Treatment Director

LG Legacy for Kids comprised of three separate campus’s Turning Point Children’s Social Services, Gold Star Academy and Rob & Simons’ Hawthorne House provides quality care for children who have experienced trauma in the State of Texas. Join us in creating a village of nurturing and quality care for our children.  Our mission is to ensure the delivery of quality services and advocacy for our children. Ensure the individualized quality care to children in an environment which promotes their rights, dignity and freedom of choice, implements programs and services as specified in the children’s individualized service plan.

The Treatment Director will be responsible for providing leadership for the overall treatment program, including responsibility for ensuring adherence to the treatment model – Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) by all levels of staff; that includes ensuring comprehensive ongoing training, coordination and coaching of TBRI. Leads the admissions and treatment teams. clinical responsibility may include a small case load as seems appropriate.

Responsibilities

General:

• Contributes to the mission, vision, and program philosophies by way of work product and professional behavior with both internal and external parties
• Adheres to the requirements and regulations as set forth by the Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas State Board of Examiners based on clinical licensure

• Adheres to all current federal & state laws, as well as to Policies and Procedures set forth by the company including the safeguarding of confidential healthcare information and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Reports suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect to the Administrator 

• Reports serious incidents and updates to caseworkers and Administrators

• Notifies licensing of reportable incident to include notifying Administrator

• Establishes relationships and communicates with the clients/children, caseworkers/probation officers, family members and staff

• Maintains professional licensure ensure good standing based on licensing requirements  

• Maintains all training requirements for licensure

• Attends staff/agency meetings as required

• Completes other duties as directed by the company Administrators/Owners

Company Summary

Program:

• Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements of the therapeutic process
• Supports the Program Administrator with therapeutic program implementation
• As part of senior staff mMakes recommendations for program improvements
• Develops therapeutic milieu tailored towards individual treatment needs with structured daily routine and professional level therapeutic services
• Supervises Designs individualized service plans with multi-disciplinary team of professionals who are qualified to address the child’s individual needs
• Provides clinical training to staff to support treatment model needs
• Participates in the review of potential new clients for admission, reviews psychological assessments and treatment history files, and provides input to Administrator
• Assists the Administrator and other professionals in short and long-term planning
• Reports to the Administrator (or other administrative team members) as necessary regarding support services, personnel issues
• Develops professional relationships with other peers 
• Attends meetings and trainings as required
• Oversight of the overall treatment program, including clinical responsibility for the management of all LG Legacy for Kids RTC therapeutic interventions
• When needed perform Professional Level Service Provider activities as defined in Minimum Standards for GROs
• Makes reports of suspected incidents of child abuse, neglect or exploitation to the Administrator and when deemed necessary the Child Abuse Hotline

Clients:

• Leads the admissions team in developing the initial diagnostic assessment on all residents to determine treatment needs, as well as the ongoing assessments every 90 days in compliance with regulatory and contracting entity to determine when clinical goals have been achieved and lower level of care is indicated

• Leads the treatment team in the development of all regular and required plans of service for all clients in all stages of treatment. P

• Maintains all client documentation in the electronic records management system

Education & Experience 

• A treatment director that provides or oversees treatment services for children with emotional disorders must;

• Be a psychiatrist or psychologist

• At minimum a Master's degree in a behavioral science or related field and a professional mental health license (i.e. LPC, LMFT, LCSW) valid in the state of Texas 

• Be a licensed master social worker, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed professional counselor, or a licensed marriage and family therapist, in the state of Texas. Must and have three years of experience providing treatment services for children with an emotional disorder, including one year in a residential setting.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working with children, families and other individuals with behavioral health issues 

• Experience with trauma informed care and family/group therapy preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities 

• Strong clinical skills and knowledge of trauma informed the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and families
• Proficiency in or willingness to become proficient in TBRI 
• Experience with foster and/or adoptive children and families and knowledge of the DFPS system is preferred 
• Ability to support the culture, growth, and success through communication, accountability, and positivity
• Ability to be clear headed and decisive based on the scope of the position
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively both individually and as part of a team
• Ability to appropriately accept feedback through the supervision process - thus displaying the willingness to learn, grow, and improve 
• Competent in using Microsoft Word, Excel, the Internet, and other software applications 
• Effective oral/written communication and organizational skills

Physical Demands 

With or without reasonable accommodation, the physical and mental requirements of this job may include the following: seeing, hearing, speaking, and writing clearly. Occasional reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, frequent sitting, standing and walking, may be required for long periods of time and may involve climbing stairs, walking up inclines, and on uneven terrain. Additional physical requirements may include, frequent lifting and or moving up to 25 pounds.