Progressive Life Center, Inc. (PLC) is a Black-led organization, providing culturally-sensitivity human services to children, youth and families in the District of Columbia and surrounding Maryland, throughout Greater Philadelphia, and in most of Delaware. PLC’s array of community-based services includes foster care and adoption, independent living for youth aging out of foster care, family preservation, juvenile diversion, and parenting skills training. For more than two decades, PLC has earned accreditation from the prestigious Council on Accreditation (COA) for its demonstration of excellence in the delivery of services and achievement of outcomes. Learn more at ProgressiveLifeCenter.org.

Program Summary

The Family Preservation program minimizes the risk of children being removed from their family and home. Intensive, in-home services are provided to build upon existing family strengths, minimize family crisis, stabilize the family unit, and keep the family intact. Counselors work up close and personal with families to identify strengths and needs and develop plans of care specifically tailored for the family. Families are involved in all aspects of treatment and intervention.

Position Description:

The Program Director will executive direction for overall program.

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  Provide supervision and evaluate program staff and interns.
• Assure timely submissions of all required reports.
• Assure accomplishment of program goals and objectives.
• Maintain up-to-date and confidential documentation of client contact and case progress.
• Plan and conduct regular program staff meeting
• Coordinate and attend Family Involvement Meeting(s) with DSS, when necessary
• Assist staff with identification and coordination of utilization of appropriate community resources.
• Participate in at least one community-based activity per fiscal year.
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with referral sources as well as PLC team members.
• Attend scheduled meetings and training consistently and promptly.
• Coordinate and/or conduct parenting and rites of programs, and multi-family retreats.
• Conduct audits of PLC database and other web-based client documentation and data systems.
• Enter data into databases, when necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Licensed Clinical Social Work (e.g., LICSW or LCSW-C) in Maryland.
• Strong administrative, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with persons from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.
• Experience utilizing MS office Suite and web-based database system.
• Professional experience in supervisory administration in a Mental Health facility desirable.
• Certification in NTU Service Delivery Model within one (1) year of hire.

Physical Demands:

Physical Demands (Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions).

• Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Ability to position self to stoop kneels, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to frequently communicate with employees/customers/clients; and must be able to exchange accurate information by perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral and written information.
• Ability to frequently move files weighing up to 20 pounds throughout the office space.
• Ability to participate in fire drills or other drills during an emergency situation.

Work Environment:

• Normal office environment indoors.
• Client, group, or family homes.
• Community-based outpatient settings, community agencies.
• Transport vehicles (company or personal).
• Work areas are often noisy, irregular, and unpredictable and can be stressful at times due to clients demonstrating varying levels of recovery and symptoms.

Benefits:

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  Clinical Training
• Continuing Education Units
• Fringe Benefits
• Investment package
• Flexible work schedule

Equal Opportunity Employer

PLC is an equal opportunity employer. PLC does not discriminate in employment on account of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military status, or other non-merit based factors..