Outpatient Project Director

Woods Services•Hainesport, NJ

About The Position

The Project Director provides overall leadership for Legacy Treatment Services' Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) project. This key position directs project start-up and daily operations, staffing, partnership coordination, fiscal and grant oversight, workforce development, quality improvement, and achievement of project deliverables across approved service settings. The Project Director oversees validated substance use screening beginning at age 12, Brief Intervention, Brief Treatment, Referral to Treatment, warm handoffs, follow-up, and integration with outpatient behavioral health, primary care, schools, mobile outreach, and community services.

Requirements

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or a related behavioral health field required.
Current independent New Jersey clinical behavioral health license, such as LPC, LCSW, LMFT, Licensed Psychologist, or other qualifying independent clinical license, required.
Minimum three years of progressively responsible leadership experience directing behavioral health and/or substance use disorder programs serving children, adolescents, young adults, and adults required.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing evidence-based practices, supervising multidisciplinary clinical teams, leading quality improvement activities, and administering federal grants preferred.

Responsibilities

Monitors implementation fidelity and the Quality Improvement Plan, reviews performance data with the Project Evaluator, supports required SAMHSA reporting and sustainability activities, and leads improvement actions when performance varies from project expectations.
Supervises project personnel and provides clinical supervision when qualified, or coordinates qualified clinical supervision consistent with staff licensure and credentialing.
Directly implement, support, monitor, or sustain approved SBIRT activities.