Location: West Hempstead, NY | Schedule: Full Time, 35 hour/week Monday - Friday| Status: Exempt |Salary:$75,000-$80,000

Opportunity

Opportunity The Program Director provides strategic leadership, clinical governance, and operational oversight for Office of Mental Health (OMH) residential programs. This high-autonomy role drives evidence-based, person-centered service delivery while ensuring strict systemic compliance with New York State Title 14 NYCRR mandates. Responsibilities Clinical Leadership & Culture Architecture

• Transformational Leadership: Deliver trauma-informed supervision to foster psychological safety, high morale, and reduced burnout.
• Culture Architect: Foster inclusive, family-centric, and trauma-sensitive residential environments to catalyze holistic growth.
• Continuum of Care: Oversee screenings, admissions, discharges, and individualized goal-oriented assessments.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in treatment planning conferences to champion resident advocacy and continuity of care.

Strategic Operations & Stakeholder Engagement

• Local Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the agency at county Adult Single Point of Access (A-SPOA) and SPA committee meetings to streamline local mental health service delivery.
• Executive Impact: Drive operational excellence, optimize service delivery, and secure long-term fiscal viability.
• Fiscal Stewardship: Partner with the AVP to engineer and monitor program budgets, corporate expenditures, and petty cash.
• Talent & Workforce Development: Recruit, retain, and mentor a high-performing multidisciplinary team via continuous professional frameworks.
• Adaptive Leadership: Execute strategic responsibilities to remain agile in the evolving behavioral healthcare landscape.

Qualifications

• Education: Master of Social Work (MSW) or equivalent graduate degree required.
• Licensure: LMSW, LMFT, or LMHC highly preferred.
• Clinical Experience: Minimum 5 years serving individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI).
• Leadership Acumen: Minimum 3 years of progressive supervisory and administrative management experience.
• Operational Mobility: Valid and clean driver's license required for cross-site leadership.

Additional Information

• Crisis Responsiveness: Must have availability for emergency on-call rotations and flexible scheduling.

Benefits Information

• Full Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Generous, vacation, sick, personal, and floating holiday time
• 403(b); with generous employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet Insurance
• Short Term (STD) and Long Term (LTD) Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

FCA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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