Program Director, Adult Residential (Via Avanta)
This is an on-site position based in Pacoima, CA with the opportunity to be hybrid after the first 6-months of employment.
The pay range for this role is $96,477 - $110,950 annually, plus a $6,000 annual stipend.
$5,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.
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About Didi Hirsch
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has been a national leader in whole-person mental health, crisis care, and substance use services since 1942 and is home to the nation’s first Suicide Prevention Center. We are a nonprofit organization providing care to about 270,000 people annually across our programs. Didi Hirsch has deep roots in community-based mental health and a commitment to providing culturally responsive services that are just and equitable. More than 1,000 dedicated employees and volunteers make Didi Hirsch’s work possible.
Summary
As the Residential Program Director, you will lead and manage the Residential Treatment program, ensuring full compliance with agency standards, contracts, policies, and procedures. You will oversee daily operations, provide strategic direction, and implement best practices to maintain high-quality care. Your role includes supervising staff, monitoring program effectiveness, and ensuring adherence to all regulatory guidelines. By fostering a supportive and structured environment, you will enhance service delivery and promote positive outcomes for clients. Through strong leadership and collaboration, you will drive program success and uphold the organization’s mission.
Primary Duties
Program Leadership
- Develops realistic and measurable objectives for program.
- Provides leadership to program staff ensuring that the client services meet or exceed contractual performance goals; ensures delivery of services in accordance with contracted guidelines and Didi Hirsch philosophies.
- Forms a highly effective team to accomplish the program goals of Residential Treatment Expansion and Training.
Management Duties
- Performs managerial duties to include interviewing applicants; performance reviews; recommending salary increases; and developing higher levels of expertise in staff members by encouraging further education, participation in seminars and providing learning opportunities within substance abuse services.
- Identifies staff training needs and ensures development and implementation of programs that address needs; participates in delivering training sessions to meet the needs of staff related to clinical/program needs.
- Coaches staff in the development of their work plans, their assigned duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
- Provides administrative support to program staff through collaboration with Quality Innovation and Quality Assurance team.
- Attends, participates, leads and/or facilitates routinely scheduled meetings as requested or required for the program, division, or Agency.
- Interfaces with related community agencies and attends SAPC and DMH meetings.
Program Quality, Compliance and Reporting
- Measures progress against plans and stated goals as it applies to program documentation.
- Reviews chart documentation and status reports prepared by program staff to ensure all legal, contractual, and revenue-generating reports meet or exceed required Agency and applicable regulatory agencies’ standards.
- Gains expertise in county Electronic Health Record and agency record keeping process.
- Ensures all administrative documentation is accurate and submitted within the established timeframe; gathers and analyzes information and prepares routine reports including those used to assess performance.
Financial Duties
- Efficiently utilizes financial resources while maintaining commitment to quality service when requesting and purchasing quality assurance program supplies.
- Assists Division Director in the development of program budget and ensures expenditures comply with approved budgets; monitors and evaluates budget issues and recommends corrective action.
Supervisory Responsibility
- The employee in this position has managerial responsibility for professional and support staff, some directly and some through lead clinical supervisors.
- The employee in this position will oversee a team Residential Providers, including clinical and supervisory staff.
Position Requirements
- Licensure as a LCSW, MFT, Psy.D, Ph.D.; must be licensed a minimum of 2 years.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a leadership role, managing and mentoring a team of five or more employees, with a focus on fostering growth, collaboration, and productivity.
- At minimum of 2 years of experience providing direct support and care to individuals with chronic mental illness, demonstrating strong understanding and empathy for their unique challenges and needs.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of the mental health and substance abuse services specific to the program that is to be supervised (e.g. emergency services program, outpatient family services, adult, substance abuse services, residential program, etc.)
- Support the values and mission of Didi Hirsch as related to employment.
- Depending on program/division, demonstrated knowledge of Evidence Based Practices, Recovery Model and Harm Reduction treatment.
- Know and comply with Agency policies and procedures, HIPAA, SAPC policies and documentation guidelines, and other state, federal regulations relating to quality assurance and improvement.
- First Aid, CPR certification required. Non-certified individuals hired into the position must be willing to complete certification course within 30 days of employment and maintain certifications in active and current status throughout employment.
- Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills.
- Be experienced in the types of therapy and supportive services appropriate to the program.
- Present ideas, information, and viewpoints clearly, both verbally and in writing.
- Efficiently use the personal computer including word processing, spreadsheets, and other related software programs.
- Manage employee performance consistent with defined Didi Hirsch processes.
- Utilize analysis, experience, and judgment to make solid business and therapeutic decisions.
- Demonstrate commitment to team objectives and Didi Hirsch philosophies.
- Adapt to changing needs by acquiring new skills and knowledge.
- Current California driver’s license and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier.
A future where everyone has equitable access to care and is empowered to achieve optimal mental health and well-being.
Didi Hirsch provides compassionate mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention services to individuals and families, especially in communities where discrimination and injustice limit access.
Excellence: We are constantly innovating, learning from the communities we serve, and applying the latest research to advance best practices. We uphold the highest ethical standards to ensure we are providing compassionate and excellent care.
Diversity & Inclusion: We value diversity of background, experience, and ideas. We celebrate differences and prioritize creating a sense of belonging.
Equity: We are dedicated to promoting health equity in our communities, and we work to dismantle disparities and discrimination within both systems of care and society.
Well Being: We are devoted to the well-being of our staff, volunteers, and communities, and believe healthy teams lead to healthy clients.
Advocacy: We advocate across all levels of government and use our voice to reduce barriers to care with the goal of access to high quality, integrated healthcare for all.
Community Engagement: We build partnerships in the community and across sectors to create a more inclusive and responsive mental health ecosystem and enhance greater accessibility to care and support.
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