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Assistant Director

Youth Advocate Programs Inc

  • Harrisburg, PA
  • 9 days ago
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    Skills

    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Child and Youth Servicesunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Community Programsunmatched
    • Computer Skillsunmatched
    • Delivery Managementunmatched
    • Driver's Licenseunmatched
    • Employee Assistance Planunmatched
    • Insuranceunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Medical Record Systemunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Multilingualunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Philosophyunmatched
    • Prescription Drugsunmatched
    • Psychiatry and Mental Healthunmatched
    • Retirement Planunmatched
    • Service Deliveryunmatched
    • Spanish Languageunmatched
    • Staff Motivationunmatched
    • Staff Trainingunmatched

    Description

    Status: Full-Time Salary

    FLSA Classification: Exempt

    Summary of Position: Assistant Director position is responsible to support the Program Director in the Dauphin County Clinic program with hiring and training new employees, motivating, and providing supervision of staff, and communicating weekly performance to the Director.

    • Also, responsible to perform intakes, coordinate participant staffing, to manage the delivery of participant service hours to ensure maximum and appropriate levels of weekly services while managing compliance with all YAP and referring authority requirements.
    • Position requires a commitment to strength based, culturally competent and unconditional care philosophy.
    • Knowledge of mental health practices, juvenile justice systems, and budgetary concepts are a plus.
    • Creativity and pro-active planning are essential to this position.

    Qualifications/Requirements:

    • Bachelor's Degree generally preferred.
    • Associates degree accepted with commensurate experience
    • Three to five years related experience/training in youth services, juvenile justice, community programs, or program development.
    • At least one-year related experience/training in management/supervision.
    • Strong communication and organization skills
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office and computer skills; experience using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is a plus.
    • Position requires reliable transportation, valid drivers license, and current auto insurance coverage.
    • Bilingual (Spanish Speaking) skills a plus.
    • Position may have non-traditional flexible hours to include evenings and weekends

    Benefits Available:

    • Medical/Prescription
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Short Term Disability
    • UNUM Supplemental Insurance
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • Pet Insurance
    • Paid time off
    • Holiday Pay
    • 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
    • Weekly Pay
    • Direct Deposit

    Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual merit, skills, and qualifications, without regard to race, age, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, military or veteran status, or disability or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where YAP operates. YAP will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHarrisburg, PA
    IndustryLegal Services
    Company Size100 to 499 employees
    Year Founded1975
    Websitehttp://www.yapinc.org

    About Company

    YAP is a nationally recognized, nonprofit organization exclusively committed to the provision of community-based alternatives to out-of-home care through direct service, advocacy and policy change.

    Since our founding in 1975, our expertise and passion have been in serving deep-end, multi-need and cross-system youth and families, though we have success across a continuum of needs and challenges. We provide safe, cost-effective services to youth and families involved in numerous systems, including the Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, Education and Adult Systems. 

    We serve over 13,000 families a year in more than 100 programs across 21 states and the District of Columbia in rural, suburban and urban areas including 25 major metro areas. Since our beginning in 1975, 100% of our programming occurs in the home communities of the people we serve.

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