Licensed Child-Care Administrator (LCCA)

Endeavorsseeksa Licensed Child-Care Administrator (LCCA) to provide on-site administrative leadership and regulatory oversight of a General Residential Operation (GRO). The LCCA ensures full compliance with HHSC Child Care Regulation Minimum Standards the Administrators Licensing rules and all other applicable laws and delivers trauma-informed residential care that centers the voice and participation of each child in decisions affecting them.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as the operations designated full-time Child-Care Administratormaintainingdaily supervision and on-site administrative responsibility for the overall operation.

• Hold and continuouslymaintainan active Texas Licensed Child-Care Administrator (LCCA) license throughout employment asrequiredfor the operation to lawfullyoperate.

• Ensure the operations ongoing compliance with the HHSC Minimum Standards for General Residential Operations of the Texas Human Resources Code and all other applicable laws.

• Serve as the primary point of contact and liaison with HHSC Child Care Regulation (CCR) DFPS and placing and referral agencies.

• Lead the operations trauma-informed model of care ensuring each childs known trauma history informs supervision discipline programming and daily interactions and that interventions do not re-traumatize children.

• Safeguard the rights of children in care including each childs right to activelyparticipatein developing their own service plan and for youth age 14 and older the right to review and sign it.

• Build and protect operational structures for child and youth voice ensuring children are meaningfully involved in decisions affecting their care service planning and daily life and that declinations toparticipateare honored and documented without penalty.

• Oversee service planning service plan reviews and permanency planning consistent with DFPS contract requirements and the applicable Minimum Standards.

• Oversee staffing patterns to ensure supervision and child-care services that meet the needs of children in careandmaintaincurrentaccurateprofessional staffing plans.

• Ensure the operationcomplies withany heightened monitoring plan corrective action or voluntary plan of action if applicable.

• Maintain a system to ensure a qualified employee is available tohandle emergencies at all times.

• Ensure a child in care is never assigned used or allowed to act as a caregiver and that persons known to present a danger to children are not allowed at the operation.

• Ensure background checks (including FBI fingerprint checks) tuberculosis screening pre-service and annual training and personnel records meet Subchapter E requirements.

• Helpmaintaincurrent trueaccurate and complete records; oversee serious-incident reporting and required Licensing notifications including notifying the Licensing representative within two days of any change in or vacancy of the administrator position.

• Promote a culture of safety accountability professionalism and trauma-informed child-centered care among all staff.

• Participate in supervision staff meetings quality management and continuous quality improvement processes.

• Maintain child and family confidentiality and ensure that all record-security procedures are followed.

• Other duties as assigned.

• DemonstrateExceptionalcustomer service inEverythingyou do by placing the child family or client first to support our mission to Empowerpeople to build better lives for themselves their families and their communities.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:ActiveTexas Licensed Child-Care Administrator (LCCA) license issued byTexasHHSCisrequiredand must bemaintainedfor the entire duration of employment. Working knowledge of 26 TAC Chapter 748 Minimum Standards and residential child-care licensing. Familiarity with DFPS residential child-care contracting and placement processes. Demonstrated ability to lead a multidisciplinary team and to build productive relationships with regulators referral sources and community partners.

EDUCATION:Masters degree in social work human services psychology counseling education public administration or a related field is preferred; orBachelorsdegree consistent with LCCA licensure prerequisites.

EXPERIENCE:Minimum of two years of leadership or management experience in a General Residential Operation (GRO) Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Child-Placing Agency (CPA) or comparable child-welfare program. Direct experience with HHSC inspections corrective or heightened-monitoring processes and trauma-informed program models is strongly preferred.

ATTENDANCE:Mustmaintainregular and acceptable attendance at such level as isdeterminedin the employers sole beavailable to respond to emergencies outside of standard business hoursto support24-hour residential operations.

LOCATION:This is an on-site position requiring daily physical presence at the operation consistent with the administrators duty of daily supervision and on-site administrative responsibility. The administrator mustresidewithin daily commuting distance of or be willing torelocatenear Eagle Lake Texas and be able to travel to the operationon a daily basis.

LICENSES:Active Texas Licensed Child-Care Administrator (LCCA) license (required). Valid Texas drivers license with a clear record.

VEHICLE:Valid drivers license with access to reliable transportation.

OTHER:Must clear all required background checks including a fingerprint-based FBI criminal historycheck andcomplete tuberculosis screening prior to contact with children. Must be willing to travel between program sites andtorequiredHHSC DFPS and training events as the businessneeddictates.

EXCEPTIONS TO THESE CRITERIA MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.