Assistant Director of Clinical Supervision

Metrocare Services•Hillside, NY

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About The Position

The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families and adults we serve . Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research (ACER) is seeking a licensed professional supervisor or a licensed clinical social worker supervisor to fulfill the role of the Assistant Director of Clinical Supervision who can work well independently and in team settings. The Assistant Director of Clinical Supervision for ACER is responsible for providing supervision to behavioral health provisionally licensed practicum students while promoting the public sector. The Clinical Coordinator will utilize their clinical expertise in providing weekly supervision as well as assisting the ACER Director to create individualized rotations within Metrocare. The Clinical Coordinator will support ACER’s specialized programs through recruitment, enrollment and ensuring overall operations.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, or Psychology with 5-7 years of mental health experience.
Minimum 3 years as an active clinical supervisor with an ascribed supervision model.
Possess an advanced clinical supervisor license (LPC-S, LCSW-S) or LP or eligible to attain a supervisory license in Texas within three (3) months of employment
CPR/First Aid and SAMA (supplied by agency)
Current State of Texas Driver License or if you live in another state, must be currently licensed in that state. If licensed in another state, must obtain Texas Driver License within three (3) months of employment.
Liability insurance required if employee will operate personal vehicle on Center property or for Center business.
Must be insurable by Center’s liability carrier if employee operates a Center vehicle or drives personal car on Center business.
Must have an acceptable driving record.
Use computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
Ability to utilize Internet for resources.
Intermediate skills with the computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams).

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree in clinical program (preferred)
2-3 years of management experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

Develops and manages clinical strategies to best support graduate clinical interns and provisionally licensed personnel.
Leads regular structured meetings with staff and interns to address treatment planning and clinical skill development.
Manages and oversees practitioner execution of clinical procedures.
Facilitates individual, group, and triadic supervision for complex cases and maintains a small caseload of trainees.
Manages the clinical education placement coordinator
Provides ongoing, regular feedback and evaluation of clinicians on the quality and timeliness of their clinical work and their caseload.
Solicits feedback from clinicians regarding supervision and whether their needs are being met.
Guides clinicians to help identify professional development goals and monitors the progress of those goals throughout the clinical training experience.
Ensures that clinicians comply with all legal and ethical practices, and co-sign unlicensed clinician clinical forms and experiential correspondence.
Achieves monthly, targeted goals that adhere to the contractual requirements, specifically required clinical supervision hours for both graduate trainees and provisionally licensed clinicians.
Provides support and training where needed to assist clinicians with record keeping, requirements for billable hours, and documentation standards as required by the agency.
Identifies clinical training gaps and makes recommendations to the Associate Director of ACER Clinical Education and Research.
Collaborates with the Associate Director of Clinical Education and Research to develop clinical supervisor training programming through a variety of modalities (i.e. in-person and online)
Maintains a quality clinical residency experience for all graduate practitioner interns driven by trainee satisfaction survey feedback.
Coordinates and leads the development of individualized rotations to broaden clinical trainee experiences.
Creates and delivers curriculum and EMR (electric medical records) training to behavioral health practitioner interns.
Participates in ACER meetings, administrative program meetings, and training as required.
Leads outreach efforts to recruit and enroll and ensure overall operations of ACER’s specialized programs.
Maintains confidentiality of information concerning consumers and family members.
Collaborates with Clinical Education Coordinator to assist with personnel needs for various trainees.
Demonstrates commitment to leadership and advocacy in the field of clinical supervision through determined engagement opportunities.
Engages with Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC) to stay abreast of professional expectations and enhance knowledge across clinical licensure pathways.
All other duties as assigned by the Associate Director of Clinical Education and Research.
Performs other duties as assigned.