Program Director - Entre Familia

The mission of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is to work in partnership with communities to protect and promote the health and well-being of all Boston residents, especially those impacted by racism and systemic inequities. The BPHC sets an expectation that all staff and leadership commit, individually and as part of the BPHC team, to hold ourselves accountable to establishing a culture of anti-racism and advance racial equity and justice through each of our bureaus, programs, and offices.

Job Description

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Recovery Services Bureau (RSB) offers comprehensive programming and resources aimed at reducing the harms associated with substance use, including providing treatment services, recovery supports, and youth prevention. RSB operates across the continuum of care, spanning outreach and engagement, drug user health, naloxone distribution, residential treatment, referral services, and more. RSB has over 150 personnel working across more than 10 programs.

Entre Familia is a 6-to-9-month residential substance use treatment program that provides bilingual/bicultural, gender-specific, substance use disorder treatment to pregnant and postpartum women and their children. The program serves pregnant and postpartum women and their children in the State of Massachusetts. The program is based on evidence-based models with proven success in providing culturally sensitive services to all women and their children, a population historically underserved in substance use treatment.

DUTIES:

• Works to help BPHC advance as an antiracist organization by meeting or exceeding the standards set by the BPHC Anti-Racism Policy.

Program Leadership and Management:

• Responsible for the overall leadership, management, and supervision of the Entre Familia Family Residential Program, a residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program for women and their children, particularly BIPOC women and their children.
• Responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of all services at the Program, including, but not limited to, planning and development, programmatic policies and procedures, treatment protocols, treatment models, evidence-based practices and clinical documentation.
• Implement the Recovery Services Bureau’s mission and philosophy of substance use disorders and harm reduction treatment models.
• Lead efforts to evaluate, redesign, and rebuild the program’s entire treatment curriculum based on evidence-based practices and emerging best practices in the field.
• Lead the program management team to develop, plan, evaluate and report on goals, objectives, and outcomes for the program.
• Provide close supervision to each Program Manager leading their section of Entre Familia’s mission.
• Build and maintain a strong partnership with other BPHC and RSB program sand collaborate on Bureau wide and Commission wide projects.
• Oversee program's compliance with state licensing and federal regulations, and all reporting requirements and evaluation. Ensures completion of all program's clinical documentation.
• Oversee monthly/quarterly/annual clinical chart reviews to ensure the delivery and documentation of clinical services.
• Manage all program funding including state contracts and other external funding.
• Monitors program's third-party billing activities.
• Develop streamlined and comprehensive system of documentation in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Work in a confidential capacity with the Senior Management Team and meets regularly with supervisors regarding all aspects of program operations, including but not limited to matters pertaining to program staff and other confidential matters.
• Participate in management team meetings; assists Bureau Director, Clinical Services…