Job Description

Title of Position: Assistant Program Director Location: Percy VIllage Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt Union/ Non-Union: Non-Union Supervisor: Program Director

Summary Of Position

Assists the Program Director in supervision of staff as assigned and has oversight of clinical operations.

Essentials Duties

• Serves as head of service in absence of the Program Director
• Liaison between administrative, clinical/program staff and other agencies
• Supervises assigned staff, including provision of clinical supervision hours for staff/interns who are BBS registered
• Assists Program Director in clinical program development
• Recruits and interviews applicants for clinical positions
• Plans and implements clinical training for staff
• Assists in clinical training and supervising new therapists and case aides
• Maintains detailed knowledge of, and monitors compliance with, DMH and Gateways’ documentation requirements and service delivery benchmarks
• Participates in educational seminars for the department
• Assists with the development, maintenance and evaluation of policies and procedures
• Writes reports and presentations as required
• Attends inter/intra-agency meetings for networking and information sharing
• Keeps program personnel informed of professional and community trends, issues, concerns and requests
• Participates in staff and treatment team meetings and contributes pertinent information
• Assist other programs as necessary
• Works independently
• Provides on call coverage for emergency consultation and intervention outside of regular work hours
• Assists in crisis situations as needed and helps to facilitate client transfers to higher levels of care, when needed/indicated
• Develops, implements and monitors integrity of group schedule
• May complete client assessments for placement. (e.g. MDs, hospitals, etc)
• Hires, trains, evaluates, and develops corrective action plans for staff in collaboration with the Program Director and Chief Human Resources Officer
• Performs other duties as assigned