ASSISTANT MANAGER SOCIAL SERVICES

About The Position

The Clark County Department of Social Services is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the Assistant Manager Social Services position. This position supports the Extended Foster Care (EFC) and Navigator programs. As a member of our team, you will provide leadership, oversight, and coordination of services designed to support youth and young adults transitioning to independence.

Responsibilities

• Provides management over supervisory, professional, eligibility and office support staff required for various service delivery and administrative support functions for the Department of Social Service.
• Oversees or provides for the selection, training, professional development, and discipline of staff either directly or through subordinate supervision.
• Covers or provides for the development of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards for the agency's administrative, grant, intake, and medical related programs.
• Plans, oversees, and reviews and evaluates the work of major programmatic areas; directs and coordinates the work of county staff to ensure program goals and objectives are achieved.
• Evaluates various department programs with focus on service delivery systems, quality of services, program evaluation, business systems improvement, customer service system improvement, and research and analysis.
• Directs and participates in the personnel management, grants management, quality management, informational technology, and medical eligibility activities of the department.
• Prepares or reviews a variety of narrative and/or statistical reports, correspondence, policy papers, presentations, and other written materials.
• Prepares grant and alternative funding requests; monitors activities and ensures that all programmatic and reporting requirements are met.
• Provides policy, procedures, and program analysis and makes recommendations for delivery of improvement for services and programs.
• Performs policy analysis related to contract development, program evaluation, project management, service delivery functions, quality improvement efforts.
• Provides clinical, program, and technical consultation to the department and division work units to facilitate workflow, develop contracts, and facilitate collaboration and the achievement of program objectives.
• Directs and participates in various committees and task forces relating to the work of the department.
• Oversees specified long and short term projects.
• Develops training programs and educational materials related to area(s) of assignment.
• Confers with inter- and intra-departmental managers regarding service provision and coordination; represents the department in meetings with service providers and other public and private organizations; participates in in-service training.
• Uses standard office equipment, including a computer, in the course of the work; drives a personal or County motor vehicle to attend meetings and make site visits.

Physical Demands

• Mobility to work in a typical office setting, use standard office equipment, to drive a motor vehicle or be capable of commuting to various off-site locations in order to attend meetings or make on-site visits;
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen;
• Hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.

Specified positions may require mobility and stamina to work in a shelter facility. Accommodation may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.