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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Lead Clinician FCYS

Department: Foster Youth & Children Services

Location: Marsell Victorville - Victorville, CA.

Reports To: Program Director

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $92,000 - $102,000

New Hire Bonus: $5,000

Position Summary:

The Lead Clinician reports to the site’s Program Director and works in alignment with the AVP, Foster Youth & Children Services. The Lead Clinician oversees all clinical services at each site under their supervision. The Lead Clinician is tasked with delivering both program and clinical supervision to behavioral specialists and associates, ensuring compliance with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) / Board of Psychology (BOP) regulations, Program Policy and adheres to Marsell’s leadership expectations. The Lead Clinician may carry a caseload

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned.

• Collaborates with Program Directors to organize weekly Treatment Team meetings, ensuring that each minor receives thorough care from the multidisciplinary team.
• Builds and maintains positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as referral sources, community partners, resource parents and regulatory agencies.
• Provides the clinical team with treatment planning tools, and interventions, while maintaining fidelity to the clinical case management framework of the Program.
• Provides coaching and guidance to clinical team members, ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.
• Ensures that clinical staff members adhere to organizational policies, procedures, and ethical guidelines in their practice.
• Serves as a member of Marsell’s Center of Excellence by ensuring clinical best practice, process excellence and experience satisfaction throughout the enterprise.
• Directs the provision of clinical services of children. Implements a recovery based psychosocial program to optimize minor strengths, skills, and partnerships with family, community, and staff.
• Assures minor needs are met through program activities.
• Ensures clinical staff and behavioral specialist staff are integrated into the therapeutic program and individual/group therapy is provided to the children.
• Ensures that clinical staff and behavioral specialists interact and communicate with non-clinical departments in the facility including medical and program staff.
• Represents clinical and behavioral specialists on various facility committees, including utilization review, and peer reviews.
• Directs, coordinates, and maximizes the integration and cooperation of programs with other services and local community resources by facilitating collaborations and partnerships between federal representatives, contract providers, and non-profit agencies.
• Assures all children are advised of their rights when admitted and that these rights are protected through appropriate policies and that denials of rights are in compliance with applicable law.
• Meets with the children as necessary and may be involved in grievance processes.
• Oversees the preparation of a comprehensive written psychosocial evaluation and assessment on assigned children, in addition to an intake note, regular progress notes, weekly summary notes and a discharge summary. Other documentation and Client Level Event reports including court reports may be required.
• As needed, provides individual psychotherapy to assigned children.
• Actively participates in staffing, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, and other program planning activities and is responsible for a coordinated treatment plan for assigned children.
• Verbally communicates to children their legal status and rights under applicable law and acknowledges in documentation their understanding of same.
• Provides consultation as needed with resource families and case managers on issues regarding admission, discharge, and aftercare plans.
• Upgrades clinical skills through in-service and continuing education.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises employees in the Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

• Ensures team member evaluations are completed within the first 90 days and annually thereafter.
• Oversees staffing schedules and 1:1 supervision of all team members.
• Supervise, coaches, and mentors staff providing guidance to their work and learning including, when necessary, corrective/disciplinary action in a timely and professional manner.
• Provides BBS/BOP clinical supervision in associates.

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.

• Clinical Evaluation: Understand the strengths and limitations of the models of assessment and diagnosis, especially as they relate to different cultural, economic, and ethnic groups.
• Communications: Uses and models professional communication both verbally and nonverbally. Ensures feedback loops are opened and closed and provide clarity where needed.
• Clinical Sophistication: Is a self- learner and shows leadership qualities that lead to professional and organizational growth. Demonstrates the utmost professionalism and can problem solve issues with clinical sophistication and sound judgement.
• Planning/Organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• Professionalism: Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments. Demonstrates Unreasonable Hospitality.
• Judgement: Exhibits judgment that considers both macro and mezzo levels of management, demonstrating an understanding of the power dynamics in leadership and therapeutic relationships.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

• Qualifications may be waived with written approval from the Program Project Officer.
• Present at sites within the designated region 80%.
• Provide certificate of malpractice insurance.
• Must be an eligible BBS/BOP Supervisor.

Required:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Education/Experience:

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling psychology, or other relevant behavioral sciences field in which clinical training is a program requirement.
• Must be licensed with BBS/BOP for at least 2 years.Experience working with children, and/or at-risk families.
• Complete the BBS/BOP required Supervisor Training. Initial 15 hours or 6 hours for renewals.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.
• 2 years of post-graduate direct service delivery conducting clinical interviewing, assessments and individual and group counseling.
• Completion of 86 hours of pre-service training

Certificates and Licenses:

• Valid CA Driver License.

Language Ability:

Bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required.

Read, analyze, and interpret business, professional, technical, or governmental documents. Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, customers, and the public.

Mathematical Ability:

Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Compute rate, ratio and percentage, and draw and interpret bar graphs. Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Reasoning Ability:

Apply logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Deal with nonverbal symbolism (e.g., formulas and equations) in difficult phases. Deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point)
• Proficient in the use of standard office equipment.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can elevate loud noises when drilling or mounting equipment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to sit, stand for long periods of time, crawl, kneel, or stoop. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 45 pounds with assistance when necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.