What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Director position at Family and Children's Association?
Location: West Hempstead, NY | Schedule: Full Time, 35 hour/week Monday - Friday| Status: Exempt |Salary:$75,000-$80,000
Opportunity
Opportunity The Program Director provides strategic leadership, clinical governance, and operational oversight for Office of Mental Health (OMH) residential programs. This high-autonomy role drives evidence-based, person-centered service delivery while ensuring strict systemic compliance with New York State Title 14 NYCRR mandates. Responsibilities Clinical Leadership & Culture Architecture
- Transformational Leadership: Deliver trauma-informed supervision to foster psychological safety, high morale, and reduced burnout.
- Culture Architect: Foster inclusive, family-centric, and trauma-sensitive residential environments to catalyze holistic growth.
- Continuum of Care: Oversee screenings, admissions, discharges, and individualized goal-oriented assessments.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in treatment planning conferences to champion resident advocacy and continuity of care.
Strategic Operations & Stakeholder Engagement
- Local Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the agency at county Adult Single Point of Access (A-SPOA) and SPA committee meetings to streamline local mental health service delivery.
- Executive Impact: Drive operational excellence, optimize service delivery, and secure long-term fiscal viability.
- Fiscal Stewardship: Partner with the AVP to engineer and monitor program budgets, corporate expenditures, and petty cash.
- Talent & Workforce Development: Recruit, retain, and mentor a high-performing multidisciplinary team via continuous professional frameworks.
- Adaptive Leadership: Execute strategic responsibilities to remain agile in the evolving behavioral healthcare landscape.
Qualifications
- Education: Master of Social Work (MSW) or equivalent graduate degree required.
- Licensure: LMSW, LMFT, or LMHC highly preferred.
- Clinical Experience: Minimum 5 years serving individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI).
- Leadership Acumen: Minimum 3 years of progressive supervisory and administrative management experience.
- Operational Mobility: Valid and clean driver's license required for cross-site leadership.
Additional Information
- Crisis Responsiveness: Must have availability for emergency on-call rotations and flexible scheduling.
Benefits Information
- Full Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Generous, vacation, sick, personal, and floating holiday time
- 403(b); with generous employer contribution
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Pet Insurance
- Short Term (STD) and Long Term (LTD) Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
FCA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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Salary : $75,000 - $80,000