Mental Health and Disabilities Manager
- Children's Friend
- Providence, RI
- Full Time
- 17 days ago
Salary
N/A
Advertisement
Job Description
Your Career Their Future!
Our employees are our biggest asset, and we intentionally shape their work experience to support growth opportunities that will impact our services. As we continue to evolve, we’re looking for skills, experience, energy, and creativity to support our initiatives. Put simply, this will be both fun and a meaningful journey!
Position Overview:
- In coordination with the VP of Programs and Head Start Director oversee the operations of the mental health & disabilities domain for Head Start and Early Head Start, including Kids Connect program.
- Provide training, coaching, and clinical supervision to a team of Clinicians, including regular evaluations of staff performance. Provide support for newly hired clinical staff in receiving licensure.
- Oversee Kids Connect program, building systems, collaborate with billing, and ensure appropriate services are occurring. Understand and comply with the Kids Connect regulations as promulgated by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS).
- Coordinate with all Head Start Managers and Supervisors to ensure the coordination and implementation of mental health & disabilities services are occurring and being carried out in appropriate way identified by the Mental Health and Disabilities (MH&D) team.
- Coordinate and communicate with CEDARR and OHHS contacts for Kids Connect, acting as the agency representative with OHHS and their liaisons/representative.
- Understand and comply with all Head Start Program Performance Standards as they relate to MH&D.
- Ensure the coordination and collaboration between outside agencies and Head Start Staff (i.e., School Departments, Early Intervention Programs, etc.).
- Provide home based and center-based assessments of infants and young children as needed, track mental health and disability information on all identified children, and share information with appropriate program staff and parents.
- Ensure the timely and accurate completion of data collection, reporting, and analysis for all MH&D data as required by Office of Head Start (OHS).
- Respond to and provide statistics/data for the annual PIR report.
- Attend and participate in all relevant state and agency meetings.
- Make constructive use of individual and peer supervision.
- Provide leadership in ensuring that all individuals are treated respectfully and that diversity in backgrounds and life experience is supported and valued throughout the agency.
- Contribute to the overall success and quality of the program by developing policies, protocols, and systems to improve interdepartmental collaboration and communication.
- Pursue ongoing professional development through attending relevant workshops, conferences, and agency core trainings.
- Provide other functions compatible with the department and agency mission, as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in social work or related field with independent licensure (LICSW).
- 5-7- years of relevant work experience, program management, and supervision.
- Experience in working with at-risk families, knowledge of services and support related to children with special needs, and ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with school districts.
- Excellent communication and computer skills required. Bilingual skills are compensated.
- Must have driver’s license, automobile, and appropriate insurance levels.
- The successful candidate will be required to meet our pre-employment background screening.
Hybrid Eligible:
- Both remote and onsite work required.
Children’s Friend offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:
- Medical Dental and Vision coverage
- Employer contributions to the 403(b) plan
- Employer-paid Life and Disability insurance
- Flex Spending Accounts
- 11 Holidays
- Competitive Vacation Benefits
- Training and Professional Development
- Education Assistance
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Our Mission
Children’s Friend is the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable young children.
About Us
Established in 1834, Children’s friend is Rhode Island’s oldest child welfare organization. We are an innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children and families. Our services include Early Head Start, Head Start, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), adoption, foster care, support for families with substance abuse, counseling, assistance for children with developmental delays, and other child welfare and early childhood services.
All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of criminal background checks, educational verification, medical, and proof of immunizations.
Children’s Friend is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by law.
At Children’s Friend, diversity and inclusion are foundational to how we operate and are embedded in our Core Values. We recognize that to tap into the richness diversity truly brings, we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our employees and clients. Therefore, we respect and celebrate our employees’ diverse backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.
Jobs of Interest
Recent Stories
ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं श्रीं क्लीं वित्तेश्वराय नमः॥