Program Manager

Description

Hello! Thank you for your interest in joining the Wellspring team as a Program Manger within our Foster Care Program. As a statewide nonprofit serving families and children in need of support, we take a whole-person approach to our organization and delivery of our services — because we believe we must find the strengths in people and build on these for lasting change to occur.

As a Foster Care Program Manager with the Wellspring foster care team in Lansing and Bay City, you will be part of a team committed to delivering exceptional services to children and families in and around the Lansing and Bay City communities. You will bring a master's degree in social work or a related human services field and 3 years of supervisory experience in child welfare. You could also bring a bachelor's degree in social work or a related human services field and 4 years of experience in child welfare. Also, you will have a current drivers license and reliable transportation. You will be reliable, and have a responsible attitude, a compassionate approach and a commitment to quality in everything you do.

As a Foster Care Program Manager, you will:

• Provide supervision, professional leadership and professional development opportunities to supervisors and other program personnel as assigned.
• Be attentive to industry, legislative, professional, academic, social, and regulatory issues in the service area in order to identify trends and apply knowledge to advance best practices.
• Proactively manage finances resulting in balanced or positive financial outcomes, and actively engages supervisors in financial oversight.
• Assure compliance with contract, licensing and accreditation standards; Develop and implement corrective action plans as required; complete case reviews quarterly.
• Provide staff and program coverage in the absence of a supervisor.
• Direct and coordinate personnel processes including staff recruitment, interview process and hiring. Assist supervisors with performance evaluations and staff performance
  improvement plans.
• Assure agency policies and procedures are being uniformly implemented in all units.
• Participate in and/or provide leadership to CQI service team, and other agency
  workgroups (e.g. accreditation, risk management, morale, and training).
• Assure that program service manuals and procedures are regularly reviewed and revised.
• Assist in the development of new programs and renewal of existing programs which may include research, proposal writing and grant writing.
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• -Child & Family Division in various community networks, performing public relations duties and communicating the mission

Why Choose Wellspring?

You may be wondering why Wellspring would be a good option for you. Here are some of the benefits of being part of the foster care team with Wellspring:

• You'll have access to professional development opportunities.
• You'll be the program manager with both our Lansing and Bay City Foster Care teams.
• Your starting salary will be $55,000 / year, based off experience
• Hybrid-Remote: You'll be home-based with a flexible work schedule in-office and at-home; you'll be responsible to travel between our Lansing and Bay City office regularly
• You'll receive milage reimbursement for work-related travel
• You'll be able to enroll in our benefits, such as Health, Vision & Dental insurance, 403b Retirement plans, PTO, Paid Holidays
• You'll have the flexibility to be paid on demand with DailyPay
• You'll have access to Wellspring SupportLinc, which is an employee assistance plan

Full Job Description Available at Interview.