Program Director-24563401

Lawton Residence
25-29 Lawton St
Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA

Lawton Residence
25-29 Lawton St
Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA

JOB SUMMARY
The Program Director is responsible for the overall operation and for the coordination of all therapeutic services. Directs the administration of residential mental health services within the authority of Executive Management. Responsible for 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.

Establishes clinical procedures and policies for recipients and ensures that program operations meet or exceed agency and regulatory guidelines. Ensures adherence to program philosophy and regulations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)

Provides Clinical Services:

• 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.
• Authorizes intake and discharge decisions. Oversee the intake and pre-placement process: interviews referred individuals, 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. Monitor’s 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.
• Inform 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.
• Regularly directs meetings concerning clinical issues.
• Coordinates the treatment team, which will include the resident, family/support network, residential staff, community mental health staff (community clinic and/or day treatment program), educational and vocational staff, and other collaterals as appropriate.

Direct and Supervise Personnel:

• Establishes and maintains work schedules in accordance with agency policy and assignments of staff. Responsible for managing the completion of time clock edits of staff with the suspense established
  by the Human Resources Department.
• Ensures staff compliance with the agency’s time and attendance policy; recommends disciplinary
  action for those out of compliance.
• Manages the completion of performance evaluations, recommends staff for the employee
  recognition award and promotions.
• Conducts staff supervision in accordance with agency and division policy.
• Administer…