Posted: Jun 30, 2025
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Assistant Program Director

Morrison Child and Family Services - Portland, OR
Full-time
Salary: $28.10 - $33.82 Hourly
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
Nonprofit
Job Title:  Assistant Program Director 
Department/Program: ORR 
Reports to: Program Director 
Work location: Downtown Portland  
FLSA status: (exempt/salaried) 
Salary: $28.10 - $31.03/ hr. (Non-bilingual), $30.63 - 33.82/hr. (Bilingual - Spanish)  
 
Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:  
 
  • Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing 
  • Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others 
  • Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams 
  • Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible 
  • Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it 
  • Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture 
  • Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves 
Job Summary: 
The Assistant Program Director provides support to the Program Director in overseeing the needs of the program are met. The position ensures that all clients are cared for, supervised and treated in a safe, secure, respectful and therapeutic manner.  The Assistant Program Director may substitute for the Program Director during period of leave and serves as secondary liaison with ORR.  
 
Duties and Responsibilities:    
  • Substitutes for the Program Director during a period of leave, and serves as secondary liaison with ORR. 
  • Works with Program Director to assure that all ORR required services are provided. 
  • Directly supervises Milieu Supervisors, Medical Coordinators, Skills Trainers and others, as assigned. 
  • Creates Milieu staffing schedule that ensures program is sufficiently staffed for safety and supervision of youth throughout all shifts. 
  • Ensures that staff are hired, trained and onboarded. 
  • Participates in Case Staffing and problem solves cases with a multi-disciplinary team. 
  • Supports staff in working with youth with challenging behaviors. 
  • Reviews all incident reports and shift summaries, as well as submitting critical incident reports to ORR. 
  • Develops and proposes program policies and procedures to Program Director. 
  • Develops and supports daily milieu schedule for youth, including activities and outing planning. 
  • Maintain a climate which attracts, keeps and motivates top quality people—both professional and volunteer. 
  • Maintain an available presence as a program resource in day-to-day operations 
  • Adheres to State Licensing requirements. 
  • Other duties as assigned  
  • Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.    
  • Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model appropriate behaviors; develop, recommend, and implement improvements to business practices with awareness and understanding of the impact in a trauma-informed and culturally diverse organization.    
Competencies: 
  • Medication Administration 
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention and Intervention (including screening, risk assessment, stabilization, collaborative safety planning, and treatment). 
  • Response to Youth Emergencies (including knowledge of response policies and procedures, self-awareness during crisis situations, CPR/First Aid, medical emergencies). 
  • Response to Mental Health Crisis 
  • Child Abuse Reporting, Follow-up, and Intervention 
  • Crisis De-escalation and Physical Restraint Techniques (Evidence-based Practices). 
  • Able to provide culturally-appropriate care 
  • Able to hold each other and yourself accountable to all individuals within Morrison, our clients and our community stakeholders  
Required Position Qualifications:  
  • Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, sociology or other relevant behavioral science plus 5 years of progressive employment experience with a social services or childcare agency or organization 
  • 1 year supervising a team of individuals, participating in a leadership role or management role. 
  • Attained age 21 years or older before first day of employment in position (ORR) 
Preferred Position Qualifications:  
  • Bilingual abilities, including the ability to speak, read, write, and translate documents in Spanish.      
  • ORR experience 
  • Residential experience  
  • Knowledge of Federal, State and agency regulations. 
  • Knowledge of adolescent developmental issues, trauma, abuse and neglect, substance abuse and dependence, delinquency, peer influence, and related group and individual interventions. 
Other Requirements:  
  • Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion. 
  • Hold a valid drivers’ license and if driving a personal vehicle, must maintain minimum auto insurance policy 
  • Current CPR and Standard First Aid required 
  • 40 hours of required training per year 
  • Proof of Vaccination (MMR, Varicella, DTap & Influenza annually) 
  • Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For further information review :  https://www.opm.gov/suitability/suitability-and-credentialing-faqs/   
  • Must pass language testing if applicable  
Working Conditions:  
  • Environment: Work is done in clinical offices, community settings, including Morrison Residential, administration buildings, public locations, and social service sites. Breaks and meals are subject to interruption. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, exposure to disease, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.  
  • Mental demands: Work assigned is diverse and may involve addressing new and unique circumstances. The work might be unpredictable and disrupts planned tasks, requiring flexible time management.  
  • Physical demands: Ability to remain calm and emotionally available serving youth, adults and or families who have experienced trauma. Proficient with office equipment and physical movement. Ability to perform physical interventions if needed in accordance with program and training. Physical dexterity for reaching, stooping, and repetitive wrist and hand motions. 
All Morrison programs and services are accredited by The Joint Commission, a nationally recognized standard-setting and accreditation body for health care. Morrison is also certified as a trauma-informed organization by the Sanctuary Institute. Certification recognizes our dedication to providing a trauma-informed culture and environment for children, families and staff through implementing Sanctuary values, commitments, and tools.   
 
Applications will be reviewed as received.  Morrison reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any point during the posting period.   
   
Morrison employees are offered a variety of benefits including Medical, Vision, Dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employer-Paid Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).