Policy Change Director jobs in Billings, MT

Description

Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the Billings Community team as an Adult Resigential Program Director.

If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients. At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care. AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step. When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities. AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource.Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides overall program supervision as assigned developmentally disability residential treatment program by interviewing with clients and presenting as a leader in a developing and implementing service plans and treatment plans.
• Assesses the service needs of clients, makes treatment recommendations, and intervention suggestions to staff and intervention suggestions to other members of the support team and performs as the lead member of an inter-disciplinary team.

Requirements

Required Skills, Abilities & Education:

• A thorough understanding of the developmentally disabled individuals, services, resources and tools.
• The ability to assess clients (and families) from a strengths model perspective, along with the skills, knowledge and abilities to develop a theoretical perspective.
• The ability to work with a variety of people.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• A BS/BA Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field.
• One (1) to three (3) years of professional supervisory and management experience.

To learn more please visit www.aware-inc.org. Benefits:AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package, uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, professional growth, and achieving financial security. AWARE’s benefits include:

• Annual raises
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time off

AWARE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer