Manager

Horizon House Careers•Swarthmore, PA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Horizon House, Inc. is a nationally recognized provider of services to adults with support needs due to developmental disabilities, behavioral health issues, and substance abuse. Horizon House is Pennsylvania’s oldest psychiatric rehabilitation agency. Since 1952, we have been dedicated to helping people with mental illness, drug and alcohol addictions, developmental/intellectual disabilities, and homelessness to stabilize their lives and to help them live as independently as possible in the community. With over 100 locations throughout South and North Eastern Pennsylvania and the state of Delaware, Horizon House provides services to a diverse population focusing on individual strength and choice. We are seeking a qualified Manager for our Delaware County Program. The Manager establishes, administers, and directs the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a self-contained clinical team which assumes responsibility for directly providing needed treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to identified clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses; supervises and evaluates the multidisciplinary team in conjunction with appropriate psychiatric support to ensure courteous, helpful and respectful services to program clients; and functions as a practicing clinician on the team.

Requirements

Master’s degree in nursing, social work, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or is a psychiatrist
Licensed or certified according to the laws of the state in which the program is operating
Strong clinical skills and experience providing treatment to and establishing supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect client rights and personal preferences in treatment
Must be knowledgeable about the FACT model
Frequent talking and listening
Requires the ability to lift, carry, hold, kneel, reach, stack, stoop and bend, which may include direct intervention with clients
Must be available for local travel and possess a valid driver's license

Nice To Haves

Supervisory and program management experience is desirable

Responsibilities

Direct the day-to-day clinical operations of the FACT team including scheduling staff work hours to assure appropriate coverage for day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts and on-call hours
Lead the daily organizational staff meetings and treatment planning meetings
Continuously evaluate the status of clients and do appropriate planning and coordination of treatment activities to ensure immediate attention to their changing needs
Manage and coordinate, for each client, the client-centered comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history (e.g., onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living (e.g., self-care, living situation, nutrition, money management); and family structure and relationships
Participate in staff recruitment, interviewing, hiring, work assignments, and orientation and performance supervision according to work rules, regulations, and policies and collective bargaining agreements
Develop and implement staff orientation and training
Manage student training
Develop and administer the FACT program budget including line items to purchase furniture, equipment, communications devices (e.g., telephones, cellular phones, beepers) and supplies and to cover travel and transportation (e.g., purchase or lease program cars, or cover mileage and insurance for use of personal staff vehicles or both)
May require crisis intervention in emergency situations
Required to carry a beeper and be available to respond to emergency situations
May be required to attend training to become a certified agency investigator
May conduct investigations and participate in the agency rotation of on-call investigators
This requires carrying a beeper and responding to investigation hotline calls during on-call beeper coverage