Coastal Clinical Director of Children’s Services

Description

Join Our Team Today! Lead with Compassion, Drive and Ambition as you oversee several family support programs within Bay State Community Services. 

Coastal Clinical Director of Children’s Services- This position reports to the Executive Vice President and is responsible for all aspects of Bay State Community Services (BSCS) Children’s Services in the Coastal Area. As the Coastal Clinical Director of Children’s Services this position will be responsible for the oversight of the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) services, Norfolk County District Attorney Clinical Response Team, DCF Support and Stabilization Services as well as any other coastal area specialized children’s programs. In addition to the current programming this position will have the opportunity to assist with the expansion of child services in the coastal area.

This position will act as the liaison with all funders and develop strong working relationships with the various child serving teams as well as understand and ensure contract expectations, quality assurance, and quality supervision.

What You Will be Doing to Make a Difference...

• Responsible for ensuring that BSCS Coastal Child Serving programs are offer quality services, ensure proper staffing, and compliance with contract requirements
• Developing a positive and collaborative relationship with Funders including but not limited to the Department of Children and Families, MASS HEALTH, and the Norfolk County District Attorney.
• Interview, orient and supervise staff; responsible for all personnel actions such as hiring, exiting, promotions, wage and salary and progressive discipline actions; conduct annual performance evaluations and review job descriptions
• Maintain effective and positive working relationships with referral sources, community members, donors, volunteers, colleagues, supervisor, employees and other agency programs
• Working with children, adolescents, adults, and families who may represent varying ethnicities, cultures, and religions; educational level and socioeconomic status is also variable
• Develop and monitor a balanced budget; meet program budget goals
• Have a comprehensive understanding and oversight of program contracts and proposals to include monitoring of program utilization and performance goals; develop working knowledge of payers and community providers 
• Promote and lead agency culture of learning and respect to others as well as agency mission and strategic plan; empower staff in meeting the agency mission
• Follow all agency policies and procedures
• Ensure timely documentation of quality measures including incident reports, program effectiveness, satisfaction surveys and outcome measures
• Participate with proposal grant writing, fundraising, marketing, recruiting, program development or other administrative activities as needed
• Attend and participate in meetings to include: facilitation of staff meetings, active participation in Leadership Team and other internal and external meetings as required
• Attend mandatory trainings
• Driving is required

Bay State Community Services (BSCS) recognizes the hard work and dedication of our staff and has developed a comprehensive benefit package to support you and your family.

Benefits Begin On Your First Day of Employment

Important Health and Wellness Benefits

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance 

Eye-Med Vision Benefits 

Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance 

Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account

Employee Assistance Program

Generous Paid Time Off

35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days, 12 Holidays- including Juneteenth and 8 Sick Days)

Additional Benefits

Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)

Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness 

Mileage reimbursement

Extensive Training Program

Monthly Agency Wide Trainings (includes CEU's for obtaining/retaining license - LMHC, LMFT, LADC, CARC, LCSW and LICSW)

Supervision for Licensure and Specializations

Immediate Access to Comprehensive Online Self-Paced CEU Trainings

Opportunities for Certification in Evidence Based Practices

Requirements

Job Qualifications/Credentials

• Master’s level licensed clinician i.e. LMFT, LICSW, or LMHC 
• Training in treating children who have experienced trauma (CF-CBT- preferred)
• Two years clinical supervisory experience with children experiencing behavioral health services
• Two years administrative e