Assistant Director for Children's Day Treatment

Are you a collaborative leader with a passion for supporting children, families, and the professionals who serve them? We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Assistant Director of Children’s Day Treatment to help lead a high-impact program dedicated to delivering quality, compassionate care.

In this role, you will partner closely with the Program Director to provide overall leadership, guidance, and operational oversight. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring that both staff and the youth and families we serve are supported through well-coordinated, effective, and compliant services. This is an opportunity to combine leadership, clinical oversight, and program management in a meaningful and mission-driven environment.

This role will be supporting the Day Treatment program provided by Racker in the OCM BOCES school district, located in Cortland and Liverpool. Racker currently runs successful Day Treatment programs at TST BOCES, and some OCM BOCES locations. The Assistant Director would be working to stand up expanded programming in the Liverpool location, and overseeing existing programming in the Cortland location. 

This is a Full-Time (37.5 hour/week), In-Person role. 

Starting Salary Range for this position: $85,000 - $105,000.

• Oversee the supervision, training, and activities of program staff to monitor the quality of services being provided
• Collaborate with BOCES educational partners
• Monitor daily program functioning and collect data to ensure compliance with program standards and regulations
• Oversee program’s admission processes
• Manage program budgets and oversee documentation for billing
• Facilitate and coordinate trans-disciplinary clinical teamwork
• Assure the completion and quality of all written assignments and treatment planning as per OMH and program guidelines

• Education/Certification: Master’s Degree plus LCSW and a minimum of three years of administrative/supervisory experience in social work or relevant mental health field.
• Experience: Understanding of relevant regulations pertaining to relevant mental health programs. Understanding of the needs of children with social, emotional and behavioral problems and the needs of their families. Experience in educational system.
• Qualities: Ability to operate standard office equipment, Demonstrated ability in administration and personnel supervision; skills in interpersonal relationships and oral and written communication