Clinical Supervisor; Manhattan

Clinical Supervisor – Kaplan House (Manhattan)

Address: 74 Saint Marks Place, New York, NY 10003.

The Kaplan House (Manhattan) provides therapeutic and support services to adolescents ages 17‑21 who are referred to us through ACS and the Juvenile Justice system. Residents have experienced significant trauma, resulting in behavioral, emotional, and functional/developmental issues. Kaplan House offers an extensive independent living skills program, including vocational preparation, and educational services that assist youth toward reaching independence.

The Clinical Supervisor has clinical and administrative responsibility for a residential program unit under the supervision of the Director. Responsibilities include carrying a small caseload, supervising clinical staff, ensuring provision of psychotherapeutic, psychiatric, and case‑management services for residents, overseeing administrative processes, and participating in various administrative and team conferences.

• Provide weekly clinical supervision to case planners and case managers
• Teach and monitor supervises’ screening, assessment and monitoring of all safety‑related concerns with residents
• Ensure that case planners oversee provision of all counseling, vocational/educational, psychiatric and recreational services to residents
• Ensure case managers are completing required home visits and face‑to‑face contacts with resources
• Ensure case managers are presenting the agency professionally and responsibly at criminal and/or family court hearings
• Meet with assigned residents for weekly sessions, engage and remain in contact with their parents, ensure that home visits are completed, vocational/educational, psychiatric, recreational services provided and address any safety and risk concerns
• Assist supervises in engaging families in planning for services and complying with ACS outreach requirements
• Assist supervises as necessary, in identifying and providing access to specific concrete services and community resources
• Advocate, as necessary, with external resources such as mental health providers, treatment facilities, FCLS, community members, etc. on behalf of residents
• Attend family court hearings when additional support is requested
• Assist in the development and implementation of specialized groups related to the needs of residents and their families
• Attend conferences at ACS offices and other community‑based meetings
• Attend ACS and JB trainings as required
• Participate in internal and external continuous quality improvement projects
• Make reports to State Central Registry or Justice Center as needed
• Complete all other duties as needed and requested
• Participate in training and implementation of the Integrated Treatment Model (ITM)

• Lead or co‑lead, and attend all group supervisions, treatment team meetings, family treatment conferences, transfer conferences, incident review meetings, ITM planning meetings and administrative meetings
• Work jointly with medical, DSPs, psychiatric and vocational/educational departments to ensure provision of services to residents

• Teach, revise, and ensure accurate and timely completion of all clinical documents under the responsibility of clinical staff, including but not limited to progress notes, treatment plans, transitional plans, safety plans, court updates, etc.
• Review and ensure completion of accurate and timely Family Assessment Service Plan Reports (FASP) and Permanency Hearing Reports (PHR)
• Ensure completion and review of agency internal Incident Reports in Alltrac system
• Complete progress notes in CONNECTIONS and MyAvatar, as well as review those of supervises
• Maintain weekly supervision notes and complete all supervises’ evaluations in a timely fashion
• Complete ACS Connections monthly supervisory reviews for all residents

• Team player
• Function from a strength‑based approach with residents, supervises, and colleagues
• Utilize a coaching approach with residents, supervises, and colleagues
• Able to show respect and compassion for residents, supervises, and colleagues
• Able to function under stressful situations
• Able to see crisis through…