Clinical Supervisor

JOB TITLE: Clinical Supervisor I or Clinical Supervisor II.

LOCATION: Boardman, Oregon (Morrow County).

FLSA: Exempt (Expectation to work 40 hours a week).

SUPERVISOR: Clinical Manager.

PAY GRADE:

• Clinical Supervisor I Pay Grade B11 ($65,500 - $98,300 annually depending on experience) OR
• Clinical Supervisor II Pay Grade B13 ($78,600 - $119,500 annually depending on experience).

Community Counseling Solutions provides a team-based Servant Leadership environment! Located in Eastern Oregon with year-round recreation based near the Columbia River and at the base of the Blue Mountains. Big city amenities in rural family-oriented communities. 

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• Health, dental and vision insurance.
• 401K match.
• Potential for tuition reimbursement.
• Generous paid vacation.
• Paid holidays.
• Relocation Benefit if moving over 100 miles of up to $4,000, depending on distance.
• Student loan forgiveness.
• Paid licensure supervision.

DESCRIPTION:

The Clinical Supervisor, under the supervision of the Clinical Director or Clinical Manager, is responsible for the day to day oversight of assigned mental health and/or addictions clinicians. The Clinical Supervisor plans, assigns, directs and reviews the clinical work of mental health therapists. They ensure that the relevant Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR’s) are adhered to, monitor quality assurance, and develops and monitor treatment protocols. In addition, the position will carry a caseload and conduct comprehensive assessments, develop treatment plans and provide quality clinical care.

SUPERVISION:

Supervision Received:

• Depending upon location, this position is supervised by the Clinical Manager.

Supervision Exercised:

• This position directly supervises all assigned clinical staff in the mental health and alcohol/drug programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide clinical supervision and oversight on a daily and regular basis to assigned clinicians. Ensure that care is of the highest clinical standards and consistent with CCS philosophy and policy.
• Ensure that assigned clinicians are apprised of current evidence based practices (EBP’s), implements EBP’s, and ensures that the agency is meeting or exceeding standards of good clinical outcomes.
• Ensure that all paperwork by the clinical staff is completed in a professional and timely manner, and provide supervision when this goal is not being met.
• Ensure that the quality of clinical work is superior and completed in a professional manner, and provide supervision when this goal is not being met.
• Provide after hours emergency services on a 24 hour, rotating basis to adults and children. This includes telephone consultation and crisis intervention in the community. May also participate in the back up on call supervisory rotation on a 24 hour rotating basis
• Ensure knowledge and application of CCS personnel policies and procedures.
• This position recruits, hires and trains new staff. They provide supervision and conduct performance evaluations. They follow policies for employee discipline and termination when necessary. Works to resolve conflict as appropriate and provides positive leadership.
• When necessary, in consultation with Clinical Manager, Clinical Director and/or the Executive Director, engage in disciplinary actions.
• Report all cases of abuse or neglect to the proper agency, or ensure that all cases are reported. Provide follow up and completes all investigative reports when required, as well as implementing safety plans. Become a Protective Service Investigator.
• Initiate holds, provide civil commitment investigations, and work with the hospitals, case workers and the state and other individuals/agencies for all individuals in the civil commitment process.
• Provide utilization management for adults and children needing to access higher levels of care.
• Schedule and participate in meetings with other agencies to ensure continuity of service delivery and ensure that CCS is highly regarded by other community partners.
• This position will maintain a caseload. This position will provide quality individual, group and family counseling services. Ensure that all paperwork is professional and timely.
• Follow the grievance process for customer complaints and work diligently to resolve complaints.
• Ensure that the agency is meeting or exceeding all of the requirements for the relevant OAR’s, as well as the clinical contractual requirements as required by Greater Oregon Behavioral Health (GOBHI) and other mental health organizations.
• Ensure that clients are scheduled in a timely manner.
• Responsible for ensuring clinical staff coverage by overseeing vacations, sick leave, training, etc.
• Work with contracted prescribers to put together schedules and ensure that the service delivery is well coordinated for prescribers and the customers they see. Consult with prescribers to coordinate medical treatment.
• Work with Quality Assurance Coordinator to ensure that clinicians are meeting quality assurance standards.
• When requested, participate in internal administrative meetings. Hold regular clinical staff meetings.
• Communicate with members of the public to coordinate work programs, inform the public about our services, and speak with groups about our services and/or specific areas of mental health and alcohol/drug programs.
• Serve on various boards or committees in the community as it relates to program services.
• Assist Office Manager in ensuring that there is a good working relationship between clerical and clinical staff and lines of communication are kept open.
• Administer forms for urinalysis testing (UA’s), provide accurate information on the UA’s to clients, in some cases observes the UA, and record all pertinent information.
• Transport customers as needed.
• May be asked to participate in back up on call rotation for crisis services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and/or Experience:

Clinical Supervisor I:

• Master’s degree from an accredited university in psychology, sociology or other human services related field and have 2 years of post-grad experience in the delivery of clinical services.
• Preferred supervisor experience.

Clinical Supervisor II:

• Licensed (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) with 5 years’ experience in delivery of clinical services.
• Prefer 3 years' experience being a supervisor in related field.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and addictions and principles of counseling.
• The ability to use independent judgment including finely developed decision making, planning, analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to prepare and maintain detailed and accurate records.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate well with a diverse population including staff members, professional consultants, agencies, customers, and members of the general public.
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply laws, regulations and administrative rules related to mental health and chemical dependency.
• Ability to learn and implement CCS procedures, regulations and requirements with respect to procurement, budget, safety, operations and organization.
• Must be a self starter and demonstrate the ability to supervise and assign work to subordinates; ability to work effectively with other employees and the general public.
• Good organizational and time management skills are essential.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• The position requires the handling of highly confidential information. Must adhere to rules and laws pertaining to client confidentiality.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats. Must have the ability to present and exchange information internally across teams and co-workers, and externally with customers and the public. Information communicated ranges from routine/basic to complex and confidential information.
• Must hold a valid drivers license and be insurable or carry insurance for client service purposes and for travel between business offices, the community, and to attend required meetings and/or trainings. Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537 and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007-0380.
• Must have excellent typing skills, have knowledge of basic office software programs and ability to effectively use such software.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS:

• Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537 and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007-0380.
• Must pass a monthly check against the OIG and GSA exclusion lists, as well as other federal and state agency lists. If employee, volunteer or contractor is excluded or sanctioned it is grounds for immediate termination of employment, volunteering, or contract.

PRE-HIRE DRUG SCREENING.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use office automation including computer and phone systems that require find manipulation, grasping, typing and reaching.
• The employee is also regularly required to sit; talk and hear; use hands and fingers and handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel and/or squat when adjusting equipment or retrieving supplies.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee should possess a valid driver’s license for vehicle travel when working on behalf of the agency.
• When serving in the on-call rotation, employee may be required to perform on less than optimal amounts of sleep.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work is performed in an office environment as well as in the community. The noise level in the office environment is usually moderate, but occasionally one may be exposed to loud noises. The noise in the community, including the homes of customers, is often difficult to predict. Occasional out of area travel and overnight stays will be required for attendance at meetings and/trainings.
• However, the employee also will be required to work in the communities, homes and other living environments, of the clients we serve. Handicap access may not be available at all places where this position must go. There are some situations where this position may be required to respond to environments where a client is in crisis. The environments in these situations are difficult to predict and may be in uneven terrain.
• This position exposes the employee to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as an office.