Senior Director
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (JBFCS) · New York City, New York, US
PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Adult Residential Division supports adults with serious and persistent mental illness to live in the community with as much indep...
Job description
PURPOSE: The Jewish Board’s Adult Residential Division supports adults with serious and persistent mental illness to live in the community with as much independence as possible. Using a non-judgmental harm reduction approach, staff model and guide residents to create and meet personalized recovery goals, to develop independent living skills, and live in a healthy and secure manner. Our work is guided by principles that emphasize the critical importance of stable housing, utilize a culturally competent and anti-racist lens, and respect the dignity and legitimacy of each individual’s journey. POSITION OVERVIEW: The Senior Director is part of the Adult Residential leadership team. This position supervises a set of programs that provide critical services and support to residents of the Jewish Board’s supported housing programs in order to help residents live in the community as independently as possible. KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: PROGRAM SUPERVISION - Ensures overall clinical, operational and fiscal oversight of assigned programs - Supervises Program Director(s) who have primary responsibility for programs - Assists programs in utilizing established, effective interventions to achieve d...