Regional Director

JOB TITLE: Regional Director

REPORTS TO: Associate Vice President of Strategy & Organizational Excellence, Privacy Officer

STATUS: Full Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000

OFFICE

LOCATION:

O'Fallon and Mt. Vernon. The home office location will be based on the office nearest to the candidate’s residency.

Travel is regularly expected to each site and the surrounding counties for work related responsibilities.

Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois improves the well-being of people across the state by protecting children, strengthening families and building futures for those who have experienced trauma. We do this as a leading provider of a variety of child welfare services. LCFS is a welcoming organization serving children, individuals, families and communities of all faiths, races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender expressions and gender-identifications.

• Champions in supporting children, youth and families throughout Illinois so they are able to reach their full potential
• Dynamic and

innovative leaders who believe in collaboration with their team of professionals and are revolutionizing the impact on services to families

• A community which embraces and is committed to being WIDE (welcoming, inclusive, diverse and equitable)
• Impactors of the child welfare community by addressing institutional racism and implicit bias to increase positive outcomes for children and families of color

• Creators of a culture focused on supporting families and ensuring all children find safe, loving permanent homes, particularly by reuniting them with their families

Under the direction of the Associate Vice President, the Director is part of the child welfare team that leads the achievement of the LCFS vision for all children and families having the opportunity for safe, healthy and meaningful lives. The Director specifically leads a team of Managers and Supervisors who are responsible for direct service Child Welfare Specialists in foster care, home based services, licensing and other supportive child welfare, medical and mental health personnel building relationships, supports, partnerships and strengths amongst youth, families and communities to ensure the achievement of safety, permanency and well-being.

Some goals are:

• Family reunification
• Prevention of substitute care placement
• Successful and sustainable transitions and maintenance in the least restrictive family living arrangements
• Wraparound and case coordination services for social, emotional and physical well-being
• Natural and formal life-long supports, connections, safety, stability and permanency
• Supportive trauma informed, family centered and strengths based linkages, positive development and collaborative services;
• Highly competent, well-resourced and committed workforce, system of care and service delivery dedicated to positive children and family results.

• Leads a team of managers, supervisors and direct service child welfare professionals in partnering with children, parents and community providers to assess, plan, evaluate and make linkages for in-home stabilization, prevention, safety, permanency and well-being outcomes
• Implementation of home-based, foster care and specialized services for youth and families through management and direction of staff who are responsible for service delivery
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and partners for continuous quality improvement, interventions, service delivery and the achievement of program outcomes
• Represents, markets and promotes the program vision, goals and works toward growth, development and alignment across the site, region and other areas of jurisdiction. (This includes seeking expansion opportunities, leverage for alliances, referrals and the assurance of agency visibility, resource availability, program/ process development and solution-focused barrier elimination.)
• Provides effective supervision, mediation, problem resolution, oversight and crisis response to staff by effectively responding to workforce, parent, child, provider and other stakeholder concerns and demonstrating the ability to effectively manage crisis and difficult case situations. (This includes ensuring coverage for on-call support and supervisory mechanisms are in place/efficient.)
• Assesses and maintains knowledge of child welfare and population specific laws, policies and trends for recommending program adjustments and implementation that aides program effectiveness, children, families and communities
• Adheres to the agency strategic plan and goals for operational growth, interviewing, training and evaluation of employees for the site/region that yields a competent, well-resourced workforce and effective provision of services
• Provide oversight, input and supervisory action and consultation to administrative and managerial staff in charge of the various functional service areas on a regular basis concerning local site/regional…