YES House Job Opening - Clinical Director

1. Provide both supervision for therapy and ancillary staff as appropriate, including therapists, practicum students, interns, and clerical staff.

2. Clinical supervision (provide directly or designate).

3. Administrative supervision

4. Maintain records of supervision contacts.

5. Ensure and as needed provide, youth and family with individual, group, or family therapy in the manner and frequency designated in each treatment plan. Modalities used are to be evidence based.

6. Ensure the development, coordination, and implementation of the treatment plan with the program coordinator and case managers based on youth and family needs.

7. Ensure and as needed, document therapeutic treatment goals, progress and completion in progress notes and other documents.

8. Ensure that therapy staff maintains current training and licensure/certification in order to provide services.

9. Ensure, as well, that staff is current with developments in their respective fields.

10. Evaluate therapy department staff with annual performance review.

11. Assign caseloads and other duties to therapy department staff to ensure optimal coverage.

12. Interface and assist to maintain relationship with psychiatric health care providers to ensure quality services are being provided.

13. Ensure that medications are prescribed and/or approved and provided as needed.

14. Maintain a drug information book for pertinent units.

15. Provide or designate the provision of training to all staff on issues pertinent to therapeutic interface in orientation and other venues.

16. Medication interactions and side effects

17. Criminal justice population

18. Clients with cognitive deficits

19. Cultural and sexual diversity

20. Substance use disorders

21. Axis I and II issues

22. Suicide assessment, prevention, and appropriate responses

23. Psychological, physical, and sexual trauma.

24. Social detoxification

25. Other issues as identified

26. Interface with program coordinators to assess appropriateness of client referrals.

27. Write, edit, and implement policies, procedures, and forms to maintain compliance with the requirements of credentialing entities (CARF, Mental Health Division, Substance Abuse Division, Department of Family Services, Medicaid, et al).

28. Ensure that policies and procedures affecting therapy department staff are followed with sufficient integrity.

29. Attend all required meetings, including unit staffing, clinical staffing, coordinators meetings, directors meetings, and strategic planning sessions. Schedule flexible to meet needs.

30. Compile reports in service of the maintenance of grants.

31. Meet individually with program coordinators to assist with program development and individual treatment issues.

32. Oversee outreach and aftercare as assigned by the director of Y.E.S. House and provide documentation of contracts.

33. Stay current with developments in the fields related to therapy.

34. Model, maintain, and teach ethics to therapy staff.

35. Perform on-call duties.

36. Facilitate the scheduling of on call for the clinical team and assist in the on-call duties as needed.

37. Review all referral, coordinate with assistant director and program coordinator to determine the appropriateness of placement.

38. Work with the Clinical Supervisor to ensure clinical productivity/caseload are optimal. Provided monthly/quarterly report to clinicians and Administrate staff.

39. Ensure the agency’s mission, polices and procedures are followed

40. Follow all rule/policies of Youth Emergency Service, Inc.Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

41. Ability to work closely with other agency departments and outside agencies

42. Must be able to de-escalate potentially volatile situations

43. Must be able to effectively manage large groups

44. Advocacy for youth and families

45. Good communication skills

46. Good time management skills

47. Advanced computer skills

48. Knowledge of child growth and development

49. Ability to follow and successfully complete both written and oral directions

50. Ability to work with people of various personality types

51. Possess sound emotional judgement

52. Ability to change as the job changes