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Director of Education - Behavioral Health

Lighthouse Care Center Augusta

Augusta, GA | Full Time

$106k-138k (estimate)

9 Months Ago

Director of Education - Behavioral Health

$106k-138k (estimate)

Full Time 9 Months Ago

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Lighthouse Care Center Augusta is Hiring a Director of Education - Behavioral Health Near Augusta, GA

Responsibilities:

Director of Education

As the Director of Education, you will play a vital role in providing all resident and patients with a safe, structured and therapeutic environment. This full-time opportunity offers 40 hours per week, full benefits, and a convenient day shift schedule.

Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta is an 80-bed psychiatric and addictive disease hospital for children, adolescents, and adults. We strive to provide quality and ethical mental health services in a secure, structured, and therapeutic environment that patients prefer, employees are proud of, and the community supports. Nestled in the shade of the ancient trees of Augusta, Ga., Lighthouse Care Center is located not far from the Savannah River and ensures privacy and anonymity, enabling the patient to concentrate on recovery.

As a member of the facility management team, the Director of Education works to ensure 24-hour a day management of the education and therapeutic milieu for all programs as well as oversees the education department and employees.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Maintaining school accreditation and creating a safe and secure learning environment, which fosters the academic and therapeutic growth of the students; ensuring school programming and structure is consistent.
Continually assessing the quality of instruction through classroom visits, weekly faculty meetings and review of student progress
Maintaining records of all educational testing and curriculum used, as well as school personnel records in full compliance with State Education Requirements
Attending and providing updates for patient treatment team meetings to provide patient/resident weekly progress reports for the education department; printing patients’ report cards and mailing copies of completed report cards to parents, caseworkers, and probation officers
Serving as Educational Representative for Business Development marketing in schools, organizations, and individual’s interest in Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta’s learning center

Benefit Highlights:

Challenging and rewarding work environment
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

If you would like to learn more about the Director of Education position before applying, please contact Shannon Turk, Market Recruiter, at shannon.turk@uhsinc.com.

Qualifications:

Director of Education Job Requirements:

Master’s Degree required
Three years’ experience in education, social services, or related field
Two years’ experience in program management, staff hiring, training, scheduling, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and program and staff development
Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
Must possess a valid Driver’s License

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449