Clinical Supervisor

Clinical Supervisor

The Jewish Board's Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally affirming, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resiliency of our communities.

The Clinical Supervisor is a member of the program's leadership team and is primarily responsible for implementation and oversight of new/innovative clinical services or models of care and clinical supervision and professional development of licensed staff. Additionally, this position is responsible for ensuring clients receive timely access to quality clinical services; overseeing administrative functions to support program operations; and ensuring program compliance with federal, state, and city regulatory bodies and funding entities.

Key

Essential Functions:

• Identify gaps in clinical services at the program level and develop potential solutions to fill the gap
• Lead the implementation of evidence based treatment or have direct oversight and responsibility for innovative models of care, in partnership with JB training department and/or external agencies
• Ensure clients have timely access to care by ensuring admissions and discharges are completed in a timely manner, assigning cases in a timely manner and ensuring clinicians have adequate case load sizes to minimize clients' wait for services
• Monitor show rates and appointment availability
• Provide direct services to clients, as needed, including intakes and crisis interventions
• Supervision of crisis intervention services
• Other clinical duties as assigned

• Implementation of quality improvement initiatives
• Participate in quality assurance activities such as chart reviews and utilization management
• Provide individual and group supervision to program staff
• Integrate recovery, rehabilitation, treatment and vocational components of the program, as appropriate
• Monitor and follow up on program incidents

• Participating in hiring and orienting of new staff
• Timely completion of performance appraisals and appropriately addressing performance concerns

• Conducting or participating in staff training and development
• Monitoring staff attendance and vacation scheduling to ensure program coverage
• Supervising staff, as appropriate to licensure

• Facilitating team meetings, case conferences, and other meetings as assigned
• Ensuring program and staff are in compliance with regulations and standards of care that govern the program
• Utilizing a variety of electronic databases to monitor billing and address any fiscal or billing issues that arise
• As part of program management, identifying and developing systems to improve program operations
• May serve as back up to other program leadership, assuming responsibility for operations in their absence
• Other administrative duties as assigned.

• Solid clinical skills and knowledgeable of evidence-based practices.
• Excellent organizational skills, teamwork and communication skills.

• Masters degree in human services and New York State clinical licensure in the following, LCSW, LMHC, or LCAT.

• The candidate should have at least three years of experience working with adults living with mental illness. Two years of supervisory experience is preferred. Strong clinical group, family and individual intervention skills required. Good organizational, teamwork and communication skills needed.
• Russian language skills welcomed, but not required

• The candidate should be able to read documents for analytical purposes such as computer information, software, computer graphic design programs, etc.
• Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

• The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions.
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit (75% of the time) and stand (25% of the time)

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.