Regional Director, Psychosocial Services - West

About KIND 
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of origin. Launched in 2008, KIND champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety.  Building on its extensive programming and successful model in the United States, KIND is expanding in the Americas and Europe to bring its experience to bear in working with unaccompanied and separated children. Our work focuses on addressing the legal and mental health needs of this population; building strong partnerships and engaging in training and capacity strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.
KIND seeks a full-time Regional Director, Psychosocial Services (West) to join the Psychosocial Services department in the provision of Trauma Informed and Culturally Responsive services to migrant and refugee children. The Regional Director, Psychosocial (West) works under the supervision of the Senior Director of Psychosocial and in collaboration with the Legal Services team in an interdisciplinary model providing direct oversight to the West Field offices and programs working with detained youth. This position will have both internal and external facing responsibilities ranging from direct supervision of Social Service Coordinators, data tracking and evaluation, program policies and guideline development, consultation, and training as well as strategic program planning. S/he also liaises with external partners including donors, funders, and the ORR facilities and disseminate best practices and social service needs of clients. This role reports into the Senior Director, Psychosocial Services.
This is a remote position based out of one of the following KIND offices—Fresno, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle—with periodic travel to field office sites and their satellite locations as necessary.
This position is contingent upon continued funding.

Essential Functions

• Psychosocial Team Management
• Participates in drafting Psychosocial team components, including metrics, logic models, and narratives, for grant applications and reports.
• Supports fundraising and development efforts, as well as grant reporting for the Psychosocial team.
• Supervises, analyzes, and systematizes Psychosocial team’s data entry and metrics tracking in Legal Server.
• Implements and updates ethical policies, procedures, and guidelines to be implemented across all field offices and compiled in an updated Psychosocial Handbook.
• Creates and updates guidelines for the Psychosocial team in an interdisciplinary model pertaining to attorney-client and work-product privilege, federal and state confidentiality, and mandatory reporting laws.
• Implements guidelines on working with unaccompanied children working with pro bono volunteer attorneys that KIND provides mentoring for.
• Creates guidelines and leads Psychosocial team on self-care, wellness, prevention of vicarious trauma and burn out, as well as appropriate professionalism in client relations.
• Other duties and projects as assigned or required by the flows of the work. 
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• Supervision of Case Work
• Monitors and evaluates case activities, including client referrals, intakes, case strategy, and case closure through case rounds and regular check-ins.
• Consults and works with KIND attorneys and legal staff to integrate holistic, trauma-informed, and client-centered services that consider both legal strategy and service needs.
• Evaluates and provides expert consultation to the Psychosocial team and KIND legal staff on services referral, needs assessments, advocacy strategy, safety planning, and crisis management.


• Technical Assistance, Training, and Outreach
• Provides technical assistance and expertise to KIND staff and community partners.
• Obtains external expertise and training for the Psychosocial team for relevant case situations, as needed.
• Prepares practice advisories and gather materials regarding best practices on various topics.
• Works with community partners to coordinate services and collaborate in efforts.
• Assists with training and presentations.
• Represents KIND at local coalitions, courts, and agencies.

Qualifications and Requirement

• Graduate degree in social work, social welfare, or mental health, MSW preferred.
• Fluency in English and Spanish (oral and written) required.
• Minimum of 5  years of working in social work, counseling, coordinating services, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience supervising multiple staff in a social work or social services