Assistant Director of Clinical Services

Family and Children's Service of Ithaca

$95K — $105K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in mental health supervision
  • Familiarity with DSM/ICD criteria for mental health conditions
  • Understanding of labor laws and clinic management practices
  • Experience with performance indicators for clinicians
  • Knowledge of compliance and quality assurance measures

Responsibilities

  • Supervise clinicians of varying training levels and licensure
  • Manage performance of supervisees and clinical group as a whole
  • Assist in clinic management, focusing on compliance and quality
  • Conduct biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessments for clients
  • Develop collaborative treatment plans with clients
  • Assess and manage ongoing risk and develop safety plans
  • Provide individual and family therapy using evidence-based interventions
  • Ensure adherence to documentation standards and timely completion

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth through continuing education
  • Supportive environment promoting health equity and evidence-based care
  • Collaborative team atmosphere with both internal and external partners
  • Crisis response support ensuring urgent client needs are met
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

The F&CS Assistant Director of Clinical Services will assist in overseeing therapy group providing evidenced-based, culturally responsive mental health treatment across the lifespan. The Assistant Clinical Director will have experience supervising clinicians at various training levels in assessing and treating individuals and families in an outpatient setting with diagnosable mental health conditions based on DSM/ICD criteria and the corresponding interpersonal and systemic challenges that come with it. The Assistant Director of Clinical Services will also have experience with personnel management practices including basic working knowledge of labor laws and policies, experience helping clinicians meet key performance indicators (e.g., billable hour targets, timely note completion, etc.), and in general clinic management (e.g., assistance with compliance and quality assurance measures to assure we are meeting standards of practice). The Assistant Director of Clinical Services will oversee the effective delivery of services with an emphasis on evidenced based care, health equity, and compliance with all regulatory oversight bodies.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities
  • Supervise a group of clinicians at various levels of independence and training including those with licenses/permits as LMSW, MFT-LP, MHC-LP, LCSW, and MFT.
  • Assist as a key leader in managing the performance of individual supervisees and clinician group as a whole.
  • Assist the clinical director in overall clinic management responsibilities including, but not limited to quality assurance, compliance, and management of various clinical service lines.
  • Conduct individual biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessments to identify client needs, including whether client meets DSM/ICD criteria for diagnoses treatable within OMH MHOTRS program and the medical necessity standard for insurance billable services.
  • Develop treatment plans collaboratively with clients in order to help manage expectations for progress in treatment and when goals are met such that the current episode of care will end.
  • Assess ongoing risk, including but not limited to threat to self or others, and develop safety plans that mitigate risk and assist clinicians in coordinating transfers to the hospital, making welfare check calls, etc.
  • Provide individual, couples, and/or family therapy sessions using evidenced-based interventions that are client-centered and drive toward treatment goals.
  • Adhere to agency and OMH documentation standards, including both content covered and timeliness of completion.
  • Demonstrate continued professional growth including deepening and broadening clinical practice through continuing education and supervision.
  • Respond after hours for urgent/crisis needs of agency clients as needed.
  • Collaborate with internal partners, such as psychiatric team members, as well as external partners, such as PCPs and schools, in order to deliver coordinated care to clients.


Salary Description

$95,000-$105,000 per year

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