Cascade Academy for Girls with Anxiety Hiring for Academic Director Job at Midway, UT Full Time

Full Time Academic Director

About Us

At Cascade Academy, residential treatment center, we help adolescent girls struggling with severe anxiety embrace life with courage and joy. We work with girls from 13-18 years old achieve their goals and learn how to move through the challenges of debilitating anxiety. We believe each girl has unique causes of anxiety including her genetics/physical health, life experiences, patterns of thinking, distress tolerance levels, and ability to navigate relationships. Our treatment team addresses every one of these areas in a personalized plan. Our academy is intentionally kept small, a limit of 26 girls, and located in the heart of scenic Midway Utah.

We are looking for an experienced Academic Director to serve as an integral part of our students lives and work toward both academic and treatment success. The position reports to the Executive Director and works with members of the treatment team to assist in implementing instructed treatment plans, providing direct care supervision of our students, and plans, participates in student activities and graduations.

Job Description:

• Responsible for ongoing academic & clinical success of students, families, and educational consultants.
• Implement plans and strategies to reach full accreditation through Cognia.
• Attend treatment team meetings with each student/clinician/team to understand goals and provide supports that compliment academic instruction.
• Understand and integrate student background and family experiences.
• Meet with primary clinicians weekly to discuss case management strategies.
• Hands-on, do-with approach: meet at least once a week with each student.
• Prepare a personalized education plan for each student within one week of admission.
• Documentation: record & communicate clinically relevant interactions with students after each meeting.
• Identify students’ executive functioning skills needs and provide weekly guidance on improvement.
• Invite tools and resources in-house and the community that support student goals and skills.
• Determine with the student and clinical team a realistic vocational and educational trajectory for each student.
• Be able to provide occasional family updates on academic and career progress and hurdles.

Education:

• Minimum bachelor’s in education, Master’s Degree in Education & Administrative Certificate preferred
• Coordinate with educational institutions: establish academic set up for high school completion in Foundations, transfer of college credits, completion of medical withdrawals, etc.
• Support enrollment in local community college, four-year universities: including registration, support services, books, and payment, informed by student goals, learning needs, and other programming.
• Support college search and application process.
• Evaluate regular progress in coursework and make weekly progress recommendations for adjustments.
• Available for light content tutoring and organizational/process guidance.

Career Readiness & Vocational support:

• With Treatment team support initiate Vocational and Career readiness supports.
• Support students with entry-level job acquisition, including identifying a position’s goodness of fit, resume development, behavioral interviewing, establishing a sensible schedule.
• Complete career assessments with indicated students via internal testing system.
• Evaluate regular progress during employment and make weekly recommendations for adjustments in functioning.
• Identify students who could benefit from social services (i.e., Vocational Rehabilitation) and set up intake, follow-up meetings, foster the relationship between job coaches and students.
• Develop relationships with community-based resources and link students to supplemental opportunities for support.

The ideal applicant would have:

• Minimum bachelor’s in education or related field, Master’s Degree in Education & Administrative Certificate preferred
• Experience managing teachers & instructors to creatively address unique and diverse academic needs & supports.
• Excellent communication skills, creativity, and desire to work in a tightly knit community.
• History with a teaching career and education skills in a therapeutic environment.
• Professional experience with guidance, teaching, counseling, experiential education, life skills instruction, life coaching.
• Knowledge of how to support Middle School & High School students with Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Autism, ADHD, NLD, Specific LD, processing speed delays, etc.
• Case management experience, social work experience, clinical experience.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to successfully manage an independent schedule.
• Ability to build rapport with young adult clients, 13 – 18.
• A clean driving record.
• Ability to pass a background check.
• Unique personal strengths to offer our community.

Benefits:

• Sign on and completion of accreditation bonus / incentive
• $65 – $80k Annual Base Salary.
• Health insurance covered up to $400 per Mo.
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance.

For additional information please call: 435-562-2800 or Mobile 801-655-3886

Salary: $65 – $80 annually DOE

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Signing bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
Please see COVID 19 response plans on Website banner in yellow. www.cascadeacademy.com

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Midway, UT 84049: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Work Location: One location