Status: Full Time Salary: $45,000 FLSA Classification: Exempt
Summary of Position: This Assistant Director position is responsible to support the Program Director of the Hamilton County programs with hiring and training new employees, motivating and providing supervision of staff, and communicating weekly performance to the Director.
Responsible to perform intakes, coordinate participant staffing to manage the delivery of participant service hours to ensure maximum and appropriate levels of weekly services while managing compliance with all YAP and referring authority requirements.
Position requires a commitment to strength based, culturally competent and unconditional care philosophy.
Direct service and coverage required that includes availability to support staff and families as well as group work.
Knowledge of child welfare systems, mental health practices, juvenile justice systems, and budgetary concepts are needed.
Creativity and pro-active planning are essential to this position.
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Benefits Available:
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual merit, skills, and qualifications, without regard to race, age, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, military or veteran status, or disability or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where YAP operates. YAP will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
YAP is a nationally recognized, nonprofit organization exclusively committed to the provision of community-based alternatives to out-of-home care through direct service, advocacy and policy change.
Since our founding in 1975, our expertise and passion have been in serving deep-end, multi-need and cross-system youth and families, though we have success across a continuum of needs and challenges. We provide safe, cost-effective services to youth and families involved in numerous systems, including the Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, Education and Adult Systems.
We serve over 13,000 families a year in more than 100 programs across 21 states and the District of Columbia in rural, suburban and urban areas including 25 major metro areas. Since our beginning in 1975, 100% of our programming occurs in the home communities of the people we serve.