Job Description
"Are you passionate about promoting safety, stability, and connection for children and youth in South Dakota?"
If so, this position might be a great fit for you! #YouareLSS
You Belong at Lutheran Social Services
We believe every child deserves to grow up in a safe, loving, and nurturing family. Our priority is to support and empower families, ensuring children find the permanency of a "forever family"—a place where they can heal, grow, and reach their full potential.
Our values form the foundation of who we are and how we operate. At LSS, we prioritize a whole-person, family-centered approach to care within a continuum of services.
HOURS: Full-time, 40 hours
SALARY: Dependent on experience and qualifications
BENEFITS: LSS is committed to supporting employees with benefits designed to promote work-life balance and long-term well-being. Qualifying part-time and full-time employees receive:
- PTO Time Frontload Up to 24 Hours for benefit-eligible employees
- 8 Paid Holidays
- 401(k) 3% match
- Four Wellmark BCBS medical plan options with HSA & FSA options
- Dental and Vision plans
- Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family
- Career development opportunities, hands-on training, and mentorship
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Associate Director provides leadership and oversight to the regional supervisors and team leads, ensuring quality and excellence in the home study process and placement support for families. Working closely with the Program Director and state partners, the Associate Director fosters a consistent and stable process for supporting resource families while ensuring program effectiveness through staff supervision, operations management, and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. Key responsibilities include directing, developing, and evaluating staff in accordance with LSS policies, conducting performance evaluations, facilitating staff and supervisor meetings, and assisting in the implementation of the program’s Annual Service Plan goals and outcomes. The role also involves maintaining personnel files to meet legal requirements, ensuring that in-service training aligns with regulatory and program needs, creating and maintaining a safe, healthy, and organized working environment, and participating in clinical on-call and order writer rotations as qualified. Strong leadership, problem-solving, and technical skills are essential to drive program success, support staff development, and uphold the agency’s standards, playing a critical role in advancing the LSS mission.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters Degree and two (2) year’s experience in related field and supervision in Clinical environment, is required.
or
- Bachelor’s Degree and four (4) year’s experience in related field and supervision, or equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
- LPC-MH or CSW-PIP licensure or certification as an evidence-based practice supervisor, is preferred.
- Be a certified SCM Trainer and provide staff with SCM training.
- Be a certified Medication Aide.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.?
- Willingness to submit to record checks to detect criminal convictions of behavior harmful towards children, spousal abuse, distributing drugs or sex crimes.
- Requires a valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain one with approved driver status
Only applications submitted through our company page will be considered. Please apply at https://lsssd.org/careers/
LSS Expectations & Core Values
At LSS, we are committed to upholding the following values in all aspects of our work:
Compassionate – We engage with empathy and provide non-judgmental services.
Appreciative – We recognize and develop the strengths of our clients and employees.
Respectful – We build professional and collaborative relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues.
Ethical – We uphold high standards of integrity and quality in all actions.
Strategic – We anticipate and respond proactively to community needs.
LSS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.