Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor

Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor

JOB DESCRIPTION

About us:

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness (WVCW) is an innovative nonprofit providing comprehensive services to individuals impacted by mental health, addictions and developmental disabilities. We hire individuals that are skilled and motivated to meet our mission through outcome-based strategies that foster personal and community transformation.

What you will do:

This is a dual-role position combining direct clinical service delivery with clinical supervision responsibilities. As the LCSW Clinical Supervisor, you will maintain an active clinical caseload providing mental health assessments, treatment planning, individual therapy, and crisis intervention while simultaneously providing clinical supervision, program oversight, and professional development support to WVCW clinicians.

Your direct clinical services will emphasize a community-based approach, meeting clients in their homes, residential facilities, hospitals, and throughout the community to ensure accessible and holistic care. Your clinical supervision responsibilities will center on ensuring organizational compliance, supporting staff development, advancing program quality, and building collaborative partnerships across our organization and community.

This position requires balancing clinical service delivery (approximately 50% of time) with supervision of clinical staff, program development, and administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments to evaluate client needs and support options according to state and federal guidelines and rules. Utilize standardized assessments and screening tools to ensure accurate and effective evaluations.
• Deliver clinical services within the community, including clients’ homes, residential facilities, hospitals, and other settings to ensure accessible and convenient care.
• In collaboration with the client, develop individualized treatment plans, ensuring they are tailored to meet specific needs and goals. Monitor and evaluate progress regularly to ensure they are moving towards their treatment objectives and adjust care plans as necessary.
• Work collaboratively with clients and family members to engage in ongoing support and services including but not limited to individual, group, and family counseling.
• Conduct crisis assessments/triage with appropriate interventions. Including but not limited to collecting pertinent information for suicide risk and other crisis situations and be able to develop, implement and coordinate an appropriate action plan. Participate in ongoing crisis response and support services per WVCW policy.
• Utilizing the Electronic Health Record (EHR) complete objective, accurate documentation in a timely and consistent manner according to agency policy.
• Make referrals and connect clients to community resources to help their specific situation.
• Provide care coordination and work collaboratively with internal teams as well as community partners to ensure that clients receive support and resources.
• Attend and participate fully in team meetings, participate in group and individual supervision (as a provider of mental health treatment), and stay abreast of various diagnoses and treatment modalities; participate in civil commitment process including investigation and examination, once trained.
• Adhere to all state and federal privacy and security regulations applicable to the program, and to WVCW policies and agreements regarding confidentiality, privacy, and security. Maintain confidentiality and discretion.

Clinical Supervisor

• Monitor the performance of WVCW behavioral health providers in relation to clinical best practices and adherence to the WVCW’s mission and vision.
• Provide clinical supervision for clinicians utilizing WVCW supervision tools and processes, ensuring full compliance with clinical deliverables for all federal, state, Medicaid, contracts and grants.
• Conduct ongoing review of clinical documentation for completeness, consistency, and quality of mental health services provided, including application of proper interventions/modalities; ensuring compliance with state and federal mandates.
• Ensure staff meet ethical standards including all appropriate Codes and Standards of Conduct and Professional Ethics. Ensure performance improvement plans are implemented when needed. Facilitate monitoring and discussions related to boundaries, self-care and burn-out (compassion fatigue).
• Offer case consultation to promote staff development and to suggest solutions to problem cases. Studies and makes suggestions and recommendations on special, complicated, or problem cases.
• Provide and document periodic review of supervises performance and feedback provided; also provide and document periodic review of development plan and training needs and training provided as necessary.
• Maintain awareness of policies and trends in standards of practice for behavioral health providers. Provide assistance (directly or…