Program Director, Mental Health

CRi - Community Residences, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The CRi - Community Residences, Inc. seeks a Program Director to lead its programs, ensuring high quality care and safe, functional environments. You will guide staff, delegate authority, and maintain open communication about the organization's mission and philosophy across teams.

Responsibilities include budgeting, program development, service planning, and regulatory compliance, while partnering with Clinical Leadership to meet funder expectations and community needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to working with individuals with mental illness.
• Five years in the Mental Health field with supervisory experience of at least 4 people.
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory and writing skills; experience with assessments, program development/coordination, budgets, crisis intervention, service planning, community relations and public speaking.
• Broad and diverse range of skills to effectively manage all aspects related to this position.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the program budget.
• Responsible for the quality of facility and equipment ensuring all are healthy, safe, attractive and functional.
• Serves as initial point of contact and agency liaison for families, public and private agencies working with program’s individuals and the immediate and extended community.
• Supports the Clinical Director in working with funders and other agency partners and implements plans as directed.
• Coordinates and integrates programs and services including admission, discharges, service planning, etc.
• Conducts orientation, in-service training, continuing education and supervision of all persons in the program or service to ensure all staff are competent and qualified.
• Supervisions includes responsibility for approving assessments, individualized service plans and reassessments.
• Ensures the staffing allocation plans are implemented in accordance with approved individual-staff ratios.
• Ensures quality of record keeping.
• Implements a defined set of patient rights and responsibilities.
• Implements approved clinical policies and procedures and service philosophy.
• Ensures financial and budgetary compliance of the program.
• Responsible for implementing Performance Improvement activities according to CRi’s policy and procedures.
• Maintains program’s compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Serves as part of the clinical leadership team. Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Supervisory skills

Written communication

Public speaking

Crisis intervention

Budget management

Program development

Service planning

Assessment experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in field related to mental health

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

The Program Director serves as the leader at the programs in their scope of oversight and contributes to the creation of environments that enable CRi to fulfill its mission and meet or exceed its goals. The Program Director must have the capability to effectively communicate and clearly articulate the organization’s mission and philosophy to all members of their particular programs or service. The Program Director also supports and encourages staff members to act with appropriate authority and responsibility in their work processes and must possess skills to delegate and empower staff. The Program Director is ultimately responsible for the quality of care and the physical environment of the programs they supervise.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the program budget
• Responsible for the quality of facility and equipment ensuring all are healthy, safe, attractive and functional.
• Serves as initial point of contact and agency liaison for families, public and private agencies working with program’s individuals and the immediate and extended community.
• Supports the Clinical Director in working with funders and other agency partners and implements plans as directed.
• Coordinates and integrates programs and services including admission, discharges, service planning, etc.
• Conducts orientation, in-service training, continuing education and supervision of all persons in the program or service to ensure all staff are competent and qualified.
• Supervisions includes responsibility for approving assessments, individualized service plans and reassessments.
• Ensures the staffing allocation plans are implemented in accordance with approved individual-staff ratios.
• Ensures quality of record keeping.
• Implements a defined set of patient rights and responsibilities.
• Implements approved clinical policies and procedures and service philosophy.
• Ensures financial and budgetary compliance of the program.
• Responsible for implementing Performance Improvement activities according to CRi’s policy and procedures.
• Maintains program’s compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Serves as part of the clinical leadership team. Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to working with individuals with mental illness.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in the Mental Health field with supervisory experience of at least 4 people.
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal, supervisory and writing skills as well as experience with assessments, program development/coordination, budgets, crisis intervention, service planning, community relations and public speaking.
• Must have broad and diverse range of skills to effectively manage all aspects related to this position

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree

Physical Demands

• Requires some lifting of program supplies/equipment.

Working Environment

• Residential homes and apartments
• Typical office environment

Supervision Exercised

• Directly supervises all program staff.

Supervision Received

• Under the direct supervision of the Director of Clinical Services.