Hybrid Program Director – Licensing, Foster Care

at THOMPSON Child & Family Focus

• Job title: Program Director – Licensing, Foster Care
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $60,000 - $75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Program Director responsible for licensing and foster care operations in South Carolina. Ensuring quality services and management of staff while fostering a positive organizational culture.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring data at a high level and taking necessary action around census, referrals, productivity, finances.
• Establishing and modeling a traumatic-informed culture, as well as driving best clinical practices down throughout the work.
• Ensuring the self-care and wellness of direct care staff is a priority for program supervisors.
• Working through leaders to ensure programs under their chain are achieving targeted outcomes/people/financial success.
• Overseeing the long-term planning and strategy for Licensing/Training and Foster Care.
• Communication and climate setting with their staff.
• Ensuring programs have the resources they need to ensure their program(s) success.
• Effectively selecting, coaching, assessing and developing their staff.
• Weighing in on organizational design and structure.
• Relationship building up, down and sideways (internally and externally) for the organization’s benefit.
• Developing and cultivating new business opportunities for the short- and long-term benefit of the organization.
• Ensure direct reports work objectives tied with overall business strategy.
• Continual Coaching and development of staff.
• Ensure performance assessments are utilized constructively to improve performance.
• Effectively balance task and resources among teams.
• Coordinate foster parent events
• Coordinate local foster parent recruitment events
• Maintain program licensure as a Child Placing Agency (CPA).

Requirements

• Must have a valid South Carolina Driver’s License.
• Meet any credentialing, licensing and privileging standards as it pertains to the program(s) they lead.
• Master’s Degree is required in Social Work or related field.
• Verified 3 years of successful previous leadership experience.
• Verified 3-5 years of experience working in licensing/training and/or foster care as a leader.
• Displays the capacity/coachability for future growth and development as a leader.

Benefits

• 3 weeks paid time off (PTO) first year plus 10 paid holidays!
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability and Life insurance options
• 401K Match
• Education Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through FAFSA after 10 years of service
• Paid time off for volunteering in the community
• Free EAP services
• Mileage Reimbursement
• iPhone and Laptop provided for eligible roles
• Multiple opportunities for growth