Direct Care/education Director - Arlington, United States - Urban Strategies LLC

Urban Strategies LLC

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Arlington, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE
Direct Care/Education Director

PROGRAM
Refugio - Unaccompanied Children's Residential Program

WORK SCHEDULE
Five Days per Week, 40 Hours per Week, 12 Months per Year, weekends and evenings as appropriate

LOCATION
Texas

REPORTS TO
Executive Director

JOB TYPE
Exempt

SALARY
Determined at offer

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

The Direct Care/Education Director is a member of the Program Management Office (PMO) leadership team who provides direct guidance and support to residential childcare programs.

This position also collaborates with and provides support and guidance to Program Directors and department leads to ensure the delivery of mandated direct care and educational services for all children within programs are in accordance with HHSC General Residential Operations Minimum standards, ORR policy and the Cooperative Agreements.

The Direct Care/Education Director must be able to work remotely and on-site as needed.

ABOUT YOU

Should be a strategic thinker that has an organization-wide perspective of the work they are responsible for and how that contributes to long-term business goals.

You have the following Competencies:

Ability to provide guidance and support to staff.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
Ability to develop, implement and navigate systems and policies.
Strong organizational, program management and problemsolving skills
Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Have an ability to inspire trust and can delegate responsibilities with insight and fair execution.
Deep understanding of local community, social services, child welfare policies and procedures.
Able to work well under pressure while always trying to keep people's humanity at the forefront of your interactions.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Performs a variety of administrative tasks that are highly confidential and time sensitive including but not limited to budgeting, staffing, and purchasing.
Collaborates with the Director of Compliance and other members of the PMO team in identifying strategies and providing recommendations to the Executive Director for agency wide compliance with standards and ORR policies and procedures.
Provides assistance to programs when responding to corrective action plans and implementations.
Assists in the drafting of agency policies and procedures, in alignment with ORR Policy and Procedures, Cooperative Agreement and HHSC Minimum Standards, as applicable.
Provides training and technical assistance to shelter programs on issues related to State Licensing and General Residential Operations minimum standards as applicable.
Collaborates with and provides support and guidance to program directors to ensure direct care and educational services for children within Shelter care programs are in accordance with policy, ORR policy and Program Guidance updates.
Visits programs with a focus on gauging childcare and educational services for children.
Collaborates with the PMO team to develop direct care and education departmental compliance procedures for all shelter programs.
Ensures ongoing compliance by conducting desk and onsite monitoring of direct care and educational services for children.
Provides technical assistance and guidance to program Direct Care and Education Departments with implementing direct care services, and early childhood educational and recreational curriculum and activities.
Ensures program adherence to contractual responsibilities, to include but not limited to; incident reporting/requirements, intake, education, early childhood services and reunification procedures.
Collaborates with Education Department Lead and/or Acculturation Coordinator to standardize educational curriculum reflective of child welfare best practices and ensuring all materials and activities are appropriate to the child's age, level of development, linguistic ability, and providing training to assist shelter program staff in the implementation of ageappropriate curricula.
Oversees delivery of childcare and education services to parenting minors, infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are unable to attend class.
Remains current with all changes and updates in ORR policy and supports the departments in providing mandated services to children in accordance with ORR and State Licensing requirements.
Coordinates the preparation of program performance reports, the collection of programmatic statistical data, and information reports for executive leadership; presents recommendations for changes and/or improvements, and adherence to cooperative agreement and shelter program budgets.
Represents the organization at various community and/or business meetings; promotes existing and new programs and/or policies.
Establishes a professional working relationship with onsite client represe