Program Director (Intensive Foster Care)

Program Director for Intensive Foster Care

Full-time: 37.5 hours per week, including evening hours as needed and on-call coverage

The Program Director of Intensive Foster Care ensures that the child-focused work is organized and operates effectively to achieve Program Goals. The Director manages supervision of child workers (2-4 social workers) providing these services, and may provide direct service to children and youth as needed. The IFC Program Director works closely with the Family Services Program Director, who oversees support of IFC Foster and Pre-adoptive parents to ensure smooth service provision, and proper placement matches. In addition, the Director develops and maintains productive working relationships with public and private agency partners, and participates in planning and carrying out program design and development as needed. The Program Director is a member of CFCS's management team.

The Agency: Founded in 1873, CFCS has evolved over time into a group of dynamic, highly dedicated, mission driven professionals meeting the current needs of the Greater Boston community. We work diligently towards our mission; To provide high quality support and advocacy for children, adults and families to develop and nurture safe, permanent relationships and maximize individual growth.

Our goal for everyone we work with is to find permanency. Sometimes, permanency in our work means making sure a child can remain with their biological family; sometimes it means ensuring someone with a developmental disability can live with family instead of having to move to an institutional setting; sometimes it means finding a child in foster care a forever family and for other youth it means having a safe, secure parenting relationship with a supportive adult.

CFCS is committed to strengthening and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion, for our staff and those we serve, and we view permanency as essential to the success of those we work with.

We are seeking staff that align with our commitment, as individuals and as a community, to continually seek to advance racial equity initiatives to address long-standing systemic racial biases and discrimination in our society, and those who are excited to help find and strengthen permanency. Come join us!

Learn more about CFCS' culture and how we support our mission driven work at https://www.helpfamilies.org/news

HOW YOU WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE:

• Directs all aspects of child casework from intake through permanent placement and termination;
• Ensures services are provided in accordance with agency policy and with relevant agency competencies;
• In collaboration with other CFCS Program Directors, provide supervisory and back up on call coverage as part of a multi program on-call team. Ensure IFC Social Work staff participate as required and follow all on call policies and procedures to provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and emergency coverage when needed; provides crisis intervention as needed;
• In Partnership with CFCS Human Resources staff, manage the recruitment, hiring, training and evaluation of child worker/social worker staff;
• Manages and monitors program budget for child focused IFC work;
• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with DCF as well as with other public and private partners.
• Directs service provision and outcomes by collecting and analyzing information and data;
• Initiates programmatic improvements resulting from data analysis;
• Prepares and submits reports as required;
• Directs Program compliance with contractual and licensing requirements;
• Directs Program compliance with best practices;
• Serves as agency representative with public and private agency partners and the community-at-large

THE AGENCY:

Cambridge Family and Children's Service (CFCS) is one of the oldest human services agencies in Greater Boston. Our Mission is to provide high quality support and advocacy for children, adults and families to develop and nurture safe, permanent relationships and maximize individual growth. Founded in 1873 as the Avon Home, an orphanage for local children, CFCS has a long and distinguished history of serving children, adolescents, individuals and families in the Cambridge area, Greater Boston and its suburbs. Today CFCS provides services for foster and group care, adoption, developmental disabilities, and family support, all programs that support individuals and strengthen families in more than 100 cities and towns throughout Massachusetts.

WHAT CFCS WILL DO FOR YOU:

In addition, for an opportunity to join a group of progressive, enthusiastic professionals with a shared passion for human services and child welfare, CFCS offers benefited employees:

• Professional Development
• Health and Dental Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Generous Paid Time off
• Paid professional licensure to meet contract requirements
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability and Short Term Disability

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Master's degree in social work, psychology, education or a related human service field;
• Professional licensure required. Candidates must have a current and valid licensure, or be license eligible, as a Licensed Social Work Associate, Licensed Social Worker, Licensed Certified Social Worker, or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker by the MA Board of registration in Social Work or a Licensed Mental Health Counselor or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist by the MA Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Service Professionals. Newly hired, license eligible staff must obtain licensure from the respective board within six (6) months of hire.
• Minimum of five years' experience in child welfare services, at least two of which must be in a supervisory position;
• Management and administrative experience preferred;
• Knowledge of permanency and placement experiences of children in state care; understanding of state funding and programs.

Other Requirements:

• Valid driver's license and properly insured vehicle;
• Clearance of background checks as required by state and federal law.