Lead Clinician

Lead Clinician Journey Of Hope Program

The Lead Clinician oversees clinical services, and trains and supervises clinical staff. Ensures that behavioral health specialists complete relevant training on evidence-based practices in mental and behavioral health care delivery. They must ensure that child-facing services are provided on-site and in a confidential manner.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Promotes the Mission and Philosophy of Holy Family Institute
• Provides individual and group supervision to clinicians and clinical interns
• Engages in observation of minors with significant behavioral or mental health challenges in the milieu and provides recommendations regarding best practices, including modeling therapeutic approaches
• Builds and maintains relationships with community mental health providers in order to facilitate referrals for minors to external mental health services as needed
• Submits Treatment Authorization Requests and ensures required documentation is completed for all appointments
• Reviews clinical documents for all minors to ensure compliance expectations are met
• Assists in the creation and implementation of safety plans
• Facilitates the onboarding and training of new clinicians and clinical interns
• Ensures quality of clinical materials and interventions utilized with clients
• Manages 30 Day Safety & Well Being follow up call completion and submission by appropriate deadlines
• Meets with assigned unaccompanied minors once per week for individual counseling, and once per week in group setting to address behavior, concerns, and monitor progress regarding UC's overall psychosocial functioning
• Demonstrates dignity and respect for the identified sponsor or family, while working collaboratively with the sponsor to ensure a safe and timely release
• Assists in developing a discharge plan which identifies appropriate supportive services and natural supports, which is clearly defined and identifies a continuation of post discharge services, if needed
• Works collaboratively with staff, children, families, service providers, and others
• Participates in all required agency and regulatory trainings within expected time frame
• Promptly reports civil or criminal convictions, charges, arrests, investigations, or adjudications that may arise since staff member's last background investigation
• Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements include:

• Master's or doctorate degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family counseling, or another relevant behavioral health discipline from an accredited program, university, or college where clinical experience is a program requirement and includes 2 years of post-graduate direct service delivery experience
• Must have supervisory experience and be licensed to provide clinical services in the state where the care provider is located
• Must have Act 33/34 and FBI clearances and valid PA driver's license
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Ability to remain calm and composed under stress
• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state and local standards

Holy Family Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer