Therapeutic Living Unit Lead

**Therapeutic Living Unit Lead** ROSC Solutions Group At ROSC Solutions Group, we prioritize individuals' well-being and long-term recovery from addiction through a holistic, person-centered approach. Our evidence-based practices empower and foster hope, promoting personal growth. We collaborate with government officials and stakeholders to develop customized strategies grounded in recovery-oriented care principles. We drive positive change in creating pathways of recovery from addiction. We are currently seeking a Therapeutic Living Unit (TLU) Lead to join our team in the TLU in Calgary. TLUs are unique Therapeutic Communities within correctional settings, providing inmates (members) an opportunity for evidence-based care for substance use disorders. As a TLU Lead, you play a crucial role in supporting the "community as method" process. Working alongside TLU members & Counsellors, you play a key role in supporting Counsellors in their work and ensuring a productive environment for Members and Counsellors. All staff actively participate in the community, ensuring a safe and positive environment. Through sharing personal experiences with members, you create connections while maintaining professional boundaries and employing 'Rational Authority' in Therapeutic Community language. We encourage a humble leadership approach, reducing power imbalances, and supporting member empowerment. This collaborative and objective facilitation is what drives meaningful change for TLU members, making the community the major catalyst for transformation. Join us at ROSC Solutions Group and be a part of building accessible, effective, and person-centered recovery. Reporting to the Clinical Director, the TLU Leads primary role is provide supervision and oversight to ensure the TLU day-to-day operations reflect all elements of the therapeutic community model. **Role-specific Accountabilities** **General**: - Support staff and members through streamlined communication, thoughtful program management, conflict resolution, and ensuring all concerns are mediated in a respectful and timely manner. - Monitor and actively address the culture of the TLU to prevent escalating crises and cumulative stress. - Ensure a staffing complement is in place for each day to achieve a safe, therapeutic setting and to see through quality outcomes of daily programming. - Attend to individual members specific needs, performing and supervising initial member assessment to determine members strengths, severity of dependence and readiness to change. - Ensure the TLU milieu remains therapeutic, that the goal of every activity is designed to advance the personal growth of members and supports the collective health of the environment. - Role model behavioral expectations of conduct, dress, daily work habits, interpersonal communication, positive attitudes, temperament, emotional self-management and adherence to facility rules. - Act as the key liaison between the TLU team and Correctional Services Division (CSD) to maintain regular reporting, effective communication and member treatment and ensure clinical outcomes are achieved. - Oversee daily operations and manpower planning, including rostering for the TLU. - Act as an information resource for TLU members, RSG and CSD staff. - Willingness to work evenings, weekends and differing shift patterns. - Regularly engage in activities to maintain clinical knowledge and personal mental and psychological health. - Oversee admissions process which would include RSG preassessment. Additionally reviewing all assessments with CSD staff. - Managing waitlist. - Ensure KPIs are tracked and reported monthly. **Financial**: - Review the operational budgets, recommend changes and submit proposals to improve efficiency and meet the identified Key Performance Indicators and other metrics. - Assist in the management of operational expenditures within budget. - Maintain an inventory of supplies and order new items as needed. - Actively oversee new project management and execution. **Training**: - Actively lead in the hiring, training, mentorship, supervision and evaluation of new and existing staff RSG members and ensure their performance is compliant with RSG and CSD policies and procedures. - Assist in development, implementation, and review of the TLU program materials and operations by promoting awareness of current best practice and evidenced based interventions. - Evaluate staff performance and identify areas of improvement or concern. **Quality Assurance and Risk Management**: - Monitor, promote and lead continuous quality improvement work and monitor compliance with legislative, regulatory, privacy and Correctional Services Division regulatory requirements. - Actively report and manage issues of non-compliance. - Ensure risk management strategies and chain of command reporting are implemented and maintained. - Ensure internal reporting is completed within required timeframes. - Independently develop and lead st