Director, Integrated Emotional Wellness

Description

Washington, DC | Hybrid | $110K - $115K | Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)

Community of Hope is seeking a visionary and compassionate Director of Integrated Emotional Wellness to assist with the operational and clinical oversight of our integrated emotional wellness program. This role integrates assessment and treatment planning, short-term psychotherapy, crisis intervention and sustainable wellbeing for children, adolescents, and adults in need.

This is a full-time, hybrid position is based out of our Family Health and Birth Center in NE, Washington, DC, but will require travel to work between COH clinical sites in Washington, DC.

• We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.
• We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.
• We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.
• We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do

• Assists with oversight of program operations, ensuring that activities align with COH policies, procedures, and strategic goals.
• Supervises the Lead Integrated Emotional Wellness Clinician, Integrated Emotional Wellness Clinicians, the Emotional Wellness Case Manager, Master Level interns and Licensed Graduate Clinicians.
• Manages staffing, activities and data to support COH’s strategic objective of providing effective integrated emotional wellness services including: assessment, treatment planning, short-term psychotherapy, group therapy, crisis intervention and educational opportunities.
• Monitors clinical services provided by supervises for quality of care, compliance with evidence-based practices, and adequate documentation of services through direct supervision, monthly random spot review, as well as peer review. Ensure that COH makes progress on key metrics such as UDS measures, HEDIS measures, and others as needed.
• Coordinates grant requirements and reporting in own portfolio, attending meetings with other partners as necessary. Monitors grant deliverables to ensure that we are meeting commitments and requirements. Alerts supervisor to problems or barriers with achieving deliverables. Prepares reports as required per the grant.
• Supports and closely coordinates mental health care with the patient’s primary care team and when appropriate, other treating mental health providers including external providers if needed.
• Screens and assesses patients for common mental health and substance use disorders. Consults with supervisor on difficult to engage clients.
• Helps identify and address related problems affecting health of client, such as housing, vocational rehabilitation, and social integration, and coordinates service delivery with other health center staff and community providers.
• Provides crisis intervention per the clinician’s licensing and COH guidelines, to include addressing suicidal/homicidal ideations.
• Completes a treatment plan for all short-term therapy clients by the 2nd scheduled session. Monitors patient progress through the course of treatment, reevaluating and adapting the treatment plan at least monthly from initial treatment plan date.
• Meets with supervises regularly and provides real-time feedback, training, support, and coaching as needed. Creates meeting agendas, sends meeting agendas in advance when possible, and documents concerns promptly as needed.
• Reviews the performance of team members in a timely manner, including completing 90 day and annual performance evaluations per their due dates, documenting any issues or changes, providing recommendations for professional development and/or training opportunities, and recognizing staff when appropriate.
• Partners with the Talent Management team regarding personnel matters including but not limited to, terminations, leaves of absence, training, onboarding, and other COH handbook policies.
• Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.

• LICSW, LPC, or equivalent licensure required. Any providers who are licensed in Maryland who provide a copy of their license and MD CDS to Talent Management are also eligible for MD licensure…