Program Administrator - BH Adult Services
About The Position
The Program Administrator of Adult Services is responsible for the overall leadership, clinical quality, operational performance, and fiscal management of multiple adult focused programs, including Adult Outpatient Services, PASRR, and Intake and Counseling. This position provides strategic and day-to-day oversight to ensure services are delivered with high clinical fidelity, contractual compliance, and within financial structure. The Program Administrator serves as a key member of the leadership team and acts as a bridge between direct service operations and organizational administration. This position requires program and operational leadership to ensure all assigned programs are in alignment with LifePath's mission, vision, and values as well as oversees program procedures and performance standards. The Program Administrator oversees program operations, workflows, and staffing models to ensure effective, responsive, and high quality service delivery. The Program Administrator provides oversight to Clinical Supervisors to ensure adherence to fidelity standards and evidenced based practices through appropriate coaching, training and performance management. Specific targets include : meet or exceed contract performance requirements of assigned programs; ensure timely and accurate contract submissions and reports; manage program budgets including annual development and monthly review; recruit, supervise and evaluate program staff including approval of time sheets, management of paid time off to ensure appropriate staffing levels, and annual performance reviews; promotes and upholds accountability standards; provides corrective action timely to address issues; provide training and supervision based on contractual and fidelity standards; build and maintain community partnerships for program referral and coordination; other duties as assigned to meet program needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or a related behavioral health field as mandated for QMHP credential required
- Full, unrestricted Texas licensure that meets eligibility for Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA) : LPC, LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, or LMFT preferred
- Minimum of four years of experience in community mental health working with adults who have severe persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders
- Crisis intervention experience required
- Minimum of 2 years of management or supervisory experience
- Demonstrated experience managing contracts, budgets, and program performance highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- overall leadership
- clinical quality
- operational performance
- fiscal management of multiple adult focused programs, including Adult Outpatient Services, PASRR, and Intake and Counseling
- strategic and day-to-day oversight to ensure services are delivered with high clinical fidelity, contractual compliance, and within financial structure
- program and operational leadership to ensure all assigned programs are in alignment with LifePath's mission, vision, and values as well as oversees program procedures and performance standards
- oversees program operations, workflows, and staffing models to ensure effective, responsive, and high quality service delivery
- provides oversight to Clinical Supervisors to ensure adherence to fidelity standards and evidenced based practices through appropriate coaching, training and performance management
- meet or exceed contract performance requirements of assigned programs
- ensure timely and accurate contract submissions and reports
- manage program budgets including annual development and monthly review
- recruit, supervise and evaluate program staff including approval of time sheets, management of paid time off to ensure appropriate staffing levels, and annual performance reviews
- promotes and upholds accountability standards
- provides corrective action timely to address issues
- provide training and supervision based on contractual and fidelity standards
- build and maintain community partnerships for program referral and coordination
- other duties as assigned to meet program needs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
