Social Services Manager

Position Summary: Works with minimal supervision from Executive Director or Program Director to manage the social service staff and provide administrative control of day-to-day therapeutic service by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties (not all inclusive):

• Assesses student therapeutic needs and educate staff regarding appropriate services.
• Provides counseling, clinical consultation, or crisis intervention to students and families.
• Provides psycho-educational groups based on individual needs assessments.
• Ensures case management needs are provided; provides training to staff involving all therapeutic needs and reporting required.
• Participates in parent conferences as needed; facilitates care review meetings.
• Ensures that all disclosures of abuse and neglect are reported accurately.
• Provides each classroom with current emergency contact information and procedures.
• Implements strategies decided upon in management meetings.
• Communicates and update daily activities.
• Communicates with families of students and appropriate professionals about progress of students, i.e.Technical schools, School Boards, Guidance.
• Follows organized process to report data.
• Submits JJIS reports to the State Office.
• Reviews student files monthly to ensure needs assessments, ITP’s monthly parent contacts, data logs and home visits are handled accurately and timely; prepares reports as necessary; ensures contractual obligations are met.
• Monitors social service training requirements and ensure license certifications are current.
• Directs and supervises transitional services for PACE.
• Monitors, supervises, and evaluates Interns.
• Monitors and supervises contractual therapists, and outside service providers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience and Technical Skills:

Master’s Degree from four-year college or university. Major in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, Counseling or a related field is required.

• Minimum three to five years experience in Education or Social Services environment required; current Florida driver’s license required; supervisory experience in a social services environment and at-risk youth experience is preferred; knowledge of therapeutic expectations of state and school districts i.e. AIP, ESE, ESOL, etc. preferred; knowledge of laws relating to children and families preferred.