Clinical Supervisor - Must have LCSW

Compensation Range: $80,000-$85,000 commensurate with experience 

Benefits:We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview:

In collaboration with the Assistant Director/Director, plans and administers mental health services for individuals ages 5 and up (children, adolescents, families, and adults) in the OMH program.

Responsibilities:

• Provides in-service training on regulatory changes and protocol.
• Provides on-site clinical leadership during evening and weekend hours Introduces innovative clinical services to augment the current trend of practices, including but not limited to supportive counseling, group work and crisis intervention services via evidence-based treatment models as it relates to mental health treatment.
• Reviews and approves initial treatment plans, clinical assessments, progress notes and trains the team around clinical documentation and record-keeping policies to ensure qualitative care to meet regulatory guidelines.
• Participate in peer review and quality improvement committees and ensure routine monitoring of patient chart documentation in accordance with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
• Maintains monthly admissions and discharges from the program, treatment plan tracking, as well as the high-risk roster
• Provides individual, weekly supervision, to assigned staff and/or social work interns.
• Manages an active case load of patients and provides clinical/managerial coverage when necessary.
• Provides counseling services including but not limited to initial comprehensive assessments, daily individual sessions: treatment planning, facilitates groups, outreach, case conferences, advocacy, referrals (on-site & off-site) and discharge planning.
• Establishes treatment goals and objectives with individuals as part of the interdisciplinary team, while ensuring timely submission of all clinical documentation
• Provides crisis intervention services and, if necessary, refers patients for psychiatric assessments.
• Consults with supervisor and completes incident reports on all incidents including trauma or behavioral problems as per Housing Works protocol.
• Oversee all critical care needs to determine appropriate levels of care and treatment through collaborative processes within an integrative team and community-based providers.
• Develops a collaborative relationship with individuals to monitor integration in the OMH program to encourage patient engagement/compliance and provide on-going clinical services.
• Addresses issues and concerns which may arise for the patient during treatment services.
• Presents psycho-social needs, strengths and limitations of all assigned patients during interdisciplinary treatment planning meetings and case conferences, as well as provides clinical support to other clinicians.
• Reports outreach efforts for patients with whom no face-to-face contact has occurred to minimize lost to follow-up.
• Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Director/Director.
• Supports and participates in advocacy efforts
• Provides on-call coverage on a rotating basis.
• Participates in continuing quality assurance and quality improvement committee activities to ensure the highest level of services to all enrolled patients, along with assurance of documentation compliance related to chart audit and managed care service authorizations.
• Participates in monthly continuing education and monthly site-specific leadership meetings.
• The Clinical Supervisor will have access to PHI during the course of his/her work activities.
• Incumbent will use this information to provide psychiatric therapy as needed in compliance with all OMH 599 regulations and guidelines relative to established plan of care.
• ALL HIPAA, corporate compliance, and program guidelines must be maintained and kept at all times.
• Attendance of in-service trainings required.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work LCSW/LCSW-R Required.
• At least three years of clinical experience in a health care setting, with strong experience in providing mental health services to individuals ages 5 and up
• Evening and weekend hours required
• Experience providing evidenced based interventions in an outpatient mental health setting
• Clinical experience in the care and management of persons with acute/chronic mental health conditions and/or HIV/AIDS related illness preferred.
• Strong organizational and/or writing and public speaking skills are required.
• Proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with OMH/Article 31 Regulatory Standards preferred
• Computer proficiency – Microsoft office, Outlook, EMR SIFI certificate strongly preferred

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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

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