Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Clinical Lead

Fair Haven Community Health Care is dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate primary medical, dental and behavioral health care to those who need it most.

We believe that everyone should have access to quality medical and dental care, regardless of their ability to pay.

About the Role

The Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Center Clinical Lead supervises the daily activities of a clinical team, ensuring that delivered services meet the mission and vision of FHCHC and align with Patient-Centered Medical Home principles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees admissions and discharges into services, empanelment of child clinicians, and co-signs all relevant documentation.
• Runs weekly group supervision for child behavioral health clinicians.
• Provides iterative feedback and yearly clinical evaluations to child behavioral health clinicians.
• Manages staff schedules for optimal utilization of staff time and ensures clinical coverage across sites.
• Monitors staff schedules when staff have time off to ensure appropriate clinical coverage.
• Conducts chart audits to ensure third-party payer compliance requirements are met.
• Provides ongoing advice, direction, and consultation to ensure work is performed according to established policies and compliant with oversight bodies.
• Demonstrates advanced Integrated Mental Health and Dual Disorders Treatment competencies.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a health and human services field.
• Five years' experience in a psychiatric or substance abuse setting.
• Minimum of one year supervisory/managerial experience strongly preferred.
• Current Connecticut professional licensure: LCSW, LMFT, LPC, Psy.D., Ph.D.

What We Offer

• Major medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Voluntary benefits (AFLAC plane, STD, LTD & Life Insurance).
• Paid Holidays.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement.