Program Director- and Crisis Intervention

Briarpatch Youth Services has an exciting job opportunity for a skilled professional. The agency is a dynamic non-profit community organization that has served Dane County since 1971. Briarpatch provides a broad array of services to more than 2,000 youth annually who have runaway, are experiencing homelessness, are justice involved, or facing other challenges.

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Hours:

This is a 40 hour per week position that requires on-site hours Monday-Friday in an 8-hour (daily) timeframe between 8:30 am and 8:00pm. (A Director at Briarpatch may not have other employment during these hours.) Based upon program and client needs, some evening (monthly shelter meeting until 10:00PM), weekend, and holiday hours are required. This position provides “on call” service in rotation with program staff (to support shelter staff) every third/fourth week.

While we respect work life balance at Briarpatch Youth Services, we are a 24/7/365 facility and urgent matters related to shelter, youth crisis, IT, finance, or press can emerge at any time. This means that, as an exempt leadership team member, you may have a call/matter that occurs in the evening or on the weekend.

Director level work at Briarpatch means willingness to enter into difficult conversations to resolve conflict. It means working with staff to understand difficult decisions, even when they are unpopular. It also means supporting staff when help is needed. We wear many different hats outside of our roles and as leaders we model “jumping in to help” outside of our roles.

Full Time

Exempt

Is $80,000 - $84,000 annually.

2720 Rimrock Road, Fitchburg, WI 53713

10/30/2026. The interview process may start prior to the deadline date.

The individual in this position provides oversight of the development and delivery of services to youth, young adults, and their families experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and/or in need of crisis intervention services. They will ensure that these services are provided in accordance with contractual and youth shelter licensure requirements and agency philosophy. They understand the need to work as a collective agency and can see the bigger picture beyond each program, which sometimes entails making difficult decisions.

Additional duties are assigned and performed under the supervision of the Executive Director. The Program Director - Housing & Crisis Intervention is one of two Program Directors and a member of the Leadership Team.

• Requires a broad knowledge base of youth development and community level systems that include housing and child welfare.
• Be able to show a demonstrated competence in the following areas:
  • Written and verbal communication skills,
  • Program development,
  • Program and personnel management
  • Nonprofit sector relationships.
• Must possess high-level tech skills which include the ability to create presentations, use of web-based reporting platforms, folder systems, spreadsheets, and documents.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and skille d at tailoring culturally responsive crisis stabilization techniques.

• 7+ years relevant experience
• 5+ years team supervisory experience
• Must have knowledge of social service systems

• A bachelor’s degree or higher and 2 or more years of supervised child welfare work experience as approved by the WI Department of Children and Families.

• Five or more years of experience working in a licensed group care setting working with children or adults as approved by the WI Department of Children and Families.

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