Residential Program Director, Strive Teen Recovery Center

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!

Position Summary: The Residential Program Director is responsible for supervising clinical and direct care staff, providing leadership, guidance, and performance oversight to ensure high-quality service delivery. The Residential Program Director manages day-to-day facility operations, including workflow coordination, compliance, and operational problem-solving. The Residential Program Director ensures programmatic fidelity to ASAM criteria, trauma-informed care principles, and evidence-based treatment models. As needed, the Residential Program Director also provides direct clinical treatment to support continuity of care, client stabilization, and overall program effectiveness.  

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or 5 years of equivalent experience in residential care and/or substance use treatment setting and knowledge of child welfare systems strongly preferred.   
• Ability to obtain LICSW, LMFT, LMHC and/or LCDP license within (2) years of hire date strongly preferred
• High level of administrative and leadership skills required 
• Demonstrated experience supervising clinical and direct care staff in a residential or 24/7 treatment environment
• Strong working knowledge of ASAM criteria, trauma-informed care principles, and evidence-based treatment models
• Experience providing direct care services, including assessment, treatment planning, and crisis intervention, as needed
• Advanced critical thinking skills, creativity, and flexibility in adapting to changing priorities and demands; ability to think in both broad and detailed terms while attending to details; identifying and resolving obstacles to achieving improvement and goals
• Outstanding communication skills, written, verbal, and presentation skills are a must  
• Ability to work independently and take initiative; to prioritize and proceed logically
• Maintain a valid driver's license, registration, and auto insurance
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel, are required 
• Maintain confidentiality in compliance with PHI standards 
• Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
• Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.

Physical Requirements: This position requires:

• Travel to and from agency site locations, which could include walkways, stairs, and/or elevators.
• Ability to lift up to 20lbs.
• Ability to communicate by voice, use sight, and hearing.

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
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Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield. 

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.  

Salary : $84,342 - $104,869