Clinical Lead

Avery's House LLC•Mesa, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Lead will provide individual, family, and group sessions, along with leadership and management in the clinical area. This role serves as a role model for staff and clients, maintaining healthy therapeutic relationships. The Clinical Lead will coordinate case management, ensure the quality of clinical services, supervise and evaluate clinicians, and provide consultation and support to the team. Responsibilities also include reviewing incident reports, facilitating care coordination, and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations.

Requirements

At least 3 years working with clients within a residential, outpatient mental health or private practice setting.
Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Addictions, or related field of study from an accredited college or university.
Registered with the AZBBHE.
Licensed in the state of Arizona as LAC, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, LASAC, or LISAC.
Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement).
Must have or be able to obtain an Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Responsibilities

Provide individual, family and group sessions.
Provide leadership and management in the clinical area to serve as a role model for staff and clients.
Maintain healthy, therapeutic relationships and rapport with staff and clients.
Conduct weekly case conferences with the team.
Coordinate the assignment, reassignment, and termination of cases.
Assure that the quality of clinical services is maintained.
Supervise and monitor the clinical work performance and conduct performance evaluations annually for individual clinicians.
Work with each team member to establish specific, individual professional development goals as appropriate.
Provide consultation and support to staff as needed, including being available for staff to debrief about difficult situations.
Review all incident reports, consider actions to be taken, and implement changes to avoid similar incidents in the future.
Facilitate coordination of care to include case review, therapeutic interventions, and client progress in treatment.
Participate in the establishment or revision of policies, procedures, guidelines, goals and objectives.
Maintain an understanding of state and federal regulations and facility licensing requirements.
Understand the client, program development, and client relationships.
Recognize and respond to a fire, disaster, hazard, and medical emergency.
Monitor case load to ensure required documentation is completed timely; including, but not limited to, assessments, treatment plans, case reviews and discharge plans.
Protect client rights.
Provide treatment that promotes client dignity, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
Recognize obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse.
Provide the behavioral health services that the agency is authorized to provide and that the staff member is qualified to provide.
Meet the unique needs of the client populations served by the agency or the staff member, such as clients who are individuals that have substance abuse problems, and possible co-occurring disorders.
Recognize and respect cultural differences.
Recognize, prevent, and respond to a situation in which a client may be a danger to self or others, behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner, may be experiencing a crisis situation, or may be experiencing a medical emergency.
Demonstrate ethical behavior, such as by respecting staff member and client boundaries and recognizing the inappropriateness of receiving gratuities from a client.
Identify types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications.
Participate in on-call rotation.