About Brightpoint
The mission of Brightpoint is to advance the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social, and economic inequality.
Previously known as Children’s Home & Aid, Brightpoint has been serving Illinois since 1883. Brightpoint was founded on the belief that the organization had a responsibility to make brave choices to find homes for children. They have evolved that belief and now recognize that bravery comes from the daily choices families make that serve as the spark that ignites the opportunities for children and youth to thrive. Brightpoint promises to be brave with families and support their brave choices because they know strong families create thriving children.
Brightpoint understands that navigating obstacles such as poverty, trauma, and systemic barriers to equity can make this journey challenging, and as such they offer support through the highs and lows. The work of Brightpoint seeks to dismantle system inequities and create a more even playing field for everyone.
Brightpoint puts families and children at the forefront of every decision they make. With an emphasis on prevention works, they are committed to working with families before small problems become life-altering crises. The Brightpoint team takes a data-driven approach to implement research-based solutions that have demonstrable, long-term positive outcomes and create brighter futures. With a budget of over $95 million and offices located across the state the Brightpoint team is able to serve nearly 30,000 children and families each year, linking them to a network of resources.
To achieve this outcome, Brightpoint offers services and programming in the following areas:
- Parent Support
- Child Welfare
- Mental Health & Wellness
- Early Childhood Care & Education
- Youth Services
To learn more about the organization’s impact, beliefs, and approach, please review Brightpoint’s Blueprint for Impact. To learn more about the organization’s services, visit their website.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President of Mental Health & Wellness (“Vice President” or “VP”) leads statewide planning, implementation, service monitoring and ongoing growth opportunities for Brightpoint’s mental health & wellness, and youth services in accordance with Brightpoint policies, strategic plan, and mission.
The Vice President provides strategic direction, promotes trauma informed best practices, and leads activity activities to integrate our services statewide. The Vice President will integrate and grow programming to meet community needs, address emerging trends, and promote evidence-informed practices that result in positive changes for children, youth and families across Illinois.
The Vice President also serves on Brightpoint Leadership Team and participates in all functions included in being a member of this team. This lead will represent Brightpoint to funders, social service organizations, and other community groups, and similarly will be expected to represent local community needs to other members of senior leadership.
It is required the person in this position maintain strong interpersonal and communication skills, develops a strong team approach and leads from both a position of accountability and compassion.
Given the unique responsibilities of this role, the Vice President Position requires:
- A Master’s Degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling or a related human services field required; and
- A Clinical Licensure (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, or similar license).
Key to the success of the Vice President are:
- Oversee multiple community-centered programs that include case management, youth services, fatherhood initiatives, mental health & wellness, and youth violence prevention programming.
- Develop, manage, and enact strategic mental health & wellness operational plans that maximize organizational resources and funding.
- Observe, plan, and advocate at the organizational, local, state, and federal levels as needed for the necessary resources to support mental health & wellness services.
- Seek and develop community collaborations and partnerships that support mental health and wellness and youth services through community engagement initiatives with intentional community outreach.
- Create and ensure compliance with internal and external behavioral health policies and procedures and ensure alignment with accreditation standards
- Direct program and operational development, including community needs assessments, literature review, and research and implementation of evidence-based best practices to inform program development and improvement.
- Oversee and complete required performance tracking and data reporting for grants and contracts
- Develop and manage a programmatic budget, including authorizing transactions and monthly bank reconciliations
- Assist in developing and achieving attainable, ambitious clinical measures that promote program participant health and wellness aligned with our EDIBU and reimagining strategic actions.
- Collaborate with the leadership team using data to ensure high quality, culturally centered, trauma informed and integrated mental health & wellness services.
- Manage and oversee the mental Health & Wellness, and youth services programs including personnel, team development, tasks, and staffing decisions
- Lead the Mental Health & Wellness, and youth services teams in development and growth, including position development, individual and team performance and management, and onboarding of staff and interns
- Provide quality weekly reflective supervision for direct leaders in the mental health & wellness and youth services program.
- Along with fellow leadership staff, establish staff training and professional development requirements and metrics, ensuring mental health & wellness support for program participants at all entry points of the organization.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:
A Leader in the Mental Health & Wellness Space
This leader must have a rich understanding of and belief in the power of advocating for and advancing child, family, and community well-being solutions at all levels, both internally and externally. In addition, the Vice President will be an established leader in the mental and behavioral health space, bringing with them both a wealth of knowledge and experience serving communities through targeted programming. The VP will be a tactical and results-oriented leader with the ability to set priorities decisively, delegate responsibilities, assure accountability and allocate resources to ensure results. They will demonstrate leadership in carrying out the agency’s mission, vision, guiding principles and communicates those values to staff, customers, partners and funding sources. This leader will be knowledgeable of all current mandates, best practices and requirements in the mental and behavioral health spaces.
A Community Advocate with a focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion
The Vice President will bring experience working with community members to enchance programs and services in a complex organization with a proven record of converting strategy into effective execution, offering creative, practical ideas to achieve Brightpoint’s mission. The Vice President will have the ability to establish rapport and cultivate cooperative relationships across all levels of Brightpoint and empower a diverse staff and external constituents to deliver results. They will also hold responsibility for fostering positive working relationships with the Brightpoint community, partners, funding sources and regulatory bodies. The Vice President will be inclusive, allowing for the building of consensus and recognition of teamwork with staff from a mixture of program areas.
A Strong Program Evaluator and Team Builder
A proven leader, the Vice President will make a significant contribution to ensuring that Brightpoint’s programs operate efficiently and effectively. The Vice President will possess a strong orientation towards collaboration and a proven ability to use metrics to drive cohesive operational and quality decisions. This leader will bring to the table the ability to develop program goals around inputs and outcomes and implement strategies aimed at creating a culture of learning and quality improvement will be key to their success. The Vice President will also cultivate a learning culture through program evaluation and the professional growth of staff. In addition, this leader will have the ability to conceptualize and analyze problems and solutions in a proactive, constructive and collaborative manner in order to improve performance across all FaCE programming to maximize the impact on individuals, families and communities served.
Passion for the Mission of Brightpoint
The Vice President will embody the values and mission Brightpoint and, as a result, will inspire and motivate others to push the mission forward in a collaborative manner. The VP will catalyze others’ commitment to advance the wellbeing of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social, and economic inequality. They will lead by example with an understanding that, at times, empathy is an essential quality. This leader will have an eye consistently focused on the future and how to best adapt the organization to its changing environment while staying true to the mission of Brightpoint. The VP is someone who can be trusted without reservation and build a strong sense of community within the greater organization.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $130,000 and includes comprehensive benefits.
Contact
Koya Partners has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Marissa Delgado and George Theotokatos. Express interest in this role by filling out our Talent Profile or emailing the search team directly at brightpointvp@koyapartners.com. All inquiries and discussions are strictly confidential.
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