Senior Prevention Programs Manager

Children's Aid; New York (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Children’s Aid seeks a Prevention Manager to supervise Prevention Services, ensuring high-quality programming across multiple sites and alignment with NYS OASAS and DOHMH contracts. The role emphasizes data quality, compliance, and evidence-informed strategies.

You will lead prevention staff, support capacity building, and advance youth development, family strengthening, and community engagement, reflecting our mission to help children in poverty thrive in NYC.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, public health, or related field; or a BA with significant preventive supervisory experience.
• CPP, CASAC, LMSW, LMHC or other QHP credentials required.
• Minimum 4–5 years of progressively responsible experience in substance use prevention, behavioral health, youth development, social services, community-based programming, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory, management, or team-lead experience preferred.
• Experience with OASAS-funded prevention services and evidence-based programs preferred.
• Experience with program compliance, audits, documentation review, performance monitoring, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate prevention work plans, annual reports, monthly/quarterly reports.
• Prepare data reports for NYS OASAS, DOHMH, Children’s Aid, and other funders; ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and submitted within required timelines.
• Support the Director of Prevention Services with the implementation, oversight, evaluation, and expansion of Prevention Services across assigned sites and initiatives.
• Provide direct supervision to designated Prevention Coordinators, Prevention Facilitators, Prevention Specialists/Educators, counselors, interns, and other assigned prevention staff.
• Conduct regular individual and group supervision; establish performance expectations; review work plans, schedules, caseloads, group assignments, documentation, and program deliverables.
• Provide coaching, technical assistance, onboarding, training, and professional development to prevention staff and support staff pursuing relevant prevention and substance use credentials.
• Provide day-to-day management and operational oversight for assigned prevention programs and sites within delegated authority.
• Oversee implementation of Evidence-Based Programs (EBPs), evidence-informed curricula, prevention education groups, prevention counseling, family programs, youth leadership activities, and community prevention initiatives.
• Support prevention programming addressing alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, opioids and other substances; social-emotional wellness; healthy decision-making; violence and bullying prevention; healthy relationships; family strengthening; academic success; college and career readiness; and resiliency.
• Conduct routine site visits and program observations to monitor program quality, fidelity, participant engagement, staff performance, and adherence to established schedules and expectations.
• Maintain compliance with NYS OASAS and DOHMH Prevention contracts, including contractual deliverables, policies, funder expectations, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Conduct routine internal reviews of program files and documentation and ensure records are complete, accurate, timely, confidential, and audit ready.
• Assist with preparation for NYS OASAS and DOHMH Prevention contract reviews, audits, monitoring visits, annual and periodic reports, corrective-action plans, performance measures, deliverables, and other regulatory or funder requirements.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and special reports and compile quantitative and qualitative information from Prevention Services sites.
• Participate in community coalitions, internal and external meetings, conferences, trainings, and prevention-related professional activities as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Organizational skills

Presentation

Facilitation

Problem-solving

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

Master’s degree in social work, public health, human services, counseling, psychology, education, public administration, or related field

Bachelor’s degree with significant relevant prevention and supervisory experience

Tools

WITNYS system

Data reporting

Job description

Children’s Aid seeks a Prevention Manager to supervise Prevention Services, ensuring high-quality programming across multiple sites and alignment with NYS OASAS and DOHMH contracts. The role emphasizes data quality, compliance, and evidence-informed strategies.

You will lead prevention staff, support capacity building, and advance youth development, family strengthening, and community engagement, reflecting our mission to help children in poverty thrive in NYC.