If you are looking for a fulfilling career that lets you improve lives and create bright futures with people in our community, consider applying for a position with Aldea! Aldea is the essential community partner for children and families in crisis and knows that in a family’s most critical moments, the company of a trusted professional can mean the difference between strength and suffering. Our staff are the foundation of all we do and creating a work environment that values and respects our staff is our priority.
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of Executive Leadership, the Senior Director oversees program leaders and is responsible for one or more agency divisions or regions, ensuring day-to-day program operations and personnel management is aligned with trauma-informed principles and agency goals. The Senior Director is an essential member of the Aldea Leadership Team and is responsible for employee development, contract administration, and program oversight.
The Senior Director is ultimately responsible for a selection of programs and contracts related to behavioral health services (such as child and family counseling, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, etc.) and/or social services (including foster care, transitional housing programs, etc.) or hybrid behavioral health and social services (such as Enhanced Care Management - ECM). This position is currently primarily assigned to support Aldea's various behavioral health programs, spanning Solano, Napa, and Sonoma Counties. Aldea offers flexibility with the opportunity to partially work from home, creating work-life balance for staff while also meeting client, staff, and program needs; this position will provide regular in-person leadership support at the Solano County clinic (located in Fairfield, CA) as part of their schedule.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and develop effective teams.
- Coaches and trains assigned Program Directors in the effective leadership and management of personnel situations and promotes both employee satisfaction and performance accountability.
- Develops effective collaborative relationships with local county and community partners and other external relationships, promoting agency business development goals and ensuring contracting organization satisfaction with services.
- Ensures assigned programs and contracts perform to exceed budget and contract requirements, and that service delivery meets the highest professional and clinical standards with demonstrated positive outcomes.
- In conjunction with Executive Leadership, evaluates additional program development opportunities for improving and growing client services according to community needs, emerging trends, best practice clinical treatment and available funding sources.
- Ensure that programs maintain COA standards and implement a continuous quality improvement approach across programs.
- Collaborates on authoring of grants/contract proposals, workflows, and policies and procedures.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree from an accredited or state approved graduate school in social work (MSW) or related counseling Master’s degree program; LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or Psychology clinical license required (at least two years post-licensed in California).
- At least five years of experience in Behavioral Health and/or Social Services management (or related field).
- Current knowledge of CalAIM and/or Community Care Licensing standards preferred.
- Adaptable and constructive leadership and ability to lead change and elicit positive outcomes while preserving and building morale and an equitable work environment.
- Demonstrates advanced leadership qualities including resourcefulness, responsibility and follow through, decision-making, and problem-solving.
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Why work at Aldea?
Experience in a state of the art Council on Accreditation (COA) agency to ensure best practices and high quality services.
Be part of a team of passionate, collaborative, and dedicated professionals where staff input is highly valued.
Enriching training opportunities including potential for leadership development program participation and promotion.
Receive reimbursement for cost of credential renewal fees.
What does Aldea have to offer?
19 Paid Holidays
Vacation accrue 20 days first year
A flexible work schedule that promotes the importance of work-life balance
Company cell phone and laptop to promote separation of work and home life
Commuter Assistance with personal mileage over 20 miles to work office from their home
Excellent benefits package to meet the needs of staff and their families including medical coverage (Aldea pays your deductible!) and dental, vision, life insurance and EAP at no cost to employees!
Generous retirement up to 5% employer match contributions after 6 months of service (includes free Financial Planning)