Program Director

We're Hiring Program Director

Location: Passaic County

Employment Type: Exempt

Department: Adult Day/Residential

Program Director oversees overall operations, activities, and assigned staff of program site within direct areas of responsibility. Ensures maximum provision of care to persons served regarding daily living activities, safety, vocational activities, and interaction with others.

• Provides supervision and oversight to direct and indirect reports within assigned areas of responsibility. Provides ongoing leadership, advice, training, and guidance to staff regarding daily care, instruction, and safety of persons served at specific Program site as outlined in the Individual Program Plan (IPP), Annex A and/or program descriptions.
• Ensures proper staffing patterns and work distribution within assigned program site in accordance with levels of supervision, Annex A and/or program descriptions.
• Conducts regular staff meetings and attends program management meetings to promote constant flow of information, open discussions, knowledge sharing, and to ensure staff are well-informed.
• Attends various internal management meetings, external conferences, family conferences, etc., to obtain and share information.
• Directly manages ongoing job performance of direct reports; develops and communicates performance goals; completes performance evaluations within established time frames; provides feedback, develops and takes action on performance improvement plans, and determines and implements disciplinary action as needed.
• Appropriately delegates work responsibilities.
• Supports professional development and career growth of direct reports by identifying and providing ongoing training and certification attainment in accordance with state licensing regulations and any accreditation standards, as applicable within area of responsibility.
• Directs and oversees overall operations, activities, and environment of the Program site within direct areas of responsibility.
• Follows established Bancroft policies and procedures, and maintains compliance with Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) regulations, HIPAA regulations, DDD Supported Employment/Day Program (SE/DP) Manual standards (if applicable), Department of Labor (DOL) regulations (if applicable), Department of Human Services 1047 regulations (if applicable), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) standards, and applicable state/local/federal regulations at all times.
• Ensures that sites are in full compliance with state licensing regulations and/or Bancroft’s quality standards for safety, security, cleanliness, and comfort.
• When applicable, ensures on-call and rotational support to effectively manage a 24 hour/7 day a week program for persons served.
• Participates in the development and ongoing oversight of the annual financial operating budget, monitors expenses, identifies and resolves budget variances, and effectively reallocates dollars to meet established annual financial budget. Meets contribution margin for areas of direct responsibility. Oversees all costs incurred and efficiency of spending for assigned sites within areas of responsibility. Ensures Program sites operate within the established fiscal budget.

• High school diploma or equivalent required plus five years of experience in the Human Services or related field.
• BA in a related field plus three years of related experience preferred.
• Two or more years of supervisory/management experience required.

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