Trauma-Informed Youth Residential Director

Youth For Christ USA Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Youth For Christ USA Inc. is seeking a Director of Residential Care to lead a trauma‑informed adolescent residential program at Gracehaven.

You will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership to ensure safe, developmentally appropriate care and positive youth outcomes. Responsibilities include overseeing admissions, treatment planning, ISP reviews, regulatory compliance, staffing, quality improvement, fiscal management, family engagement, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee admissions, treatment planning, ISP reviews, and safety planning.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality improvement across the program.
• Direct staffing, supervision, coaching, and professional development.
• Manage budgets, expenditures, and census/referral processes for residential services.
• Foster family engagement, community partnerships, and donor relations.
• Promote trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate care and faith-based standards.

Job description

Youth For Christ USA Inc. is seeking a Director of Residential Care to lead a trauma‑informed adolescent residential program at Gracehaven.

You will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership to ensure safe, developmentally appropriate care and positive youth outcomes. Responsibilities include overseeing admissions, treatment planning, ISP reviews, regulatory compliance, staffing, quality improvement, fiscal management, family engagement, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration.