Youth Facility Assistant Director 3

About the Role

The Youth Facility Assistant Director 3 (YFAD3) of Treatment Services is responsible for the development and maintenance of a trauma-informed, treatment-oriented milieu. This involves the direct coordination and oversight of the mental health, substance use, and psychiatric treatment services provided at the facility.

The YFAD3 of Treatment Services directly supervises the clinical team, which includes social workers, mental health counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists, and serves as an active member of the facility administrative team. In this capacity, the YFAD3 provides leadership, management, and direction in conjunction with and in the absence of the Facility Director, while promoting clinically minded management across all program areas.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate mental health, substance use, and psychiatric treatment services.
• Supervise a clinical team of social workers, mental health counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
• Provide leadership and direction as part of the facility administrative team, including in the absence of the Facility Director.
• Promote clinically minded management in all program areas.
• Conduct staff training and professional development initiatives.
• Ensure quality assurance and implementation of agency policies and initiatives.

Requirements

Applicants must meet one of the following qualifications:

• OCFS/New York State Experience:
  • One year of service as a Licensed Psychologist, Grade 25; Nurse Practitioner (Psychiatry), Grade 24; or as a Social Work Supervisor 1, Grade 23, currently licensed and registered to practice clinical social work in New York State.
  • OR two years of service as a Licensed Master Social Worker 2, Grade 20, currently licensed and registered to practice clinical social work or mental health counseling in New York State (must hold a current LCSW or LMHC license).
• Non-State Experience:
  • Licensed and currently registered to practice clinical social work or mental health counseling in New York State.
  • Three years of qualifying professional clinical experience as a Licensed Master Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (must hold a current LCSW or LMHC license).

Qualifying experience includes professional clinical work in:

• A NYS facility or program with overall responsibility for providing services to individuals diagnosed with mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcohol and/or substance abuse.
• A residential or community care setting for an adult correctional, juvenile justice, or forensic mental health population.

At least one year of this experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.

Additional Notes

All prospective employees will undergo a Criminal Background Check (CBC), including State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. Convictions must be reported; felony or misdemeanor convictions, or falsified/omitted information on the employment application, may disqualify candidates. Each case will be reviewed individually under applicable State and federal laws.

Prospective employees will be fingerprinted and screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). For Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) appointees, a check against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs will be conducted. Individuals found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment.