Project Director

The Lincoln Center For Family And Youth

Job Location:

Dover, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth 1100 Adams Ave Audubon PA 19403

JOB DESCRIPTION: PROJECT DIRECTOR DOJ STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE GRANT
Title: Project Director DOJ STOP School Violence grant
FLSA: Exempt
Reports To: SVP TLC Education Institute
Organization Summary:
Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1983 TLC is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communitiesone moment one choice one connection at a time. Headquartered in Pennsylvania TLC operates across multiple states providing K-12 alternative education comprehensive mental and behavioral health services coaching counseling and trauma-informed training. Additionally TLC collaborates with school districts universities hospitals police departments and nonprofit organizations offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant funding.
Position Summary:
The Director will manage project daily operations ensuring activities are completed and objectives are met within budget. The Director will oversee one (1) Project Trainer at Breakthrough Public Schools in Cleveland Ohio and be the primary liaison between Breakthrough Public Schools and The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Lead the Project Trainer with initiatives related to decreasing incidents of violence in school
Implement an evidence-based school safety plan.
Conduct assessments of schools and individuals to identify safety risks and individuals determined to be a potential threat to themselves or others receive a school threat assessment and are referred for services.
Enhance multidisciplinary teams that identify school violence threats and mitigate those risks.
Lead the Project Trainer with project work related to addressing student mental health and behavioral challenges and adolescent stressors by way of Socioemotional Learning training
Develop and implement multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment (BTA) and/or intervention teams.
Provide specialized training or create specialized non-training policies for law enforcement who work in schools and/or with school-age populations such as school resource officers (SROs) and probation officers: Behavioral threat assessment in school settings.
Serve as the Steering Committee Chair

Skills:

Work toward goals of improving students mental health reducing adverse behaviors chronic absenteeism and academic deficits that may result from occurring school violence
Manage project daily operations ensuring activities are completed and objectives are met within budget
Coordinate activities with Breakthrough Public Schools and The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth
Responsible for ensuring project data is collected for evaluation and project continuous improvement
Flexible self-directed motivated and meet deadlines
Pro-social collaboration communication and problem solving
Research-based knowledge of youth-focused intervention services
Ability to implement and revise partnerships and programs as needed
Capacity to work with and unite disparate groups
Strong sense of compassion and commitment to helping people
Maintaining consistency with program expectations to encourage academic social and personal growth
Strong relationship- and team-building skills
Ability to work in a team-driven environment with social services personnel and educators
Ability to communicate clearly
Strong organizational skills
Multi-tasking capability
Detail-oriented

Education and
Experience:

Masters degree in education counseling social work or related areas and at least 5 years of administrative experience in education. Additionally the project director will have credentials to train in project evidence-based practices. Preference given to candidates with experience managing federal grants.

Work environment: School settings within Capital School District Delaware

Work Hours:This is a 52-week full-time position
Travel:Travel is occasional between schools.

EEO Statement:
TLC is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate on any legally recognized basis including but not limited to race age color religion sex marital status national origin citizenship ancestry physical or mental disability veteran status or any other basis recognized by federal state or local law

Required Experience:

Director