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Job Description

Directors are legally and morally responsible for all activities of the Centre and need to be committed to the mission and objectives. The Board is responsible for policy administration, strategic planning, ongoing evaluation of management performance, financial stewardship and recruitment of Directors. Board Members will:

• Attend and actively participate at each meeting.
• Contribute to the Board on its job of setting policy and vision for the Centre.
• Establish and maintain linkages with appropriate community partners.
• Participate in the activities and initiatives as organized by the Board.
• Share their expertise and skills in order to allow the Board and the Centre to continue with its development.
• Participate on Board committees as required.
• Foster and support a culture of client safety within the organization
• Provide oversight to reduce risk and promote ongoing quality improvement
• Utilize an ethical decision making framework.

Code of Conduct

The Board expects of itself and its members ethical, businesslike and lawful conduct. This commitment includes proper use of authority and appropriate decorum in group and individual behavior when acting as directors.

Directors, when acting as directors, are expected to consider and represent the interests of the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent and its commitments as a whole in preference to any other interests which the director may also have or represent.

Directors must avoid conflict of interest, including:

• There must be no self-dealing or any conduct of private business or personal services between any director and the organization except as procedurally controlled to assure openness, competitive opportunity and equal access to “inside” information.
• Directors must not use their positions to obtain for themselves, family members or close associates employment within the organization.
• Should a Director be considered for temporary/permanent employment, he or she must temporarily withdraw from Board deliberations, voting and access to applicable Board information.
• Directors may not attempt to exercise individual authority over the organization except as explicitly set forth in the Board policies.
• Director’s interaction with the Executive Director or with staff must recognize the lack of authority in any individual director or group of directors as specifically noted elsewhere in the Board policies.
• Director’s interaction with the public, press or other entities must recognize the same limitation and the similar liability of any director or directors to speak for the Board.
• Directors will make no judgment of the Executive Director or staff performance except as that performance is assessed against explicit Board policies by the official process.

Key Responsibility Area: Policy Administration

Specific Duties

Ensure that the Centre meets all legal requirements for the conduct of the organization’s business and affairs. Responsible for adopting by-laws and ensuring that the Centre operates within them. Reviews and acts on revisions to the by-laws. Adopts policies which determine the purposes, governing principles, functions, activities and courses of action of the organization.

Key Responsibility Area: Planning

Specific Duties:

On an ongoing and regular basis evaluate and review the strategic plan. Monitors activities including: reviewing reports of committees; confirming, modifying, or rejecting proposals; counseling and providing good judgement on plans; and, considering, debating and deciding issues relative to the strategic plan.

Key Responsibility Area: Management Performance

Specific Duties:

The Executive Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Centre and for taking the action necessary to move toward its’ vision. Direction of the Executive Director will include the supervision, monitoring and evaluation of performance and results of these actions.

Key Responsibility Area: Finance

Specific Duties:

Monitors and approves the finances. Ensure that sufficient funds are available to maintain the solvency of the organization. Reviews and approves the annual budget and audit. Exercise prudent judgment of the investment of equity.

Key Responsibility Area: Director Recruitment

Specific Duties:

Through their contacts in the community, Directors may recruit and recommend appropriate individuals for the Board of Directors. This will require Directors to be knowledgeable about the skills needed by an individual to perform the duties of a Director. As there is a requirement for Directors to perform tasks in addition to attending Board meetings, it is imperative that Directors ensure that individuals they are considering have the time to complete these responsibilities. When an opening for a Board of Director occurs a recruitment notice will be posted on the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent website and in the local newspaper.