Lead Clinical Therapist

SAFY•Lima, OH

4d•$65,000 - $85,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Lead Clinical Therapist, you will be responsible for providing a supervising a clinical team of 4 Clinical therapist while assisting with providing a range of moderately complex clinical services. Services provided will be 100% community based which includes meeting with clients in their homes, at school or in the community. While carrying a caseload of 2-3 families, you will be required to provide exceptional services for an average visit time of 9 hours per week.

Requirements

Master’s degree in the field of social work, counseling, psychology, or other license-eligible related field of human services
LISW or LPCC required.
Minimum of two years of experience in the field of mental health/therapeutic intervention with children, adolescents, and families.

Nice To Haves

Experience with family preservation services and/or best practice models of clinical application preferred

Responsibilities

Provide a range of moderately complex clinical in-home/ community-based services for children, adolescents, and adults. This will include diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and individual, family and group therapy according to program specifics.
Participate in the development of a Program’s documented treatment/service plans and provide identified behavioral services to meet the need of the clientele and/or program specifics.
Provide short-term crisis intervention as needed/identified. Will follow intensive, evidence-based service models based on Family Wellness and other Trauma Informed approaches. Services are provided at the level of frequency, intensity, and duration appropriate to program/ service. The services provided are tailored to each client’s needs, problems, strengths, lifestyle, and culture.
Develop/Maintain consultative and liaison relationships with catchments area caregivers (e.g., schools, human services agencies, etc.) to cultivate work relations, provide consultative services and/or promote the coordination and development of mental health services. Establish mutually respectful rapport and implement interventions necessary to meet needs of client/collaterals; appropriately set limits and maintain helping role as a Mental Health practitioner.
Complete assessments as required by state rules, agency policies, and/or contract requirements. Assessments may include psychosocial assessments, Diagnostic Assessment Forms, and independent living skills assessments.
Prepare all required clinical documentation per established time frames involving all appropriate parties as required by policy and regulations of the state/ program/ contract/ SAFY policy and COA standards.
Timely document outcome of home visits, support sessions, interaction with parties involved in the client’s care and incidents as required by policy, regulations, and contract requirements. Prepare and submit timely all required company, RFP, program, referral agency and regulatory reports, progress notes, and billing tickets.
Compile profile using pre and post assessment tools for outcome measures.
Maintain contact with referral agency personnel using discharge reports, Diagnostic Assessment forms, telephone calls, and incident reports in addition to regularly scheduled and required written reports.
Review all client files pertaining to assigned caseload as part of the quality improvement process.
Must be in compliance with monthly and quarterly requirements as defined annually by SAFY QI/CQI standards. Meet state required utilization standards for Mental Health services.
Inform clients of company policies, procedures, rights, and responsibilities. Enforce policies by writing corrective action plans, incident reports, and/ or conducting rules investigations.
Lead, coach, and develop a high performance IHBT team. Provide direction to staff in the form of answers to problems and advice with staff performance and youth/ family issues.
Interview candidates applying for assigned clinical positions in the program. Responsible for the training of assigned staff, which includes thorough and complete training for new employees and assuring that the current staff receive appropriate continuing education. Assign performance goals, conduct monthly supervision, and perform scheduled evaluations for all direct reports. Establish work schedules and on call rotation among staff to assure coverage of the division.
Provide supervisory backup for the needs of families and staff.
Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of SAFY staff by participating in joint meetings, and problem identification and resolution.
Establish and maintain a supportive and positive working relationship with youth, families, referring agencies, and other SAFY stake holders.
Attend relevant in-house and external seminars, trainings, conferences and workshops to develop and enhance knowledge in the designated area as well as achieve relevant education hours per year to enhance professional and job-related skills.
Attends required meetings within IHBT team, region, and central office (team and/or community partners).
Participate in assigned committees and chairs if so appointed. If appointed, maintains liaisons with state and national organizations.
Meets regularly with supervisor to discuss issues and performance.
Submit monthly/quarterly reports to immediate supervisor.
Sensitive and responsive to the cultural differences of staff, SAFY youth, foster parents, referral sources and the public.
Conduct new staff orientation training as necessary.
Provide on call response for assigned IHBT families.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Benefits

$5,000.00 sign-on bonus
Comprehensive benefit plan options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending and Health Savings account options to meet your needs
Ability to create and work a flexible schedule
401(k) Retirement plan with company match
12 paid holidays per year, generous sick & vacation time and an additional day off for your birthday
All regular full and part time staff are eligible for quarterly and/or annual bonuses
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 each year
CEU Reimbursement up to $1,000 each year
On-call reimbursement of $150 per week of being on-call
On demand access to earned wages through Zayzoon
Gain leadership skills, develop your clinical expertise, or earn CEUs with access to over 1,000 courses on our learning platform or through our talented in-house training department
Clinical Supervision Reimbursement up to $300 per month
Employee Assistance Program with 6 free visits per year
Free Financial Advisor Services
Support Services for alternative Health Insurance and benefit credit reimbursement options
Employee and Foster Parent Referral bonus program
Leave donation program
Adoption Assistance
Mileage reimbursement
Your choice of company paid cell phone or phone stipend
Comprehensive onboarding and training program