Program Director

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Special Education, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a residential treatment setting; can substitute for education.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and compliance in a residential treatment setting.

Preferred Education and Experience

LCCA preferred, but not required

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General

Training & Treatment Model

Program Management and Leadership :

Resident Care and Treatment :

Aftercare Coordination

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight :

Family and Community Relations :

Continuous Quality Improvement

Continuously assess the effectiveness of the program by tracking resident progress, evaluating outcomes, and gathering feedback from staff, residents, and families.

Competencies

Work Schedule

The work schedule is typically 9am - 5pm with some variation expected due to the nature of the position. This may include nights, weekends, and early mornings as dictated by the needs of the job. (Examples may include taking phone calls in the evenings, flexing days due to work requirements, attending functions with families, attending conferences, trainings, or facilitating transportation if necessary).

Work Environment

This role uses standard office equipment and requires use of computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets, emails, and fax machines. Must have the ability to work in a high energy environment both at the office, in the community, and in the foster care and adoption environment.

Physical Demands

Long drives to remote locations may be required. This position may require the individual to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to ten pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel

This position may include travel to various locations. Work outside of normal business hours (evening hours and weekends) will be frequently necessary in order to complete job duties.

Work Authorization

EEO Statement

Azleway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, Azleway prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Azleway conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.