Hybrid Senior Program Manager - Long-Term Foster Care en Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains

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*This position will split time between the Denver and Fort Collins offices*

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a nonprofit, human services agency where you have the opportunity to provide support to children and families across the Rocky Mountain region. We are passionate about what we do and dream of inspiring community through our commitment and mission. We are a welcoming agency that believes that ALL people from the newborn to the elderly are valued members of our communities. If you want to make a difference where you live while serving alongside other amazing professionals, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains invites you to apply.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC) program at Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (LFSRM) provides care and support to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in federal custody as they wait for their immigration case to be resolved so they can transition to a more long term program or living arrangement. UCs are placed with licensed foster families and attend public school while they are in the program, allowing them to have more normalized experiences in family based environment.

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Program Manager be responsible for the overall management of the programmatic, administrative, and operational systems related to the provision of care and services, in collaboration with the Program Director. In this role, it is essential to maintain program efficiency and compliance and communicate effectively with key stakeholders. Selects, supervises, and evaluations program personnel, providing case and administrative supervision.

REQUIRED COMPETANCIES

Occupational Competencies

• Meet standards of practice: Familiarity with social work practice, human development, child welfare and family systems, including appropriate local, state, and federal regulatory rules.
• Apply case management: Familiarity with assessment, care planning, facilitation, coordination, and advocating for supports on behalf of and in collaboration with an individual.
• Apply crisis intervention: Experience with crisis management, problem solving, and mediation best practices.
• Legal requirements: Familiarity with legal systems as they apply to child welfare.
• Deliver services within diverse cultural communities: Skills and sensitivity in working with youth and families from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds with a variety of challenges.
• Communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields: Ability to communicate professionally and cooperate with members of the other professions involved with the youth.

Foundational Competencies

• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES

• Develop, interpret, and implement program operational philosophy, goals, and objectives congruent with agency mission, vision, values, and strategic direction.
• Recruit, train, and support program personnel and promotes a positive and supportive work environment.
• Support fiscal oversight of assigned programs, managing offices and program budgets to ensure positive financial performance and responsible stewardship of agency resources.
• Ensure that the program adheres to federal, state, and agency regulatory requirements.
• Provide oversight and administration of foster care services including child welfare best practices and program management.
• Maintain the delivery of quality services that are consistent with state licensing and standard operating practices.
• Oversee the timely preparation and submission of documentation for services and reporting purposes.
• Maintain current knowledge of child welfare concerns, refugee and immigrant updates, internal and external issues, legislative trends, and practices.
• May participate in on-call rotation.

TRANSPORTATION

Must maintain a valid driver's license and carry personal auto liability insurance at the level of $100,000/300,000/100,000.

• Frequent local regional travel. May be required to transport clients in personal vehicle.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a social or behavioral sciences with five (5) years of progressive employment with a social services or childcare agency.
• Placement Supervisor qualified or the ability to be within the first 6 months of hire.

VACCINATION POLICY

Due to policy requirements from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, staff in this Long-Term Foster Care Program who work directly with Unaccompanied Children must present proof of immunization or immunity (within 120 days of hire) to the following diseases: Varicella, MMR, Tdap, and annual Influenza; or an approved exemption from Human Resources.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.