BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL SUPERVISOR Job in Vista 92084, California US

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

General Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Behavioral Health Director, is responsible for managing the daily clinical activities of the Behavioral Health (mental health, substance abuse, special education) program. Provides clinical oversight on intake and assignment, eligibility screening, assessment, individual and family therapy, crisis intervention, psychiatric evaluations, medication monitoring, rehabilitation, case management services, utilization management and quality assurance. Oversees, coordinates, develops, and evaluates the programs overall effectiveness to ensure its consistency with the agency’s purpose, approach, policies and procedures, compliance with requirements, contractual requirements and overall "best practices" utilizing evidenced based practices as the preferred teaching modality.

Specific Activities

Assures that the agency consistently provides high quality, professional counseling and psychotherapy services, maintains appropriate documentation, stays current on research and developments in the field, and disseminates "best practice" information to the clinical staff as appropriate.

  • Provides clinical and administrative supervision to behavioral health trainees, interns, and licensed staff, including orientation, individual, family, and group supervision and evaluation of performance.
  • Experience working with the needs of Special Education population and their family.
  • Assists with recruitment, hiring, training and scheduling of clinicians.
  • Designs and supervises behavior analytic interventions and is able to effectively develop and implement appropriate assessment and intervention methods for use in unfamiliar situations and for a range of cases
  • Engages in the specific and comprehensive use of principles of learning, including operant and respondent learning, in order to address behavioral needs of widely varying individuals in diverse settings
  • Builds the skills and achievements of children in school settings; enhances the development, abilities, and choices of children and adults with different kinds of disabilities; and can conduct descriptive and systematic (e.g., analogue) behavioral assessments, including functional analyses, providing behavior analytic interpretations of the results.
  • Ensures quality assurance through direct monitoring of clinicians, client satisfaction surveys, chart review, peer review and related activities to insure quality of services.
  • Responsible for contract compliance, reporting, goals and objectives, quality assurance system, charting, billing and documentation.
  • Engages in component and program development, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Responsible for the training and compliance of HIPPA laws.
  • Contribute and/or develops client-sensitive policies and procedures supporting the delivery of programs and services.
  • Under the direction of the Behavioral Health Director, coordinates or provides substance abuse and mental health services training, and other related staff development activities.
  • In collaboration with Programs Manager, assure coordination and collaboration among all programs and services, and provide support to an integrated case-management approach to client services.
  • Participates in and facilitates agency and component meetings.
  • Stays informed of and disseminates to staff information related to the legal and ethical issues involved in the counseling and psychiatric field.
  • Attend required meetings and training as appropriate.
  • Participates in other duties as assigned.

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    Requirements

    MA degree in social work, counseling, or psychology. Required state-licensed LCSW, LMFT and completion of required Clinical Supervision Certification per BBS. A minimum of two years post-graduate experience is required with a strong background in direct services and management. Board Certified Behavior Analyst with necessary accredited applied behavioral analysis coursework and experience. Must possess the ability to make sound clinical decisions independently. Must be able to apply clinical judgment, ethics and accountability to formulate best practices in quality of care. Must posses’ excellent written and verbal communication skills. Knowledgeable of child development issues, at-risk youth issues, and evidenced based practices. Compatibility with agency purpose, goals, philosophy and approach.

    Compensation

    FT – Exempt position $29.41/hr + bilingual pay. Full paid benefits according to the personnel policy. EOE.

    Go to www.nclifeline.org  to view job descriptions and requirements. Submit resume and cover letter to fandres@nclifeline.org   or Fax (760)631-5633.  Recruitment Open Until Filled. EOE