Role: Senior Director, Project Based Housing

Reports to: Deputy Chief Program Officer, Project Based Housing

Program: 1603 - Housing Retention

Department: Permanent Housing

Location: SPA 4

Brine - 3000 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Flower - 1411 Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015

El Nuevo Almanecer 3651 E. 1st Street/111 N. Rowan, Los Angeles, CA 90063

Enlightenment Plaza #1-3 - 316-320 N. Juanita Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004

La Guadalupe - 1800 E 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90033

Rosa de Castilla - 4208 Huntington Dr. S. Los Angeles, CA, 90032

The Lodge - 656-660 Stanford Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021

Vista de JJ Apartments - 128 S. 6th Street Montebello, CA 90640

6th St Place - 401 E. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014

Setting: 100% Onsite

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Status: Full-time/Exempt/Management

Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 403(b) Retirement plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), etc.

Openings: 1

Summary:

Under the direction of the Deputy Chief, Project-based Housing, the Senior Director, Project-based Housing will provide administrative and clinical leadership to agency-wide staff managing teams working with individuals linked to permanent supportive housing. This includes direct supervision of Director and Assistant Director level staff to ensure high-quality services focused on housing stability and retention are delivered. This also includes ensuring services are outcome and performance-driven. The Senior Director, Project-based Housing, will also develop relationships with partner agencies and funders to ensure continued funding and contract compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight to the supportive service management team connected to housing programs to engage and provide stabilization and retention services to homeless individuals living in Permanent Supportive Housing.
• Interface with Housing Developers, Landlords, and Property Management companies to secure housing resources.
• Provide administrative oversight of monthly contract billing, ensure accurate reporting to decrease issues due to errors in CHAMP, and complete reports on time.
• Monitor and ensure that staff are managing all Cal Aim funding expectations.
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to all Director level staff, Assistant Director and Program Manager level staff when indicated.
• When appropriate, provide clinical supervision to staff working towards clinical licensure.
• Lead and facilitate meetings, case conferences, and training of housing department staff.
• Spearhead assessment process to identify process gaps and create program improvements to ensure continued innovations and enhancements in client care and staff retention.
• Guide client crisis interventions and triage assessments with staff by responding to medical and mental health crises, including writing LPS 5150 applications when warranted.
• Provide leadership on mentally ill, homeless, and supportive housing best practice models; generate recommendations for future program development and community leadership in this area.
• Ensure that leadership staff conduct ongoing file review and client file management for quality assurance and audit preparation.
• Work with direct reports to ensure that staff are adequately trained and abide by all agency and department policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all Annual Reviews are completed in a timely manner.
• Review, alongside your leadership team, reports generated by HMIS and CHAMP, review errors, and discuss action plan to ensure corrections are made in timely manner.
• Participate in the agency's quality assurance program and ensure the implementation of quality improvement activities across supportive housing programs to ensure ongoing quality outcomes.
• Participate in funding applications and program development as requested, gathering necessary documentation for RFP process when funding opportunities are identified.
• Partner with other Senior Directors in the department to implement strategic and system enhancements.
• Act as the Liaison with all Housing Authorities, DHS, DMH, and Brilliant Corners leadership.
• Develop, update and implement policies and procedures to ensure programmatic systems and structure remains in place.
• Provide oversite regarding hiring and ensure Diverse and Equitable hiring practices appropriately reflect the diversity of the population served.
• Work with Directors to ensure that OSHA reports on completed on a monthly basis for all project-based housing sites under your direction.
• Ensure that staff attend all required trainings as outlined in the SOW and that staff have access to additional trainings to enhance their development and learning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Masters' degree in mental health field (Social Work, MFT, or Psychology).
• Licensed for two (2) years and in good standing with California Board of Behavioral Sciences, preferred
• Extensive experience working with homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least five (5) years of management/supervisory experience.

Work Environment:

• Combination of field (may need to travel) and indoor office environment
• On occasion walk or drive to different local sites
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend and occasionally lift or carry up to 35 pounds
• Will necessitate working in busy and at times loud environments
• Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor
• May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day

EXPECTED BEHAVIORS OF ALL STAFF

1. Act as a role model
2. Demonstrate a sense of responsibility
3. Continuously learn and improve
4. Acknowledge your own areas of improvement
5. Hear and provide honest, specific and direct feedback
6. Create an environment where everyone is welcomed valued and respected
7. Collaborate