Director, Family and Children's Services

The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service is one of Brooklyn’s oldest and largest non-sectarian social services agencies.  The Brooklyn Bureau has been a leading provider of social services to families, children, and adults with disabilities since 1866.  The Brooklyn Bureau, which serves more than 13,000 individuals annually, is committed to a broad and diverse range of services including prevention of foster care placement and early childhood and after school education; and vocational training, job placement, and clinical services to adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and histories of mental illness.

 

Position Summary:

The Director will lead the department in its work to strengthen families and provide innovative and effective early childhood education within the communities of Brooklyn. Family and Children’s Programs  have an annual revenue budget of $11.3M, and employ 130 full time staff and 100 per diem staff.  This senior level position reports to the Assistant Executive Director.

 

Responsibilities:

Lead Preventive Services Program serving 330 families at any one time from sites in Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York; Homemaker Program serving 125 families at any one time in homes in northern and central Brooklyn; child care programs including group, family day care, and Head Start; and Early Intervention case management and services.  Ensure quality services in all programs, and consistency and collaboration between sites and programs.  Provide leadership for staff training.  Implement new programs including Early Intervention and an additional day care center. Lead  other new program development including strategic analysis of opportunities. Engage in policy analysis, and make recommendations of policy positions relevant to programs. Manage  renewal of government contracts; provide agency leadership to program funding sources; and  ensure compliance with public and private funding source requirements. Collaborate with  agency staff to ensure strong management of financial resources, and to achieve program specific and agency wide goals. Supervise and provide support to five direct reports.

 

Requirements:

Master’s degree in Social Work;  minimum of ten years post Master’s experience including

significant experience working with children and families; prevention background strongly desired;

prior experience as a manager, administrator, and supervisor; knowledge of and commitment to strengths-based, outcome oriented, family centered practice; strong organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills; superb oral and written communication skills; competency in office computer skills including e-mail, Word, and basic Excel;  interest in and proven ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

 

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