Clinical Director

Recovery Center of Niagara is an organization focused on the care and treatment of those suffering from substance and alcohol use disorder. All care is individualized, and our patients work in partnership with their treatment team to achieve their recovery goals.

We are looking for a dedicated Clinical Director for our inpatient substance abuse treatment programs located in Newfane, NY. The Clinical Director will be directing, supervising, and monitoring the work of clinical staff in the provision of substance abuse treatment services and aftercare planning for assigned clients. The clinical director provides individual therapy, treatment planning, case management, client advocacy, counseling, and crisis intervention.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality and safe delivery of clinical services.
• Coordinates provision of services that reflect the philosophy and standards of the program.
• Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate services, programs, and activities.
• Collaborates with the program director and counselor(s) to determine continuum of care for program participants.
• Directs program counseling staff in the day-to-day provision of family-focused, trauma-informed mental health services to the in-patient treatment community.
• Provides individual and group counseling and participates in case conferences.
• Reviews curricula and other program materials for clinical appropriateness and approves the acquisition of all new curricula and other programming materials.
• Ensures that counseling staff have been adequately trained in the use of any curriculum being delivered to clients.
• Directly, and through subordinate staff, supervises the assessment of all newly arrived patients; supervises clinical staff in scheduling all patients into treatment activities; assigns caseloads; and monitors and evaluates clinicians in the performance of their duties.
• Reviews and approves all clinical documentation (treatment progress, treatment plans, and client coordination of care plan) and conducts regular quality assurance and quality improvement reviews to ensure that all appropriate record-keeping is performed on a timely basis.
• Assesses and evaluates staff; develops methods to use and enhance strengths and to isolate and minimize weaknesses.
• Acts as the program’s liaison with families and offers recommendations for program development and improvement.
• Provides ongoing client assessment to identify changing needs pertaining to the individual and family treatment and development strategy.
• Conducts regular chart reviews, ensuring that all appropriate record-keeping is performed on a timely basis and that all governing agency regulations are met.
• Attends meetings called by the program director and participates in discussions concerning the revision, improvement and expansion of existing programs and offers recommendations.
• Participates in quality assurance, quality improvement and utilization review activities and makes recommendations to the program director for plans of corrections.
• Maintains established performance and conduct standards in accordance with organizational expectations.
• Performance responsibilities are delegated to appropriate individuals, as necessary.
• Will monitor and/or perform quality assurance activities.
• Responsible to ensure that all contracts for clinical services are maintained and that services are delivered in a satisfactory manner.
• Ensures compliance of provider operations with federal, state, and local rules and regulations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree preferred, Bachelors required
• 5 years of supervisory experience in a similar/relevant setting
• Licensed in the State of NY as a qualified health professional (QHP):

• CASAC
• A counselor certified by and currently registered as such with the National Board for Certified Counselors (NCC);
• A rehabilitation counselor certified by the Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification;
• A therapeutic recreation therapist certified by the National Council on Therapeutic Recreation or the American Therapeutic Recreation Association;
• A professional licensed and currently registered as such by the New York State Education Department to include: a psychologist; a social worker (LMSW; LCSW), and a mental health practitioner including: a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), and a creative arts therapist (LCAT)