Volunteers of America - Dakotas
Youth Trauma Project Director
Volunteers of America - Dakotas, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57102
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Job Details
Description Department: LifeMarks/Trauma Grant
Job Status: Full Time
Reports To: Managing Director of Behavioral Health
Position Supervises: Data Specialist, Trauma Therapists, Intake & Outreach Specialist
Work Schedule: Full-time, requiring flexibility
Position Summary Perform coordinative, managerial, supervisory, clinical, and direct service tasks essential in the delivery of outpatient and inpatient residential therapeutic services. Provide leadership in creative program design, implementation, and integration of clinical services within the organization. Provide direct services to clients as a therapist.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Direct services related to the Trauma Grant
Ensure the provision of high quality individual, family and group therapy
Coordinate the provision of clinical staff supervision, case staffings and casework reviews
Provide community education to prospective constituents
Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder meetings
Conduct outreach and engagement for VOAD Youth and Family Trauma Center
Represent the agency at service/client management-related meetings as appropriate
Provide direct services to include, but not be limited to client casework, intake, assessment, crisis intervention, therapeutic support or counseling, referral, community education and/or outreach
Provide consultation, supervision, and evaluation of key personnel
Provide and/or coordinate training and education essential to service integration and delivery of therapeutic services
Supervise clinical experiences for agency personnel working toward professional licensure and masters level interns as appropriate
Work with third party evaluator to conduct evaluation of VOAD NCTSI
Ensure adherence to grant guidelines and reporting requirements.
Positions Qualifications Skills & Abilities Education:
Advanced degree in counseling, social work, psychology or related field, with the highest level of licensure, within that field, for South Dakota.
Experience:
Minimum of five years clinical experience required; experience in creating and maintaining excellence in providing clinical services; experience working with children, adolescents and families who have experienced trauma; familiarity with American Indian and/or other minority populations preferred.
Skills:
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Certifications & Licenses:
Valid driver’s license and possess reliable transportation.
Other Requirements:
Must pass all applicable background checks.
Physical Demands
Ability to Stand, Walk, sit, manually manipulate, reach outward and above shoulders, speak, climb, crawl, squat, kneel, and bend on a daily basis
Capability to Lift, carry, push or pull up to 20 lbs on a daily basis
Seniority level Director
Employment type Full-time
Job function Other
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Youth Trauma Project Director
role at
Volunteers of America - Dakotas .
Job Details
Description Department: LifeMarks/Trauma Grant
Job Status: Full Time
Reports To: Managing Director of Behavioral Health
Position Supervises: Data Specialist, Trauma Therapists, Intake & Outreach Specialist
Work Schedule: Full-time, requiring flexibility
Position Summary Perform coordinative, managerial, supervisory, clinical, and direct service tasks essential in the delivery of outpatient and inpatient residential therapeutic services. Provide leadership in creative program design, implementation, and integration of clinical services within the organization. Provide direct services to clients as a therapist.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Direct services related to the Trauma Grant
Ensure the provision of high quality individual, family and group therapy
Coordinate the provision of clinical staff supervision, case staffings and casework reviews
Provide community education to prospective constituents
Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder meetings
Conduct outreach and engagement for VOAD Youth and Family Trauma Center
Represent the agency at service/client management-related meetings as appropriate
Provide direct services to include, but not be limited to client casework, intake, assessment, crisis intervention, therapeutic support or counseling, referral, community education and/or outreach
Provide consultation, supervision, and evaluation of key personnel
Provide and/or coordinate training and education essential to service integration and delivery of therapeutic services
Supervise clinical experiences for agency personnel working toward professional licensure and masters level interns as appropriate
Work with third party evaluator to conduct evaluation of VOAD NCTSI
Ensure adherence to grant guidelines and reporting requirements.
Positions Qualifications Skills & Abilities Education:
Advanced degree in counseling, social work, psychology or related field, with the highest level of licensure, within that field, for South Dakota.
Experience:
Minimum of five years clinical experience required; experience in creating and maintaining excellence in providing clinical services; experience working with children, adolescents and families who have experienced trauma; familiarity with American Indian and/or other minority populations preferred.
Skills:
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Certifications & Licenses:
Valid driver’s license and possess reliable transportation.
Other Requirements:
Must pass all applicable background checks.
Physical Demands
Ability to Stand, Walk, sit, manually manipulate, reach outward and above shoulders, speak, climb, crawl, squat, kneel, and bend on a daily basis
Capability to Lift, carry, push or pull up to 20 lbs on a daily basis
Seniority level Director
Employment type Full-time
Job function Other
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