Strategic Leader, Mental Health Residential Services

Description

Summary:

The Assistant Director of Mental Health Residential Services is a member of administrative team responsible for directing recovery-oriented treatment for clients placed in Envision Unlimited’s residential facilities. Responsible for program planning/implementation and evaluation of program, providing direct supervision and training to mental health residential staff and interns, and coordinating/maintaining overall efficiencies of the program/residences. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for participating in decision making on an administrative level in conjunction with the Director of Mental Health.
• Responsible for overseeing that DHS, CARF, and other governmental regulations are in compliance, in regard to the Mental Health (MH) Residential Program, on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for assisting with the development of policies and procedures, program planning, implementation, and evaluation of the MH Residential Program to ensure recovery-oriented services are provided to all members.
• Responsible for maintaining Key Performance Indicators for MH Residential Program.
• Responsible for proving direct supervision and training to MH residential staff, while maintaining supervision logs for each staff member;
  Responsible for overseeing House Managers and their case management responsibilities.
• Provide supervision to student interns as authorized by the Director of Mental Health
• Responsible for carrying out progressive corrective action with residential staff members as needed.
• Responsible for overseeing staff/shift scheduling and payroll approval and providing shift coverage as needed.
• Responsible for building and maintaining a registry for external shift coverage to account for call-offs and coverage shortages.
• Responsible for monitoring MH residential staff productivity targets and documentation completion as required to meet agency goals, accreditation standards and funder requirements.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and coordinating, and/or directly training, new MH residential staff members and interns.
• Responsible for working with MH intake coordinator to ensure that the census at each residential facility is maintained at capacity.
• Will attend weekly supervisions with Director of Mental Health and meetings as requested, participate on committees, and collaborate on marketing and outreach efforts.

Clinical Expectations:

• Will work with MH Intake Coordinator to schedule interviews, assessments, and orientation with possible new residential clients.
• Will provide and document crisis interventions and additional risk assessments, as needed, and will complete incident reports when appropriate within a 24hr period.
• Ensure all services provided are in accordance with client’s individual treatment plan.
• Enter, maintain, and update client information in Envision Unlimited’s Electronic Health Record (Quantum). i.e. face sheet, treatment plan, and diagnoses.
• Assess and oversee referral transitions into MH residential facilities.
• Will complete and maintain compliance with all clinical documentation related to assigned caseload.
• Complete required productivity targets and documentation on a timely basis, including clinical documentation, service reporting, and note approvals for assigned houses/staff.
• Will serve as the LPHA reviewing and signing off on IM-CANs developed by other staff as applicable.
• Attend all scheduled clinical meetings including Group Supervision, Clinical Staff team meetings and All Staff meetings.

Overall Job Performance Functions:

• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability with changes to program needs and schedule as the need…