Wood Street Campus Program Manager

**Department**:
Community Services
**Location**:
TRURO
**Type of Employment**:
Term
**Union Status**:
Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG
**Closing Date**:
5/11/2023 (Applications are accepted until 11:
59 PM Atlantic Time)
**About Us**:
At the Department of Community Services (DCS), we are a large and diverse department providing a broad portfolio of programs and services including Child and Family Wellbeing (CFW), Employment Support Services(ESS), Income Assistance (IA), Homelessness and Supportive Housing, and Disability Support Program(DSP).
Through our services, we advocate and help vulnerable Nova Scotians be independent, self-reliant, and secure. We work collaboratively across the province with a strong dedicated network of supports and staff, to achieve desired and shared outcomes for all.
**About Our Opportunity**:
Minister of Community Services. We are passionate about supporting children and enhancing their development into successful young people in the community. The experience of fostering positive outcomes for children is very rewarding and requires a highly motivated and energetic individual!
Reporting to the Director, Service Delivery, Child &
Youth Caring Services, as the Program Manager, you will be part of the leadership team at Wood Street Campus. You will be accountable for the recruitment, supervision, and leadership of your professional staff who all work together to provide diagnostic, assessment and treatment services, and programming for children with complex emotional and/or behavioral issues in the care of the Minister of Community Services.
The children we serve often require flexibility in their care, there may also be flexibility in work options as individual circumstances may allow.
**About You**:
You are a highly motivated, energetic, and collaborative individual whose passion is positively contributing to experiences for children in care. Through your leadership, you aspire to shape the future of children through your impact on positive outcomes and working in partnership with other organizations to ensure best practices in service delivery. If this is you, this is your team!
**Primary Accountabilities**:
You will oversee the program and human resource management at Wood Street Campus, including assessment, treatment, education, programming, safety and security. Your key responsibilities include:
- Interpreting and administering the _Children and Family Service Act_
- Collaborating with Clinical Services to ensure the effective delivery of services, youth programming, treatment plans, and case management
- Quality management through monitoring, assessing, and reviewing incidents and treatment plans
- Leading the enhancement of and development of various policies, committees and initiatives
- Ensuring the effective management of human resources and supervising a team of employees
**Qualifications and Experience**:
As our Wood Street Campus Program Manager, you have completed your Bachelors degree, or an acceptable equivalent, combined with several years of progressive experience supervising and/or managing a child and youth caring program.
Knowledge of human behaviour, trauma informed care and considerable insight into the motivation of young people to implement change in their lives is required. You also have an understanding of child and youth caring treatment programs and demonstrated knowledge of safety and staffing issues in a child and youth caring treatment setting. Strong organizational skills, experience in program development and a proven ability to provide effective problem-solving techniques in an intense treatment setting are required.
You possess strong leadership abilities and communication skills, both verbal and in writing. You are a collaborative leader and have the ability to foster partnerships and strong working relationships with a variety of professionals and stakeholders. You have a proven ability to provide inspirational leadership, individual and group supervision of staff, as well as direction, guidance, coaching and modelling on effective treatment strategies for children. Proven ability to work as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team, along with the ability to prepare and maintain staff shift schedules, and recruit, motivate and train staff within a 24/7 facility are essential. A working knowledge of Department of Community Services child welfare policies and procedures, as well as relevant acts and legislation, such as the Children and Family Services Act and the Occupational Health &
Safety Act is a definite asset.
Please click here for more information on LEADS.
We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools:
written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.
**Equivalency**:
**Salary Information**:
EC 11
- $3,143.79 - $3,929.78
**Benefits**:
Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its emplo