Clinical/Behavioral Health Coordinator(Day School Pittsburgh)

Pressley Ridge Career • Pittsburgh, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical/ Behavioral Health Coordinator is responsible for the development, implementation and improvement of clinical/behavioral health services for children and families. This position works with the Program Director to assure compliance with licensing and regulatory bodies as it relates to clinical/behavioral health practice. Additionally, the C/BH Coordinator assures that all areas of need within each child’s ecology are identified and remedied to assure the generalization and maintenance of positive program effects beyond the program environment. The C/BH Coordinator is responsible for providing clinical supervision for staff.

Requirements

• Requires a master’s degree in a clinical discipline.
• Requires a valid state driver’s license, safe driving record, and current auto insurance.
• Requires proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) within two (2) years of employment for the School for the Deaf.
• Requires three (3) years of post-graduate clinical experience.
• Requires one (1) year of experience or training with a child/ youth mental health program.
• State Police Clearances
• FBI Clearances
• Child Abuse Clearances
• Mandated Reporter-Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse training certificate and/or statement

Responsibilities

• Assures the use of available technology using the internet, electronic documentation and electronic communication.
• Participate in systematic program evaluation procedures to assure program standards align with best-practice procedures; continue evaluating ways to reduce restraints across all programming.
• Assist in administrative decision-making regarding the development of new and revision of old program policies and procedures.
• Provide consultation and supervision around implementation of initiatives relating to clinical services of the organization.
• Review and utilize data gathered from the various Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives.
• Review weekly restraint data with leadership team.
• Review and monitor recommendations from internal “task force” restraint reduction team.
• Provide oversight to the PHP and coordination with Outpatient programming and the facilitation of therapeutic groups for the program.
• Provide clinical consultation and supervision, through consistent observation, to classroom teams/partial staff (including coordinators) about promoting positive youth behavior and development.
• Establish and maintain communication with all participating agencies.
• Disseminate research and program innovations through conference presentations and written reports/manuscripts.
• Complete all required paperwork; use professional language.
• Use written documentation to communicate effectively with others.
• Understands the intake process and referral system to meet the weekly budgeted census.
• Receive supervision from and actively communicate with supervisor on an ongoing basis throughout the week by phone, email, written message and when possible, in person regarding program matters.
• Supervise staff directly or their supervisors depending upon the personnel actions including action plans, hiring, terminations, recruitment, vacation and sick day requests.
• Ensures that program staffing is qualified and provides continued safety of children served with high rates of success/program completion.
• Provide service to the professional community by serving on boards and committees which aim to promote positive youth development.
• Participates in program development of a culturally sensitive model of delivery of services to students and families.
• Provide consultation and act as a resource to coordinators and staff to enhance clinical competence.
• Assist leadership in teaching Re-ED practice.
• Assist leadership in reducing program restraints.
• Provide regularly scheduled training activities for staff to assure competency and understanding of trauma-informed care.
• Represent program at Clinical Supervisor’s Meetings.
• Assure clinical competency of staff and coordinators by providing clinical supervision regularly.
• Complete record reviews of youth served on a regular basis to assure treatment needs of children are addressed.
• Identify clinical training needs and provide necessary training to remediate needs.
• Review clinical/behavioral health documentation for purpose of providing clinical supervision to staff.
• Provide professional development and training to staff related to clinical services, student behavioral support systems, clinical/behavioral interventions, clinical/behavioral assessment/support planning, and other evidence-based procedures.
• Interviewing applicants and sharing interview data.
• Maintaining comprehensive records of staff performance.
• Conduct formal, verbal and written evaluations of each staff member at 6 months of service and annually (written evaluation reports will be reviewed and signed by the director).
• Develop and maintain training curriculums and consultation services for program staff members in program and students’ behavior/mental health support.
• Update and complete all information and monitoring forms for Chapter I, Partial Hospital, and other funding and regulatory agencies.
• Follow program-designated procedures for all physical contact with students during physical interventions, student search, and so on and ensure that staff do the same.

Benefits

• Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
• Prescription coverage
• Dental and vision plans
• Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost
• Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account
• Wellness incentive (up to $250)
• 403b with up to 9% employer give/match
• Free life insurance and AD&D
• Paid sick time (up to 15 days)
• Paid holidays including a birthday holiday
• Tuition reimbursement (if applicable)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level