Clinical Supervisor - Family Based Mental Health

Clinical Supervisor - Family Based Mental Health

Family Based Mental Health Services (FBMHS) provide an intensive continuum of family therapy, case management, and other support services delivered directly in the family's home. The program aims to prevent out-of-home placement of children and adolescents with serious emotional issues. Services include in-home family therapy, family education and skill building, and 24/7 crisis intervention services.

The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for the management and supervision of the Family Based teams on their caseload. This includes providing clinical supervision and oversight, performing administrative tracking and follow-through, and ensuring productivity and team ratio expectations are met.

Responsibilities include ensuring the provision of clinically sound, ethically implemented interventions by Family Based teams supervised, monitoring and tracking submission of paperwork, holding staff accountable to the policies and practices of the program, agency, and licensing/overseeing bodies, ensuring intensity and integrity of clinical service through monitoring of weekly team/individual productivity and clinical video review, meeting with supervisees for weekly supervision, assisting the Program Director in the recruitment and training of new employees, providing direct and indirect support and supervision to staff in the field as needed, being available for crisis management and support for teams supervised, and providing on-call services as determined by the Program Director.

Staff Leadership includes fostering a strengths-based, trauma-informed, accountable, committed, and motivated environment, establishing and holding direct reports responsible for creating a climate that attracts, retains, and motivates high performance, ensuring the caliber of diverse staff with skills appropriate to meet the needs of those served, providing and holding staff responsible for completing staff performance evaluations as expected, providing constructive supervision for all direct reports, including ongoing performance feedback, modeling PHMC's core competencies and holding staff accountable to do the same, and mentoring and developing direct reports to ensure a core team focused on meeting the priorities of the program.

Team Leadership includes cooperating and communicating as a multidisciplinary staff team member through formal meetings, informal consultations, and committee participation, modeling traits of a responsible team member by executing job responsibilities, open communication, and good follow-through, demonstrating use and support of the trauma-informed model in all aspects of employment, responding promptly to the concerns and interests of the clients, parents, guardians, funding entities, and other PHMC staff.

Partnerships & Collaborative Relationships include establishing and maintaining relationships with provider organizations, regulatory and licensing representatives, and referral sources, representing the organization before various stakeholder groups to maintain visibility, managing regulatory and accreditation contracts, and serving on, participating in, and attending various committee meetings.

Contributing to the Team includes participating in regular meetings with staff to ensure priorities are clear, coordination is good, and communication is open, cooperating and communicating as a multidisciplinary staff team member through formal meetings, informal consultations, and committee participation, modeling traits of a responsible team member by executing job responsibilities, open communication, and good follow-through, and responding promptly to the concerns and interests of clients, parents, guardians, funding entities, and other PHMC staff.

Trauma-Informed Behavior includes demonstrating a commitment to being trauma-informed and maintaining a therapeutic environment and community that promotes safety and nonviolence as the basis for all we do with clients and staff, demonstrating knowledge and utilization of trauma-informed practices, including emotional intelligence, effective communication, understanding of the impact of trauma on development, strengths-based and person-centered practice, resilience focus, and commitment to growth and change.

Administrative Activities include ensuring compliance with all of PHMC's policies and procedures, implementing all documentation requirements, performing other duties as assigned, and Family Based Mental Health Services adheres to a "Whatever It Takes" philosophy.

Skills include ability to utilize and facilitate a collaborative, team-oriented approach, knowledge and understanding of CASSP principles, knowledge of social/ecological theory and application, knowledge of family systems theory and application, knowledge of cognitive-behavioral theory and clinical application, understanding of child and family development, crisis intervention and management, knowledge of the current DSM, basic understanding of common psychotropic medications, experience working with and supervising diverse populations, ability to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, to diverse audiences and in diverse venues, ability to hire and develop staff members who are capable of providing high-quality services, accountable to job responsibilities, and motivated to achieve high performance, strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and data management skills, project management skills, ability to resolve complex problems, ability to implement program policy and procedures, and effective time management.

Qualifications include education at the master's level or higher professional with the major field of study being social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or other human services field, strongly preferred licensure in Pennsylvania as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Professional Counselor (LPC), or Psychologist, minimum of two years of experience providing clinical supervision in child welfare, mental health, or prevention programs required, experience in direct application and supervision of family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavior modification, family systems, and clinical case management, valid child abuse clearance, PA criminal history clearance, FBI clearance, and medical clearance, as well as any other clearances required by contract or agency policy, and PHMC Salary Grade 20, this is a full-time position and includes a comprehensive benefits package.