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Director Clinical

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2025

4462 Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10457, USA Req #24716

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Make a bigger difference

Clinical Director

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us :

  • We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
  • With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
  • Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work / life balance.
  • We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
  • You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference :

PURPOSE :

The Cedar Knolls House (Bronx) provides therapeutic and support services to adolescents ages 16-21 who are referred to us through ACS and the Juvenile Justice system. Our residents have experienced significant trauma, resulting in behavioral, emotional, and functional / development issues. Cedar Knolls House offers an extensive independent living skills program, including vocational preparation and educational services that assist youth towards reaching independence.

POSITION OVERVIEW :

The Clinical Director has full responsibility for the ongoing clinical and administrative guidance of the clinical staff. The Clinical Director also provides ongoing training, supervision, and guidance to the clinical staff. The Clinical Director is fully familiar with all regulatory requirements and agency / divisional clinical standards practices. S / he functions as an internal resource on such matters. The Clinical Director is viewed as a senior member of the Residential Management Team. In addition, s / he must provide safe, high-quality programs and adherence to The Jewish Board policies and procedures. In collaboration with multidisciplinary treatment team members, the Clinical Director must ensure the integrity of treatment planning processes and maintenance of the highest documentation standards as required by regulations and professional scopes of practice.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Leadership

  • Provides regularly scheduled supervision to all clinical staff.
  • Evaluates and assesses treatment and service plans.
  • Evaluates clinical staff, provides training through regular supervision.
  • May carry a caseload, as needed.
  • Active participant in the intake process for new referrals, and reviews client’s ongoing service plan / treatment plan.
  • Ensures that the clinical needs of the client are met for all youth.
  • Ensures appropriate supervision of all program interns, either through direct supervision or by overseeing the clinical supervision provided by the social worker / Behavioral Health Clinician.
  • May run specialized groups to meet the needs of the program.
  • Is a key staff resource for community outreach efforts and may perform such outreach and establish linkages with other groups, individuals, or organizations, which may be helpful to our clients.
  • Provides all necessary notes, progress notes, risk assessments, and other paperwork as required.
  • May cover for Assistant Director in his / her absence.
  • Other tasks as assigned.
  • Management :

  • Hires and provides clinical and administrative supervision to the Clinical Supervisor and other clinical staff.
  • Manages risk regarding client safety by adhering to all risk management protocols.
  • CORE COMPETENCIES :

  • Ability to write policy, procedures, and protocols.
  • Ability to assess program needs, increase efficiencies, and build teams.
  • Ability to develop and execute strategic plans with staff members to enhance programming.
  • Empathy for youth and families, and a passion for including youth and family voice in child welfare programming operations.
  • Capacity to lead and supervise an array of child / adolescent focused services within a milieu treatment setting.
  • Expands and develops youth-guided family-driven care.
  • Embodies Sanctuary principles & values and ensures an integration of said principles throughout the program.
  • Supports and strengthens interdisciplinary practice.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Skilled in using data to inform & guide practice.
  • Values and demonstrates cultural competency.
  • Values professional development and participation in supervision and training.
  • EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIREMENTS :

  • LCSW, or a Master’s degree in behavioral health or related field (Licensure required).
  • A minimum of five (5) years of experience in either a child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, or other residential treatment setting, three (3) of which must have been in a senior managerial / operations level capacity.
  • Specialized experience with residential treatment may also be required.
  • COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIREMENTS :

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Fluent in Connections preferred, ability to learn electronic health records and other software as required.
  • Ability and willingness to learn new systems and application software.
  • VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY :

  • The candidate should be able to read documents for analytical purposes such as computer information, Excel spreadsheets, software, computer graphic design programs, etc.
  • Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
  • WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT :

  • Walk up and down steps.
  • Travel with clients in the community, as needed.
  • Travel to trainings outside the program.
  • If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits :

  • Generous time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days.
  • Affordable and high-quality medical / dental / vision plans.
  • Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness.
  • Free continuing education opportunities.
  • 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension.
  • Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation.
  • 24 / 7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee.
  • Who we are :

    The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

    More on Equal Opportunity :

    We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

    This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

    We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

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