Director of Social Services

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Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community!

The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, it’s a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the US, we serve people with food to shelter opportunities and almost everything in between. We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team.

In other words, we’re committed to being big and small at the same time. That makes us a seriously great place to work. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. We welcome you on finding your place to offer opportunities for people in need!

GENERAL STATEMENT: The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all programs is spiritual regeneration of all people. The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer.

Administrative and program development and management for all social services programs and personnel/volunteer functions for The Salvation Army (TSA) in Spokane, Washington, including grant writing, administrative staff, volunteers, and interns related to social services. This position entails the development and management of government and private contracts and assistance programs funded by public and private agencies and TSA. The department head is responsible to ensure that all programs under the Social Services Department meet contract specifications/guidelines and TSA policies and procedures, including TSA Social Service Standards.

The Director is responsible for developing, managing, and staying within budget for all the social services programs, including ensuring billing and accuracy with contract guidelines.

• Overall supervision of Community Services, Family Emergency Shelter, Stepping Stones Transitional Housing, Housing Stabilization and Empowerment, Homeless Families Coordinated Assessment, Housing and essential needs, Warming Centers, volunteers, interns and work study and Service Coordinators
• This is a working director position to offset daily workloads or staffing vacancies. The director must be able to fill in for absent staff (including providing direct services) vacancies or find replacement staff within budget and reason. The Director is responsible for knowing each of the Social Servies programs within work scope and length of time that is reasonable
• Directly supervise Social Servies staff, volunteers, interns, and practicum students
• Responsible for Social Services program development and design
• Responsible for all contract management, processing, implementation, guidelines, reporting and administration using the TSA TSAMM as a minute meetings tool
• Management includes processing contracts for signature and requesting Insurance certificates. Implementation includes developing or revising policies and procedures to be in compliance and training staff.
• Responsible for meeting deadlines
• Provide strategic analysis, research, and planning for Social Services
• Ensure that data is being collected to support the programs and development. Analyze the data to ensure that programs are assisting participants, meeting goals/outcomes and that data is accurate. Analyze data for gaps in services and needed changes in processes.
• Assist with development of jobs and job descriptions for staff, interns, practicum students, and volunteers
• With the support of Human Resources, ensure recruitment needs are met for the Social…