Behavioral Health Lead/Masters of Social Work

Description

Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County (BGCLC) is a place for kids to laugh, a place to learn, a place to grow and a place to belong. For more than 30 years, BGCLC has served the youth in Larimer County. Through amazing programs, caring staff, and a safe atmosphere, we give youth a place to go when they need support, care and most importantly, fun. We give youth a place to call home.

BGCLC is looking for a Master of Social Work (MSW) to be an active member of the local Club staff and serve as a solution-oriented and collaborative leader.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the Behavioral Health Team (BHT) to collaboratively build the social-emotional competence of members and staff through programming and training.
• Plan and facilitate select components of overall staff training related to social work expertise (e.g. Trauma-Informed care, child development, behavioral health, family support, parent engagement, crisis response, de-escalation methods, social-emotional development, positive discipline methods, etc.)
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of services and all significant interactions with clients. Complete progress notes no later than two working days following the day of service provision.
• Creating and building community partnerships with entities that may be beneficial to Club families, staff, and youth.
• Connecting youth and families to additional supportive, services, when needed.
• Oversight of all direct reports within the Behavioral Health Department, providing them with adequate support, feedback, supervision, and guidance.
• Utilize research & data to determine BHT best practices regarding therapy, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed care.
• Create relationships with staff, youth, and families.
• Travel to Club sites to work with Club Members and staff.
• Must adhere to the NASW Code of Ethics, mandatory reporting requirements,  and comply with all BGCLC policies and procedures.

Additional Responsibilities:

• May provide clinical supervision for MSW or BSW/human service student-interns who are in the Club.
• Participates in ongoing clinical supervision and staff meetings.
• Complete all other duties as assigned

Requirements

General Function and Description: 

The Behavioral Health Lead provides leadership and services in a variety of the components of BGCLC’s Behavioral Health Team (BHT). Utilizing the tenets of Trauma-Informed Care, the LCSW may be tasked to provide individual or group therapy, facilitate SEL programming groups, case management, consultations, crisis intervention, grief support, and/or referral work. The LCSW will work collaboratively with Club staff, Club partners, schools, and other social service entities to ensure all BGCLC youth and families have access to necessary care. When assigned to Club sites, the LCSW may manage a caseload and clinical documentation while adhering to an evidence-based practice framework to manage and encourage progress for Club members. 

Education and Work Experience Requirements: 

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in behavior intervention, youth development, small group facilitation, and/or case management required.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in supervision

Minimum Qualifications Requirements:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to build rapport and maintain positive working relationships with BGCLC staff, Board Members, volunteers, community groups, and other related agencies.
• Proficient user of MS Office, Google Suite, and other databases.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred

Supervisory Expectations: 

• Directly supervises one or more employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; licensure supervision; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Independence of Action 

• Results are defined; the incumbent sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow, although precedents may exist, supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally", "regularly", and  "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to ? of working  time, "regularly" means between ? and ? of working time, and "frequently" means ? and more  of working time.) 

• The work environment is the typical youth mentorship or after school environment and may include transportation environments. The environment can be loud, stressful, complicated, and constant interruptions throughout the workday/shift. The employee must be comfortable performing multi-faceted projects, demonstrate superior interpersonal abilities-able to interact effectively with children and co-workers of all levels as well as with representatives of other organizations and institutions—ability to get along with diverse personalities: tact, maturity, and flexibility.  
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to work in a fast-paced environment with requirements include: sight, speaking, hearing, reaching,  listening, sitting, standing, and stooping. 
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,  color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is chaotic and loud.  

Salary : $60,000