Operations Director - LSAA

Position Summary

The Operations Director sets the tone for the entire center’s team member culture and family experience. This role is directly in charge of all sales and daily business operations with the ultimate goal of reaching capacity within the center and achieving the optimal operating model. This role is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date roster of Behavior Technicians (BTs) and their deployment and compliance status, determining staffing needs, maximizing BT utilization, and managing daily scheduling changes to limit overtime and non-billable hours.

The Operations Director will lead BTs by coordinating training and compliance needs, and issuing disciplinary action up to and including termination, and completing the offboarding process. This role will collaborate with the BT Recruiting Department to determine existing BT needs, adjust targets, and realign resources.

The Operations Director’s responsibilities fall into six main categories:
Customer Service, Team Member Satisfaction and Retention, Center Appearance/Maintenance, Daily Operations, HR/Compliance, and Center Growth.

• Provide excellent customer service and champion Life Skills Autism Academy’s growth
• Conduct sales, marketing, and advertising duties in order to grow the academy’s client base to full capacity.
• Assist clients and families in accessing treatment by guiding them through the intake process.
• Maintain communication with prospective clients and ensure appropriate expectations of the intake process and timeline for how soon we can get services started.
• Align all resources (Supervising Clinicians, Behavior Technicians, and Clients) to ensure clients access therapy in the quickest, smoothest manner.
• 2. Maintain an operationally well-run, aesthetically pleasing center that is enjoyed by parents, clients, and team members.
• Ensure the cleanliness and appearance of the center meet the highest standards of care.
• Ensure all standard supplies are set to a recurring monthly order and other supplies are ordered as needed.
• Work with the Facilities and Purchasing departments to promptly address all issues as they arise within the center and coordinate necessary maintenance.
• Ensure center is meeting all compliance/credentialing standards (JCAHO, BHCOE).
• Monitor center expenses to stay within monthly budget.
• Assist in hosting center events (activity days, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, etc.).
• 3. Manage the schedule of all team members and clients within the center, as well as the operating metrics of the center.
• Enter the schedules into all required systems and communicate schedule changes with staff.
• Coordinate with Recruiting Department to ensure alignment with our staffing needs while taking new clients and turnover into account.
• Conduct interviews for new Behavior Technicians.
• Track all daily operations metrics on the appropriate shared spreadsheets.
• Responsible for tracking Behavior Technician attendance and addressing/issuing disciplinary action when necessary.
• Address any professionalism concerns and issue Performance Improvement Plans and Disciplinary Action Forms to team members as needed.
• Responsible for tracking client attendance and addressing low utilization with their families and discussing agreeable solutions to barriers.
• Schedule and manage non-billable Behavior Technician hours to stay within budget.
• Ensure staff are only being placed with clients with whom they are credentialed to work with.
• Assist with coordination of training and compliance needs.
• Work with in-home operations to find coverage for clients or help facilitate team member and client transfers, as needed.
• 4. Complete the offboarding process for all departing behavior technicians.
• Gather necessary documentation to offboard…