Mental Health Program Director

Mental Health Program Director

This position is responsible for overseeing the administration, coordination, and growth of the Rebalance program and assisting with the Campus Life program. This includes working with DHS, DYS, and school systems to establish classes, managing coaches, ensuring compliance with contracts and waivers, handling billing and scheduling, and maintaining communication with key stakeholders such as parents, schools, and the Food Bank. The Rebalance Director plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of the program and supporting the youth it serves.

It requires spiritual and organizational leadership skills, the ability to work with and through other people, and strong communication skills. S/he must embrace and build a team that embodies YFC's Cultural Attributes: Christ-centered, enduring humility, relentless trust, courageous faithfulness, joyful camaraderie, and kingdom inspired diversity. S/he will seek to implement relational ministry actions to develop Authentic Christ-Sharing Relationships with young people within the context of their YFC ministry model.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Establish and maintain relationships with DHS (Department of Human Services), and school districts to secure contracts and enroll students in Rebalance classes.
• Work directly with school systems to expand Rebalance class offerings and ensure alignment with school schedules and needs.
• Problem-solve challenges related to youth, parents, teachers, schools, DHS, and games to ensure smooth program operations.
• Foster and grow the area Campus Life program and create synergy between Rebalance and Campus Life.

• Supervise and support Rebalance coaches, ensuring they are well-equipped to deliver classes effectively.
• Conduct twice-yearly observations of all coaches' classes, providing feedback and support as needed.
• Organize meetings and training sessions for coaches to enhance program delivery and professional development.
• Be on call during class times to address any urgent issues that arise.

• Manage the scheduling of classes and coaches, ensuring all sessions are adequately staffed.
• Maintain ongoing communication with parents, addressing concerns, providing updates, and ensuring a positive experience for youth.
• Coordinate with proper entities/people to ensure meals/snacks are available for students as needed.
• Monitor and verify waivers before youth participation, ensuring compliance with all program policies.
• Send reminders and updates to coaches regarding text messages to students throughout the week via Slack.
• Review, check, and distribute letters and official communications as needed.

• Handle all billing and invoicing for DHS, and school districts, ensuring timely payments and financial tracking.
• Assist in grant applications and completion of required paperwork to secure funding and maintain program sustainability.

Qualifications & Skills include:

• Experience working with DHS, or school districts in a program management or administrative role.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience supervising and training staff.
• Excellent organizational abilities, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, schedules, and responsibilities.
• Effective problem-solving skills, especially in high-pressure situations involving youth, parents, and institutional partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to maintain professional relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience with billing, contracts, and grant writing preferred.
• Flexibility and availability to be on call during class times to handle urgent matters.

Position Requirements include:

• Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
• Participation in YFC's Blueprint for Leadership
• Understands YFC's 5 Essentials and leads through this model
• Self-Motivator
• Strong moral character and of good repute
• Connect well with youth
• Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
• Manage a team of diverse volunteers
• Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures and ethnicities
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
• Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. It is an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults foster healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by enduring humility, relentless trust, joyful camaraderie, courageous faithfulness and kingdom inspired diversity. Willing to demonstrate and/or possesses the following:

• Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
• Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others' ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others' need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
• Prioritizes others' needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
• Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
• Seeks authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds, fosters an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy for those who are vulnerable and respect of others' experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education include:

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• Ministry experience preferred

Fundraising Responsibilities include:

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to— extending invitations to fund raising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. YFC is classified as an Association of Churches and as such our hiring practices reflect that designation. As a religious nonprofit organization, YFC incorporates within each leader role, the requirement to model, teach, share and live the faith. The relationship between YFC's mission and each of its leaders is its lifeblood and as such does at all times and in all instances reserve the right to make employment decisions based upon a person's religious beliefs, personal character and lifestyle consistent with our understanding of the Bible or with our overall goals and requirements for Christian ministry. We seek to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for growth, development, promotion, training and compensation. We will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the organization.