Assistant Clinical Director-CCBHC Macari Operations LCSW

The Child Center of NY • New York, NY

146d • $96,820 - $96,820 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Clinical Director in the CCBHC provides direct clinical and administrative supervision of clinical staff, ensuring that staff meet agency expectations and best-practice standards. The role reviews and approves clinical documentation, supports staff competency and development, and helps ensure consistent, compliant client care across clinics. It also contributes to quality assurance, incident management, utilization review and management, data collection and analysis, and administrative coverage for the behavioral health team.

Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Diagnostic Privilege.
• Five years of social work or mental health service experience.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Aptitude for training staff.
• Maintain professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and compliance with relevant health and safety procedures.
• Meet productivity standards and perform work safely.
• Maintain understanding of the principles, methods, and processes needed to perform the job; attend assigned staff meetings, seminars, and in-service training.
• Complete work accurately and thoroughly within established deadlines, with minimal errors.
• Follow departmental policies and procedures, maintain strict confidentiality, and adhere to HIPAA guidelines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with audit, quality assurance, and quality improvement activities.
• Bilingual in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali, or another language; language needs may depend on client needs.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve diagnosis-based progress notes, treatment plans, and assessments for clinicians and peer support staff.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to assigned staff to support best-practice care and social work and therapeutic practice standards.
• Assess and address teams’ clinical competence through chart reviews, participation in clinical sessions, and tracking patterns of non-compliance with best-practice standards.
• Promote best practices through discussion of findings, case conferences, clinical consultations, meetings, and debriefings.
• Maintain clinical supervision logs.
• Assign caseloads based on staff members’ expertise, experience, and qualifications.
• Assist with incident management, utilization review and management, quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, and audit and review preparation.
• Ensure compliance with clinical documentation standards and regulations through regular case and documentation reviews.
• Collaborate with site leadership and the Director of Clinical Best Practice to promote consistency across clinics and identify training and staff development needs.
• Provide backup coverage and support as part of the administrative behavioral health team, including support for Admissions leadership.
• Support data collection and analysis for CCBHC services, grants, and contracts.
• Manage the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the program or department.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with agency policies and applicable laws, including onboarding and offboarding, case assignments and transfers, accountability and commendations, performance reviews, and resolution of concerns.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed