What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Director position at MERAKEY?
Merakey is seeking a Full-Time Program Director based out of Pottsville, PA serving counties across Northeast, PA. The program offers support to children and adults who have both a serious mental illness. Participants receive counseling, physical healthcare, support finding housing, assistance during crises, and help dealing with other issues in their daily lives.
The Licensed Program Director will be responsible for:
- Developing and demonstrating a collaborative work environment in support of Merakey’ s Core Values.
- Creating a culture that fully engages employees and empowers others to suggest and make decisions for continuing improvement.
- Providing ongoing guidance, mentoring, feedback, and motivation to staff to ensure competent performance while adhering to department and Merakey policies and procedures.
- Ensuring compliance to state, local, federal, and contract requirements, as well as requirements from payors.
- Overseeing the profit and loss for the program and managing daily operations.
- Maintaining productive working relationships and communication with external and internal stakeholders.
- Overseeing recruitment and new hire onboarding processes.
Benefits
Merakey offers:
- Flexible schedules
- Excellent paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, holidays)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Telemedicine
- Competitive compensation
- Retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement
- Eligibility for student loan forgiveness
- Employee savings program including discounts on cell phones, computers, travel, and more
- Career advancement and professional development
- Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and active Employee Resource Groups
- Work/life balance
ABOUT MERAKEY
Merakey is a leading developmental, behavioral health, and education non-profit provider with a fifty-year history. We offer a breadth of integrated services to individuals and communities across the country. Our belief that every individual has the right to achieve growth, dignity, and fulfillment guides all of our decisions. At Merakey, we care about each other and are committed to providing the very best care to those we serve.
For more information about Merakey services, please visit: www.merakey.org
Requisition number: 81560
Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
