Supervisor, Social Work - CRC Suicide Prevention Program

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

8d • $69,072 - $113,790

About The Position

The Clinical Program Supervisor, CRC Suicide Prevention Program, provides clinical, operational, and administrative leadership for the CRC team serving adults at high risk for suicide. The role oversees four supervisees and ensures delivery and monitoring of high-quality suicide prevention services, as well as implementation of the organization’s SAMHSA-funded Adult Suicide Prevention grant program. Patient care, documentation, supervision, workflows, and reporting must comply with organizational policies, evidence-based practices, grant requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.

The supervisor provides direct and indirect clinical oversight, supports crisis intervention and safety planning, and promotes collaboration across disciplines and systems of care. The position ensures staff are equipped to deliver trauma-informed, culturally responsive, recovery-oriented services. Formal Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) training is preferred; formal CAMS training or willingness to be trained is also preferred.

The role leads grant implementation and administration, staff supervision and development, documentation and quality assurance, care coordination, and daily program operations. It also supports program evaluation, community outreach, partnership development, and sustainability planning. The salary range is $69,071.97–$113,789.65 annually.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology and a current New York State psychologist license, or a Master’s degree in Social Work and a current New York State Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license.
• At least five years of related clinical mental health experience, including work with high-risk behavioral health populations.
• Demonstrated experience in suicide risk assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning, and management of high-risk adult patients.
• Experience supervising licensed and/or unlicensed clinical staff.
• Experience with clinical documentation, utilization review, compliance standards, and interdisciplinary care coordination.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association at the time of hire, maintained thereafter.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Willingness to devote the time required to complete assigned tasks on schedule.

Nice To Haves

• Formal training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
• Formal training in CAMS, or willingness to be trained in CAMS.
• DBT-informed or DBT-based clinical approaches are strongly valued.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical operations of the CRC team serving patients at high risk for suicide and provide clinical supervision and consultation to four supervisees.
• Ensure thorough initial and ongoing patient assessments, accurate suicide risk identification, and appropriate crisis response and escalation.
• Oversee and support crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, stabilization, treatment planning, and follow-up.
• Coordinate with appropriate levels of care and support systems; involve family members or significant others when clinically appropriate; make referrals and request consultations as needed.
• Ensure mandated reporting requirements are followed in accordance with policy and law.
• Monitor service volume and productivity expectations, involve clients as partners in care, and ensure treatment goals are regularly updated.
• Promote culturally competent, trauma-informed, patient-centered, and recovery-oriented care.
• Lead implementation of the SAMHSA Adult Suicide Prevention grant in accordance with its work plan, requirements, goals, and reporting timelines.
• Develop, implement, and monitor workflows to improve identification, engagement, treatment, and follow-up of adults at risk for suicide.
• Coordinate grant deliverables, milestones, quality measures, outcome reporting, and required reports and data requests.
• Collaborate with leadership, clinical teams, quality improvement staff, data and finance teams, and community partners on grant implementation and sustainability.
• Monitor program performance and support continuous quality improvement, program evaluation, and use of data to improve services.
• Support policies, procedures, and workflows for suicide risk screening, assessment, intervention, referral, and follow-up.
• Meet routinely with supervisees and provide clinical and administrative supervision, case consultation, performance feedback, and supervisory coverage as needed.
• Review, co-sign, and provide feedback on documentation for unlicensed staff as applicable; report supervisee status and related issues to leadership.
• Provide staff training and in-service education in evidence-based suicide prevention practices; support orientation and ongoing training for staff, students, and interns.
• Ensure documentation is complete and compliant with clinic, hospital, grant, and regulatory standards; review records and monitor charts for utilization review as required.
• Ensure timely and complete documentation of suicide risk screenings, assessments, interventions, treatment plans, follow-up, and care coordination.
• Monitor compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, grant conditions, and managed care requirements; support audits and implement corrective actions with leadership.
• Coordinate care with outpatient providers, crisis services, inpatient units, emergency departments, primary care, behavioral health, and community organizations.
• Attend and lead required meetings, interdisciplinary case conferences, committees, and program planning meetings, and follow through on directives.
• Support daily operations, schedules, staffing coverage, and workflows that improve patient access, engagement, retention, safety, and continuity of care.
• Provide leadership in best practices for suicide prevention, safety planning, means safety counseling, care transitions, and follow-up engagement.
• Support community outreach, partnership development, and linkage strategies consistent with program goals.
• Promote equitable access and culturally responsive care for diverse patient populations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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