Clinical Director - Foster Care Services

The Clinical Director of Foster Care Services develops, implements, and oversees the appropriate delivery of therapeutic services to clients. They ensure contract, licensing, and accreditation requirements are met in accordance with State and Federal law and are fiscally sound.

The Clinical Director of Foster Care Services serves as the agency’s liaison for the designated contracted services.

FLSA Status: Exempt, salary

Union Status: Non-Union

Reports To: Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

essential duties

Management Tasks:

1. Serve on the Senior Leadership Team and Lead Team and uphold the standards, policies, and strategic priorities of the agency.
2. Maintain positive working relationships with funding, referring and partner agencies.
3. Supervise and support the Manager of Foster Care Services.
4. Support the Manager of Foster Care in program referrals and screening to ensure appropriate placements and program utilization.
5. Partner with the Foster Care Team to ensure readiness for audits, renewals, and internal and external reviews.
6. Develop and monitor annual division work plans that meet the budget goals and strategic initiatives of the agency.
7. Ensure work plans are implemented in a cross-collaborative multi-department manner, meet the health, safety, and fiscal standards of the agency, and create opportunities for innovation.
8. Prepare, develop, and manage budgets of the various services.
9. Maintain and nurture positive working relationships with funders, referring and partner agencies.
10. Ensure ongoing and accurate data collection and reporting on services in compliance with funding and/or referring agencies requirements and agency standards.
11. Alert Supervisor of any areas in which the services are out of compliance with contract requirements and work quickly to successfully resolve the issues.
12. Ensure the physical property of the agency remains in serviceable and attractive condition.
13. Proactively consult with School District Administrations (where applicable) and delegate liaison responsibilities to Managers as appropriate.
14. Ensure the agency is represented with a strong voice on Regional and State level service provider networks.
15. Ensure timely completion of forms and reports as required by the agency.
16. Coordinate with collaborative agencies, clinical consultants, and trainers.

Service Design and Delivery Tasks:

1. Develop written guidelines, including comprehensive program goals and objectives, program methodology and evaluation criteria.
2. Develop and execute a plan to expand foster parent recruiting, training, licensing, and retention.
3. Minimize vacancies by timely placement of appropriately screened youth.
4. Direct the formulation of intake policies and procedures
5. Oversee the resident service planning process, including assessment, goals, and objectives, planned interventions, monitoring of progress and after-care plans.
6. Ensure appropriate community resources are utilized to support the needs and service plan of each resident.
7. Attend agency or professional group seminars and conferences to increase professional knowledge.
8. Ensure clinical work is appropriately supervised and documented to Council on Accreditation (COA) standards.

Personnel Tasks:

1. Oversee hiring, orientation, training, and supervision of all employees
2. Ensure annual performance evaluations are completed in a timely manner.
3. Ensure weekly and as needed supervision with Managers, and other related division employees.
4. Monitor employee performance and accomplishments of agency goals and objectives.
5. Ensure all disciplinary action directed toward employees conform with agency policies and procedures.
6. Collaborate with Human Resources for any employee disciplinary action needed.
7. Collaborate with the Director of Learning and Development to create orientation and learning opportunities for employees, including an annual learning calendar.
8. Ensure employees understand their job descriptions and are familiar with overall agency policies and procedures.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

job requirements

a. Education and Experience

1. Master’s degree in healthcare administration, nursing, social work, or related field.
2. Preferred Licensed in the State of Washington as a registered counselor, nurse, or social worker.
3. Minimum of 3 years of experience in a behavioral or healthcare setting.
4. Minimum of 3 years supervisory and/or management experience.
5. Experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
6. Demonstrated working knowledge of MS365 Power Platform.

b. Additional Requirements

1. Must satisfactorily pass criminal history check.
2. Must satisfactorily pass tuberculosis (TB) test
3. Must have reliable transportation and a valid Washington State driver's license (or be able to obtain one by date of employment).
4. Employees and volunteers who operate their own or Friends of Youth vehicles on Friends of Youth business, must have a safe driving record as defined by Friends of Youth.
5. Employees and volunteers who operate their own vehicle(s) on Friends of Youth business must carry auto liability insurance that complies with the requirements of Friends of Youth.
6. Must successfully complete the following health certification requirements within 30 days of employment: CPR, First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens.