Do you want to make a positive change in the lives of children & youth? Do you want to improve the lives of others?

At Devereux as a Program Manager, you will impact the individuals you are working with by unlocking their full potential on a daily basis.

Every day as a Program Manager you will…

• Ensure the safety of all youth in your program
• Plans and implements program services for youth
• Coach, mentor, and support staff development
• Act as a positive role-model and reinforce PBIS model.
• Teach and enforce appropriate boundaries and interactions
• Manage staffing and budget needs of the program

You will be offered:

• Opportunity to shape and establish program expectations
• A great team environment!
• Growth and Promotion Opportunities
• Paid Training & Professional Development
• BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT (1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days).
• A rate of $62,000-$70,680 (dependent upon experience) 

Available Shifts: Day Shift; Monday - Friday, (on call)

The Mapleton Intensive Program serves biological females, ages 12 to 16 at the time of admission. The program is inclusive for all youth with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity. The focus of the Mapleton program is to create an environment which promotes strength, recovery and resilience by addressing a variety of complex emotional and behavioral challenges.  Youth in this program have been challenged by a lack of intact family support or underdeveloped supportive kinship networks.  The youth have frequently had multiple psychiatric hospitalizations and repeated contacts with mental health, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The youth require intensive supports to help them maximize successes.  The Mapleton Intensive Program is designed to meet the needs of these youth with staff and a clinical team who are skilled in the navigation of complex family situations and in working with youth and stakeholders to develop kinship networks.   

From a behavioral perspective, the youth in this program have skill deficits in impulse control, emotion regulation and an inability to perform age-appropriate developmental skills secondary to either direct or vicarious traumatization.  This traumatization has often compromised their resilience and resulted in feelings of emptiness, fear, abandonment, impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, and self-destructive behaviors. These traits lead to multiple life consequences such as challenges in school, family conflict, dependency or delinquent court involvement, absence of a healthy peer group, lack of vocational and life skills, and a history of unsuccessful placements. 

Keywords: Mental health, behavioral health, psychology, social work, residential treatment, sociology, human service

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EDUCATION:   Bachelor’s degree required.  Master’s degree preferred. 

EXPERIENCE:  Minimum of two year of supervisory experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:  Ability to administer CPR.  Ability to administer first aid.  Ability to properly restrain adolescent/adult clients.  Ability to create and maintain a therapeutic milieu.  Regularly requires walking, standing, stooping, bending, and pushing/pulling (1/2 to 3/4 of the workday).  Seldom requires sitting.  May require lifting up to 50 lbs. (1/4 - 1/2 of the workday).  Requires repetitive wrist/hand movement (3/4 to 4/4 of the workday). Range of hearing and vision sufficient to operate standard office machines and communicate with co-workers and stakeholders in person and via telephone.

The IDEAL candidate will... Be empathetic, a team player, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, energetic, creative, understand the theories of behavior management and positive reinforcement, and represent yourself as a positive role model. Additionally, you must be able to complete eight days of new hire orientation class, have a strong passion for working with and helping children and adolescents with special needs and possess a valid license.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.