Assistant ACCS Clinical Team Director
About The Position
The Assistant Integrated Team Director works with the Integrated Team Director to establish, administer, and direct the ACCS Integrated Team, which provides community-based clinical services to adults with mental health challenges. Services are individualized and recovery-oriented, using evidence-based strategies to engage Persons served, build relationships, and promote their active involvement. The Assistant Integrated Team Director helps ensure that services are integrated with community-based systems and support early and sustained engagement and clinical accountability. The role contributes to Bay Cove’s mission by partnering with Persons to pursue personal goals, greater independence, and improved quality of life. This is an exempt position. In the absence of the Integrated Team Director, the Assistant Director directs and coordinates the program’s intake, treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. The position also participates in rotating on-call coverage and may provide crisis assessment and intervention during scheduled on-call periods.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a related field.
- LICSW, LCSW, LMHC, or another behavioral health category qualifying as a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts.
- At least three years of experience providing services to adults with mental health challenges.
- At least two years of supervisory and management experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in team building and facilitating group processes.
- Strong commitment to the right of each Person with mental health challenges to live in community residences, work in market jobs, and access helpful, adequate, competent, continuous supports and services of their own choosing.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.
- Professional writing and verbal communication skills.
- Strong personal organization, attention to detail, and time management skills.
- Proficiency with Windows, word processing, and other computer functions, including Word and Google Email and Apps.
- Department of Public Health certification in medication administration within three months of hire.
- CPR and First Aid certification within three months of hire.
- Ability to climb stairs, carry up to 40 pounds, and physically assist people with mobility impairments as needed.
- Use of a personal cellular telephone for work communication.
- Authorization to work in the United States; Bay Cove does not offer visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Valid driver’s license preferred.
- Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply; a pay differential is offered for fluency in certain essential languages.
Responsibilities
- Assist with day-to-day clinical operations of the ACCS Integrated Team, including staff meetings and coverage for day, evening, weekend, holiday, and on-call shifts.
- Continuously evaluate the status of Persons served and direct planning and coordination of treatment activities in response to changing needs.
- Guide, provide feedback to, and train team members in evidence-based practices and philosophies for engagement, treatment planning, and selecting interventions based on each Person’s assessed readiness and expressed interests.
- Assist in directing and coordinating risk mitigation strategies, risk assessments, and critical incident tracking across ACCS Integrated Team components.
- In the Integrated Team Director’s absence, direct and coordinate intake and treatment, rehabilitation, and support services; schedule intake interviews; coordinate initial assessments and treatment planning for critical needs; participate in assigning staff to the Engagement Team; and provide clinical supervision for comprehensive assessments and treatment plans.
- Help ensure treatment and rehabilitation services are provided and documented, and delivered courteously, helpfully, and respectfully.
- Participate in staff and intern recruitment, interviewing, hiring, orientation, work assignments, supervision, and performance evaluations in accordance with program and agency policy.
- Collaborate with Care Coordination Entities and other providers to ensure access to appropriate medical, clinical, self-help, and peer services during crises, care transitions, other life transitions, and changes in health status.
- Use recovery-oriented language and principles in communications and interactions with Persons, colleagues, and collaterals.
- Provide crisis assessment, prevention, and needed intervention during the workday and while on scheduled nights-and-weekends on-call duty.
- Share administrative responsibilities and rotating on-call coverage as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
