Associate Director-SB530101

Crotona
1510 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10460, USA

Crotona
1510 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10460, USA

The Associate Program Director is responsible for compliance with all federal, state, and accrediting agencies’ requirements to ensure the continuum of services necessary for each resident in the Program. Assists the Program Director in the administration of residential mental health services within the authority of Executive Management. May be responsible for all or designated part of personnel management, fiscal operations, inventory management, recipient services, safety and welfare of recipients, hiring and training of personnel, directing and coordinating the activities of the staff, and administration of the program.

Within the Program Director’s guidelines, establishes clinical procedures and policies for recipients and ensures that program operations meet or exceed agency and regulatory guidelines. Within the Program Director’s guidelines ensures adherence to program philosophy and regulations.

ESSENTIAL TASKS:

Assists Program Director in Providing Clinical Services:

• In the Program Director’s absence or with the Program Director’s authority directs clinical treatment services provided to residents, oversees the development, implementation, and review of service plans to address issues of rehabilitative services provided and mental illness.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Assists the Program Director with the intake and pre-placement process:
  In the Program Director’s absence or with the Program Director’s authority oversees the intake and pre-placement process: interviews clients, reviews records and other relevant information, performs individual assessments in collaboration with other appropriate staff.
• Provides clinical oversight of strengths-based assessment and rehabilitative services provided by staff to residents to ensure the quality and that services meet or exceed regulatory guidelines. Provides counseling and crisis intervention to all residents, as required. Monitors counseling performed by staff either individually or with residents in groups to evaluate the quality of the service.
• Ensures staff is obtaining information, such as medical, psychological, and social factors contributing to the individual’s situation, and that the staff is evaluating the resident’s capabilities. Regularly directs the inspection of case records to evaluate the completeness and quality of treatment plans, quarterly services plan reviews, assessments, medical records, and progress notes. Responsible for the accuracy of data entered into a computer database or manual records and assists the Program Director in collecting, organizing, and submitting client information, e.g., CAIRS, ASFA.
• Informs staff of the types of clinical and rehabilitative services, recreational activities, and ICL programs available.
• Reviews crisis assessment of residents with staff, reviews nonverbal and verbal crisis intervention techniques to be used with each individual resident, and staff actions during a crisis situation.
• Informs staff of community resources and ensures that staff are accompanying residents on regularly scheduled or emergency visits to medical treatment facilities, social agencies, government offices, or other locations associated with treatment or assistance of the resident.
• Immediately reports serious incidents, allegations of abuse, incidents, or sensitive situations and completes incident reports in accordance with agency policy.
• In the Program Director’s absence or with the Program Director’s authority regularly directs meetings concerning clinical issues.
• In the Program Director’s absence or with the Program Director’s authority coordinates the treatment team, which will include the resident,…