagues, other professionals, community partners, and other individuals involved in the care and coordination of services.

• Meet standards of practice: Familiarity with or ability to follow practice standards, including applicable local, state and federal regulations and guidance, and contractual requirements.

• Provide crisis intervention: Experience with crisis management, problem solving, and mediation best practices.

• Maintains Program Documentation: Maintains consistency of program documentation and ensures that documentation and reporting is completed in a thorough, high quality, and timely manner.

Foundational Competencies