Clinical Supervisor

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responsible for all clinical staff assigned. This will include task assignment, training, scheduling individual supervision and evaluation(s) of job performance. This oversight must be in accordance with CARF, State Licensures, Department of Health and Caron Policies, which will include documentation and chart reviews with help from the Sr. Clinical Director.
2. Serve as a leader of their multidisciplinary treatment team. This includes being an active supervisor on the team and collaborating with interventions and extended referrals to ensure consistent internal and external customer service.
3. Responsible for program development, including the design & implementation of all therapeutic interventions/presentations, and coordination of programming specifically to address the needs of the program.
4. Responsible for the daily program schedule; its design, refinement, and any modifications with approval from the Sr. Clinical Director.
5. Responsible to carry a partial caseload of patients when needed. Facilitate groups, individual or family sessions as needed and provide clinical direction in crisis situations as needed.
6. Attend and participate in morning treatment rounds and clinical team meetings.
7. Actively participate in the Admissions process by attending the admissions meetings and, when requested, providing consultation, review of records, and/or screening of patients with mental health and substance use disorder issues for admissions to their unit.
8. Participate in the on-call rotation which provides Caron staff with access to psychological assessment of emergent patient mental health and substance use disorder issues after regular business hours.
9. Actively manage crises including patient intervention, assess the degree of risk and recommend changes in level of care if warranted. Also, assist multidisciplinary team in identifying appropriate NLOC and transferring patient to appropriate level of care by facilitating voluntary and involuntary hospitalizations.
10. Utilize the strategic blueprint when further developing staff and program.
11. Serve as a resource for assistance with staff remedial training and professional development.
12. Serve as the point person for public speaking events.
13. Serve as the liaison between marketing and clinical staff to include co-facilitating case management of specific referrals to ensure continuity of care and thorough communication.
14. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the duties or tasks that may be required or assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Must be able to work extended hours, travel as needed.
2. Must be able to deliver presentations that may be both multiple times and for lengthy time periods.
3. Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.
4. Ability to accompany patients throughout the campus.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Licensed master's degree (LCSW, LMHC) required; 2 years clinical experience and 1 year of mental health programming experience preferred.
2. One year in a supervisory position is required
3. If in recovery, 2 years continuous sobriety preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the 12-Step Philosophy and the ability to integrate the 12-Step Philosophy into treatment.
2. Demonstrated effectiveness within an interdisciplinary treatment team.
3. Able to manage, supervise and train clinical staff.
4. Able to handle crisis situations calmly and with a professional demeanor.
5. Demonstrated ability to present ideas clearly so that others can easily understand.
6. Must have proficient computer skills and experience with electronic chart preferred.
7. Promote a positive peer culture with patients, families, referrals, and Caron employees.
8. Promotes a trauma informed and resilient environment by demonstrating the Universal Expectations.
9. Possesses good organizational skills.
10. Must endorse Caron’s philosophy that chemical dependency is a primary disease process.
11. Training and experience providing effective psychological interventions and treatments for a range of mental health disorders. Must have the ability to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions and therapy with which they are not familiar. Must be willing/able to seek out information on best practices to treat diagnoses with which they are less familiar.
12. Training in current theories of child, adolescent and adult psychopathology as well as use of these theories to conceptualize patient issues and develop and implement effect treatment planning.
13. Demonstrated ability to provide culturally competent treatment working with ethnic, racial, and sexual minorities.
14. Able to use current research to guide program development and treatment decisions.
15. Some familiarity with current psychotropic medications and their interactions.
16. Must be familiar with or demonstrate willingness to become familiar with all local and state laws concerning voluntary and involuntary hospitalization procedures.
17. Act as a role model in decorum, speech, and behaviors consistent with recovery principles.