Clinical Team Leader

Seaford House Therapeutic Residence is seeking a Clinical Team Leader

Summary

Under the direction of the Program Manager, the Clinical Team Leader oversees the therapeutic service components of the Seaford House Therapeutic Residence. This position provides clinical leadership, supervision, and coordination for therapeutic programming, case planning, referrals, intakes, clinical documentation, crisis assessment, and care coordination for youth served in the program. The Clinical Team Leader works collaboratively with program leadership, clinical staff, case management staff, residential staff, external providers, DFS, families, and other members of the youth’s service team to support safe, trauma-informed, clinically appropriate, and high-quality services.

This position maintains a limited direct service caseload and provides short-term therapeutic intervention, child welfare case management, safety planning, multidisciplinary team coordination, and support to staff regarding youth mental health needs, clinical history, crisis response, and individualized intervention strategies. Due to the nature of residential services, this position is a site-based, in-person role and the work schedule for this position may vary based on program needs and is not limited to traditional business hours.

On-site evening, weekend, and on-call responsibilities will be required to support youth, staff, and program operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Clinical Leadership and Supervision

• Oversees the therapeutic programming for the Seaford House Therapeutic Residence under the supervision of the Program Manager.
• Provides supervision, guidance, and support to assigned clinical and case management staff, including the Therapist and Case Manager.
• Reviews and signs off on documentation for unlicensed staff as appropriate and in accordance with agency, licensing, accreditation, contractual, and professional standards.
• Supports staff in maintaining consistency between child plans, safety plans, and day-to-day clinical and residential interventions.
• Provides coaching and guidance to Youth Advocate staff regarding youth mental health history, trauma history, clinical needs, behavior concerns, individualized interventions, and recommended staff responses.
• Participates in Seaford House leadership team meetings and collaborates with the Program Manager and other program leaders to support effective communication, teamwork, and professionalism.
• Promotes professional development among assigned staff and supports identification of training, coaching, and educational development needs related to clinical service delivery.

Direct Clinical and Case Management Services

• Maintains a limited caseload of approximately three youth and provides direct child welfare case management services.
• Serves as lead Seaford House staff for assigned youth, coordinating internal team communication, service planning, care coordination, and follow-up needs.
• Develops, monitors, and supports implementation of Child Plans and related care coordination activities.
• Completes court reports and other required reports in a timely manner and participates in judicial proceedings as necessary.
• Leads or participates in multidisciplinary team meetings, treatment reviews, case planning meetings, and other service coordination meetings as assigned.
• Provides short-term individual and group counseling or therapeutic intervention to youth as appropriate.

Crisis Response and On-Call Support

• Participates in the on-call clinical schedule with the Therapist and Program Manager.
• Provides clinical consultation and support during youth crises, including mental health crisis assessment, safety planning, coordination of additional services, and support to staff regarding appropriate clinical interventions.
• Provides consultation to program staff regarding clinical concerns, youth behavior, crisis prevention, intervention planning, and post-crisis follow-up.
• May provide after-hours clinical consultation or emergency telephone coverage on a rotation basis as appropriate.

Referrals, Intakes, and…