Program Manager, Youth Counseling,… at CMHA Huron… · Goderich

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Senior Program Director, the Program Manager provides leadership and oversight to the School-based Youth Counselling, Youth Community Treatment, Crossing Bridges (virtual youth counselling), Transitional Case Management (Huron), and Peer Support (Huron) teams. The incumbent provides supervision in program development, staff management, training and program financial decisions. The Program Manager works in collaboration with fellow Program Managers, senior leadership and the Corporate Services team to ensure the consistent delivery of quality client-facing programs. 

The location for the provision of these services will vary throughout Huron and Perth Counties.

 

Please note that the portfolios under the Program Manager are subject to change when/if required.

 

ORGANIZATIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

In addition to specific key job responsibilities identified in this position description, the incumbent is also responsible to contribute and support the overall culture and working environment of the agency by:

• Demonstrating and exemplifying the organization’s mission and values in day to day work
• Acting with the highest standard of professionalism with clients, family members, community partners, the general public and colleagues.
• Working in a manner that preserves and respects the privacy and confidentiality of personal health information.
• Working in a manner that is fiscally responsible.
• Working in a manner that promotes and maintains the reputation of the organization and minimizes risk of harm and/or liability to the organization.
• Working in a manner that complies with the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Working in a manner that meets all health and safety requirements to ensure a healthy and safe workplace.
• Acknowledging, respecting and affirming the diverse needs of our community, clients and the organization’s employees with the goal of reducing disparities in health outcomes
• Contributing to the organization activities to collect, analyze and report data.
• Maintaining competence, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing professional development and where applicable, a professional license to practice.
• Contributing to the organization’s work by promoting awareness, participating in committees and agency event.

KEY POSITION DELIVERABLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Manager

• Provide regular clinical supervision, mentoring and coaching to staff, including performance management and professional development
• Ensure the delivery of program services are consistent with the agency’s vision and objectives
• Ensure the standardization of intake, assessment, and care plans as is appropriate for supervised programs
• Ensure implementation of clinical tools and process improvements
• Monitor adherence to policies and procedures required to provide appropriate delivery and use of clinical services within supervised programs
• Ensure the maintenance of appropriate casework documentation by staff
• Develop and revise policies and procedures and ensure implementation
• Participate in and/or lead quality improvement and program development projects and activities, working alongside staff, management, and client advisors. This may include involvement in internal committees or working groups within the agency
• Establish and maintain clinical standards in line with accreditation expectations and develop improvement strategies
• Develop and support effective teamwork and collaboration across the organization and with community partners
• Assist in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with community groups and agencies and coordinating and integrating program services within the community
• On-going supervision, guidance, and feedback to all assigned staff, ensuring compliance with agency human resource policy, Ministry guidelines and employment standards
• Approval of special client need requests, vacation requests, travel claims and relevant expenditure claims
• Provide input into the financial and administrative operations of supervised programs
• Practice leadership by demonstrating continuous quality improvement, including monitoring, analyzing trends, and developing and implementing remedies
• Participate in the Agency’s on-call/after hours service for clients in CMHA housing and programs/staff requiring after hours support
• In addition to specific key job responsibilities identified in this position description, the incumbent is also responsible to contribute and support the overall culture and working environment of the Agency

 

Administrative

• Ensure the development of staff through effective supervision, delegation of responsibility, training, coaching and timely performance management principles
• Develop job performance measurements and oversight to assigned staff
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including protection of client and employee rights, i.e. Privacy, Human Rights, Mental Health Act and Housing Act.
• Formally recognize the work of staff
• Encourage and support professional development

 

General

• Participate in internal agency committees and/or outside community committees as appropriate.
• Adhere to all agency policies and procedures
• Attend and actively participate in team and staff meetings, the Annual General Meeting, and periodically scheduled strategic planning, team building and agency events
• Assist with the orientation and training of new management staff, volunteers and interns/students as required
• Provide managerial coverage of CMHAHP AMHS services for other team members as required
• Ensure that program and agency objectives are met
• Conduct self in an ethical, responsible and professional manner.
• Perform other manager-level duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in social work, social science, human services or related field, with specific focus on mental health and/or addictions is highly preferred. Post-secondary education in social services will be considered.

EXPERIENCE: 2-3 years of recent and relevant experience in a leadership or managerial capacity required. Experience in a community-based agency or hospital, responsible for the delivery of health or social services is highly desirable. Knowledge of serious mental illness and addiction, including treatment modalities, gained by experience is essential. Experience in a community health care setting is an asset.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: Knowledge and experience working with youth experiencing mental health and/or addiction related concerns required. Broad knowledge of addiction and mental health treatments, modalities, and explanatory theories, relevant legislation, financial management, and knowledge of community resources. The incumbent must demonstrate integrity and ethics, good coping skills, strong collaborative skills, flexibility and commitment to the work.

 

ABILITIES: Highly skilled in communicating, both written and orally, and planning, leadership, interpersonal, negotiating, directing/motivating, organizing, and decision-making skills required.

 

COPING: Able to maintain a mature problem-solving attitude while dealing with interpersonal conflicts, hazardous conditions, personal rejection, hostility or time demands.

DECISIVENESS: Able to make decisions quickly on available information and take action, make commitments and not change decisions when challenged, deal with emergencies as necessary.

 

DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING: Able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting sound judgement and a realistic understanding of issues, able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics. 

CREATIVITY: Able to develop unique and novel solutions to complex problems; use intuition and a new way of thinking to promote new ideas; present information in an attention-getting and compelling manner.