Clinical Director

About us

Courage to Connect Therapeutic Center is a mental health center specializing in counseling, psychological testing and family therapy. We support clients of all ages and have a focus on community partnership. Our practice is built on team collaboration, outstanding clinician support and top-class leadership. If you are looking for a group private practice that will fill your caseload, offer you the independence of managing your clients; but also providing you office administrative support - Please apply today! We offer many wonderful benefits would love for you to join our friendly team!

Courage to Connect Therapeutic Center, a private mental health practice is seeking a Licensed Clinician for the position of Clinical Director. This is a newly created role for our rapidly growing organization and offers the opportunity to be part of the administrative team as well as running the clinical program for multiple sites.

The Clinical Director position will be a multi-faceted role requiring excellent leadership, supervision, organization, development and growth of all centers. The Clinical Director is responsible for the clinical leadership within the organization, including overseeing the management of 35 individual therapists, reviewing treatment plans and notes, creating group therapy curriculums, crisis management, risk assessment, and supporting all clinical services provided by psychological testing, counseling team and soon to be launched Psychiatry team.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a small caseload of clients and meet minimum weekly billing requirements.

• Manage and direct all aspects of Clinical side of the practice.

• Serve as ongoing Primary Supervisor for associate level therapists and interns, signing off on all clinical observations and supervisory notes.

• Provide ongoing individual and group supervision for associates while developing and delivering training to all new hires.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training therapists, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Oversee therapists in the associate therapy program and adherence to their agreed upon job responsibilities.
• Work closely with the operations team and leadership to develop and implement improvement initiatives and change as needed to enhance the quality of care and services.
• Provide direction and support to leadership team in developing and launching Psychiatry Department.
• Facilitate bi-monthly department meetings to maintain streamlined operational workflow and integration of new policies, procedures, systems, or changes in program structure.
• Support therapy providers in facilitating and documenting proper assessments, recommendations, and referrals.
• Oversee clinical supervisors and the management of associated team members.
• Responsible for maintaining hiring needs for specified clinic.
• Participate in growth initiatives to provide a variety of specialized care for all clients.
• Consistently adhere to HIPAA and APA guidelines for proper implementation of ethical, legal, and cultural standards of care

Experience:

• Master’s Degree or above in areas of Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Hold the following licenses: LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD, PhD
• Minimum of five (3-5) years’ experience in psychiatric or mental health field
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in advanced clinical management or leadership of practice setting preferred.
• Experience working with Mental Health and Psychiatry Team

License/Certification:

• LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD, or PhD (Preferred)

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• What is your salary requirement?

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License/Certification:

• Illinois License (Required)

Work Location: In person