Clinical Coordinator

DEPARTMENT:
Clinical Services

SUPERVISOR:
Director of Clinical Services

JOB TITLE:

Clinical Coordinator
DEPARTMENT:
Clinical Services
SUPERVISOR:
Director of Clinical Services
GOAL:
The Clinical Coordinator role is a unique blend of therapeutic services and administrative oversight of regulatory requirements. We are seeking a female therapist who is empathetic, highly competent, detail-oriented, excels in time management, and feels a genuine calling to serve minor victims of sex trafficking.

• This position provides both clinical leadership and direct therapeutic care.
• The Clinical Coordinator offers clinical supervision and training to direct care staff and
• oversees all employees involved in providing clinical services.
• The role includes providing individual, family, and group counseling to residents and their families/care givers, as well as trauma-informed support and secondary trauma care to residential and community-based staff.
• With a balance of compassion, professionalism, and strong administrative skills, the Clinical Coordinator ensures that clinical practices meet the highest standards while fostering healing and resilience for both clients and staff.
• Proactively contribute to and foster a trauma-informed & responsive organizational culture.
• Maintain all compliance standards.
• Actively participate in supervision & ongoing professional development- training to foster the development of clinical skills, provide best practice and enhance Gracehaven therapeutic services for youth & families who are at risk and/or have been exploited.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Referrals:
  Assist in reviewing Group Home referrals (i.e. ICCAs, clinical assessments, Ohio Comprehensive CANS or other LOC tools, etc.) and providing clinical placement consultation to the Residential Services Director. This includes conducting pre-placement interviews as needed, as well as facilitating intakes for placement.
• Establish therapeutic rapport and relationships with Gracehaven Group Home clients and families.
• Assessment:
  Responsible for developing a comprehensive clinical formulation based on the completion of a diagnostic assessment, to establish medical necessity for services at time of admission for group home residents and community clients.
• Treatment Planning:
  Participate and contribute to the collaborative development of an Individual Service (ISP)/Treatment Plan(ITP) with the client, family, and other service providers. Monitor implementation of this plan. Regularly review, update/revise service recommendations/treatment goals, intensity of services based on the ongoing assessment of clients progress and needs, and maintain medical necessity of this plan with the interdisciplinary team according to regulatory guidelines (ODCY-QRTP, OhioBHS, etc.).
  
  Review and provide approval for (sign off on) residents Individualized Service Plans/Case Plans for contraindications and quality assurance, including compliance with all DCY licensing requirements.
• Counseling:
  Responsible for providing individual, group, and family counseling to group home and community clients and their families based on mutually agreed upon goals with the client and/or parents as identified in the ISP - Treatment Plan. This includes but is not limited to providing individual counseling to clients at least 1 time per week; facilitating Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) group 1 time per week.
• Behavioral Intervention:
  Assist the client and Gracehaven service team in developing effective behavioral intervention plans as needed. Provide evaluation and approval of Behavioral Intervention Plans within 30 days of admission and at minimum every 90 days following, or as frequently as the need necessitates.
• Discharge Planning:
  Participate in monthly Multidisciplinary Progress Review and Discharge Planning Meetings and serve as an advocate for the clients to ensure that appropriate services are provided and permanency/maintenance planning is prioritized.
• Documentation:
  Provide accurate and timely documentation of service delivery and client’s progress, in accordance with the treatment goals and within the timelines set forth by the agency and regulatory guidelines.
• Communication &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate and maintain effective, timely and thorough verbal and written communication with clients, families, referring agencies, and other service providers as described in the…