Sr. Director, Yakima Field Office

Casey Family Programs, an Equal Opportunity Employer, is the nation’s largest operating foundation focused on safely reducing the need for foster care and building Communities of Hope for children and families across America. Founded in 1966, Casey Family Programs works in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two territories, and tribal nations to influence long‑lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families and the communities where they live.

Casey Family Programs values diversity, equity, inclusion, anti‑racism, anti‑discrimination, and respect for individuals in the workplace. We encourage candidates with diverse lived experience and perspectives to apply.

Child and Family Services (CFS) of Casey Family Programs provides direct services and tribal consultation in pursuit of Casey’s mission to provide, improve, and – ultimately prevent the need for – foster care. CFS operates nine field offices in five states and an Indian Child Welfare Programs office that demonstrate direct service and ICW improvement models. We share our experiences and lessons learned with jurisdictions, tribes, providers, and communities in the spirit of mutual continuous learning.

Our work is community and family centered, relationship‑based, participatory, and culturally responsive. We recognize the dignity and strength of every individual, family, community and culture.

Utilizing a collaborative, innovative, evidence‑informed, trauma and healing approach to practice, we engage families and community partners in the urgent, relentless pursuit of legal and relational permanency and well‑being for all children and families so that no youth ages out of foster care. Our clinical case management and support activities primarily occur within homes and in the community, with virtual options available, as necessary.

The Senior Director – Field Office is primarily responsible for all aspects of the field office operations. This includes a focus on prevention and permanency services and an emphasis on implementing, monitoring, and continuing the ongoing development of the local strategy for CFS direct practice and local systems improvement work. The Senior Director – Field Office is a matrix position assigned to a Strategic Consulting team with jurisdictional assignments.

Responsibilities include advancing practices and policies that promote safe reduction of children and youth in foster care, prevent entry of children into care and promote child and family well‑being, either as state, county or regional lead, with the public child welfare system as the primary partner. All assigned work is aligned with transformation efforts to Build Communities of Hope in partnership with community and other stakeholders.

• Provides vision, leadership and strategic direction through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion and continuous quality improvement, in collaboration with Field Office management team, staff, partners and stakeholders. Responsible for all field office operations including ongoing staff development, service delivery and innovative social work practice with youth and families, personnel actions, resource allocations, budget development and monitoring, facilities, and crisis and risk management.
  
  Assumes leadership role in practice and policy development through membership on CFS Leadership Teams and other ongoing and ad hoc practice groups.
• Directly supervises Field Office Director and Office Administrator to deploy work force and other resources to achieve CFS direct practice and organizational deliverables, along with ensuring that Field Office adheres to all policies and procedures. Provides leadership opportunities for employees that enable growth and encourage leadership development with the position. Ensures that employees receive appropriate training, coaching, feedback and performance evaluations.
• Provides vision, leadership and strategic direction and cultivates key relationships with local jurisdiction leaders in child welfare, community‑based organizations, providers of child welfare and child and family well‑being services and other pertinent…