Job Description:
Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Services, the Assistant Director of Clinical Services will provide oversight to clinicians of the clinical model requirements within the UC program. This includes assisting in supervision of all therapists working within all NYC locations
Functions:
- Oversee all treatment planning and delivery for program youth
- Provide ongoing individual and group coaching sessions to staff for processing of complex cases and best practices
- Elevate complex cases to Clinical Specialist as needed
- Collaborate with Clinical Specialist to define and promote interdisciplinary treatment plans
- Provide clinical data and information to clinical specialists for reports and quality service assessments as requested
- Provide on-call clinical support and guidance to clinical staff
- Coordinate all clinical services for UC
- Train and supervise all Clinicians within the UC program
- Provide clinical guidance and support to team members
- Observe clinical individual sessions
- Provide feedback on Significant Incident Reports (SIR)
- Coordinate team schedules for clinical appointments
- Ensure patient centered and culturally sensitive practice
- Conduct mental health assessments for UC as needed
- Provide ongoing individual and group counseling sessions as needed
- Provide mental health crisis intervention
- Act as the clinical lead for weekly staff meetings
- Participate in training of all Clinicians and their respective treatment teams to ensure they are versed in the clinical approaches for working with the UC and foster families
- Provide and coordinate all needed diagnostic services
- Provide record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities (case documentation)
Required Experience:
- Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field. LMSW, LMHC required
- Experience in the human service field and working with at-risk populations (2+ years)
- Experience providing direct clinical services (2+ years)
- Ability to teach TST & other agency models - required
- Ability to work well with people from many cultures including recent immigrants, non-English speakers, and LGBTQ children
- Bi-lingual - English-Spanish required. All agency documents and records are in English, so English writing proficiency required. Position itself requires Spanish speaking, writing, and reading proficiency
- Strong skills in all Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- Valid NYS Driver’s License
- Ability to travel to other agency locations
From: Cayuga Centers