Administrative Director of Foster Care

Cardinal McCloskey Community Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Generous PTO

Flexible Work Schedules

Job summary

Cardinal McCloskey Community Services is seeking an Administrative Director of Foster Care to lead the foster care program, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive quality improvements. You will supervise program staff, manage finances, and foster collaboration across CMCS to maximize service impact.

Responsibilities include policy implementation, audits, RFP responses, and building partnerships with providers.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Human Services or Social Work with applicable licensure.
• Post-Master's experience in mental health/child welfare settings.
• Supervisory experience in mental health/child welfare.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Exceptional writing and public speaking skills.
• Knowledge of social work and clinical issues across the lifespan for child welfare populations.
• Highly advanced computer skills.
• Valid NYS driver's license and own transportation for travel to multiple worksites.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of comprehensive social work and supportive services aligned with OCFS/ACS regulations.
• Direct implementation of policies for the Foster Care program.
• Prepare for external audits and develop improvement plans.
• Analyze program data to guide quality improvements.
• Identify gaps and develop proposals for new policies and programs.
• Enforce procedures to meet The Council on Accreditation standards.
• Foster a high-performance, inclusive, accountable culture.
• Collaborate with leaders across CMCS for knowledge sharing and resource use.
• Supervise the director of foster care and director of permanency; conduct reviews.
• Manage program finances and staffing alignment to census.
• Seek growth opportunities and respond to RFPs to enhance service delivery.
• Provide social work/administrative consultation across departments.
• Ensure staff orientation and ongoing in-service training.
• Develop relationships with providers and housing/mental health services; oversee reporting.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Writing

Public speaking

Social work knowledge

Clinical issues knowledge

Computer skills

Leadership

Education

Master's Degree in Human Services or Social Work

Licensure (LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC)

Doctorate in Social Work (preferred)

Job description

Join a Team Where Your Work Truly Makes a Difference!

Safe Children, Stable Families, Successful Lives.

At CMCS (Cardinal McCloskey Community Services), our mission is to protect, empower and promote independence for at-risk children and families and those with developmental disabilities through quality community based services.

CMCS is seeking a dynamic candidate to become our next Administrative Director of Foster Care! In this role, you will be responsible for implementing the agency's mission, vision and values within all areas of the Foster Care program. Responsibilities include the development of program/department goals and objectives as well as the coordination and supervision of the full range of Social Work and ancillary services for the Foster Care team. The Administrative Director of Foster Care serves as the main liaison between CMCS and regulatory bodies including the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the delivery of comprehensive, timely, and quality social work and supportive services that are consistent with the regulations and policies of all oversight regulatory bodies, including, but not limited to OCFS and ACS.
• Directs the implementation of policies and procedures for the EFFC program.
• Prepares for external audits and reviews, prepares improvement plans and monitoring their implementation.
• Analyzes program performance data to inform the priorities for quality improvement efforts.
• Identify gaps, needs, or opportunities, including developing proposals and recommendations for new or revised policies and programs.
• Develop and enforce procedures and protocols to ensure practices align with quality standards and compliance with all regulatory and agency requirements and standards established by The Council on Accreditation.
• Develop and foster a high performance, inclusive and accountable culture throughout the division, aligned with CMCS's core values and organizational commitment to Sanctuary practices.
• Establish and maintain effective collaboration between EFFC team members and leaders throughout the organization to encourage knowledge sharing, maximum resource utilization, and collaborative problem solving.
• Provides targeted supervision to the director of foster care and the director of permanency and completes performance reviews.
• Manages the program's financials and ensures that revenue is maximized, and that revenue is aligned with staffing; makes timely staffing modifications in relation to program census.
• Ensures that programs maintain adequate census for program sustainability.
• Searches for opportunities for growth and development within the area of social work service delivery and assists in preparing timely, high-quality responses to new RFP's that will enhance service delivery across the agency.
• Provides social work / administrative consultation as needed across all agency departments.
• Ensures that all EFFC staff receive appropriate orientation and in-service.
• Develops relationships with preferred providers, including drug treatment, mental health (Article 16, 28 and 31 Clinics) facilities, and housing providers; troubleshoots and establishes systems for the delivery of services and reporting back to the Agency.
• Approves bills and expense sheets for payment in accord with the procedures of the Finance and Purchasing Departments and processes for payment.
• Represents the Agency at meetings, work groups and conferences with other agencies (i.e., ACS/OCFS/COFCCA), practitioners, inter-agency committees, and regulatory bodies.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a Master's Degree in Human Services or Social Work with licensure required (LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC); Doctorate in Social Work preferred.
• Relevant post-Master's experience in mental health/ child welfare setting
• Relevant Supervisory Experience in a mental health / child welfare setting
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Exceptional writing and public speaking abilities.
• Knowledgeable about social work and clinical issues across the lifespan for the special populations of child welfare;
• Highly advanced computer skills;
• Valid NYS driver's license and own transportation for travel to various worksites.

CMCS offers:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Flexible Work Schedules

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