EAST STRONG HOMES DIRECTOR - 71733

Executive Service

This position is designated as Work from Home.

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/disability-and-aging/about-us/work-with-us/featured/east-strong-homes-director---greene-county.html

Background Check: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The Department of Disability and Aging supports people to live the lives they envision for themselves by ensuring people can exercise rights, engage with the community and experience optimal health. At DDA, we are responsible for administration and oversight of services and supports for more than 1.5 million older adults and Tennesseans with disabilities.

Job Overview:

The Program Director will coordinate services and supports for children in DCS (Department of Children's Services) custody within the East Tennessee Strong Homes program, including assessment of potential referrals to the program, working with DCS and other involved state agencies in coordinating care and support, working with school systems to coordinate educational services, collaborating with DDA professionals and staff for development and implementation of support plans as appropriate to the childs needs, progress reporting, and other duties as necessary to assure their needs are met. Additionally, the position will provide support to the East Tennessee Community Homes (ETH) ICF/IID program, and will connect to the ETH Continuity of Operations Team for emergency preparedness and disaster response and mitigation. The position will involve direct supervision of both supervisory and non-supervisory staff. The position will require travel as needed to coordinate and support the children served in the East Strong Homes program or to facilitate transitions into the program or out of the program. Travel may require overnight stays on an occasional basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordination of intakes from DCS referrals, information gathering, plan development.
• Development of plans as needed to support children within the program.
• Scheduling staff, approving time and leave, monitoring staff training.
• Completing Individual Performance Plan duties for assigned staff.
• Providing updates and information to partners within DDA as well as DCS and other external partners.
• Attending meetings, court appearances, school meetings and other events to support the children in the program.
• Attending or coordinating medical visits as needed.
• Supporting transition planning efforts for children leaving the program.
• Supporting ETH-wide system changes and processes.
• Assuring training and changes in operating procedures are implemented.
• Supporting Quality Monitoring efforts and participating in internal quality monitoring systems.
• Participation in Emergency Planning activities including the ETH Strike Team and other associated activities.
• Working with other ETH leadership staff Participation in East TN Homes on-call duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

A preferred candidate will have a Bachelors Degree in human services or a related field, in addition to experience working with persons with intellectual, developmental and/or physical disabilities.

If the candidate does not have a degree, at least four years of experience with some supervisory experience is preferred. Experience with children with physical and/or intellectual disabilities is preferred. Experience in working in a service coordination or case management role within the State service system is preferred. Experience may be substituted for education on a year by year basis.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.