Supervisor, Social Worker
About The Position
The Supervising Social Worker provides clinical services to patients, including individual, family, and group therapy, crisis intervention, diagnostic evaluations, and community outreach, as part of interdisciplinary teams delivering comprehensive community-based psychiatric care. The role also provides clinical and administrative supervision to assigned social workers, LMHCs, LMFTs, and LCATs delivering psychiatric care in a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. The Supervising Social Worker supports clinical access management at Strong Ties Clinic and serves as liaison to the Department of Psychiatry Clinical Access Team to help ensure timely access to care for individuals with severe mental illness. The position maintains awareness of clinic schedules and patient flow and collaborates with clinic leadership and interdisciplinary colleagues on treatment and operations.
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited school of Social Work and two years of professional social work practice, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- LMSW (Licensed Medical Social Worker) state licensure as defined by the State Board for Social Work and State Education Department, Division of Professional Licensing Services, required upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Five years of post-graduate clinical experience working with individuals with chronic mental illness and/or in community mental health.
- One to two years of experience in clinical and/or administrative supervision.
- Skills in agency-based policy and procedure development.
- Skills in effective employee engagement and leadership.
- Knowledge of mental illness.
- Ability to engage in person-centered treatment.
- Knowledge or skills in therapeutic interventions, including CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing.
- Knowledge of risk evaluation and mitigation.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct clinical services, including individual, family, and group therapy, crisis intervention, and diagnostic evaluations.
- Participate in consultation, treatment planning, periodic care reviews, and collaboration with families, social supports, community agencies, and other providers.
- Coordinate referrals and facilitate connections to appropriate agencies and supports.
- Provide administrative and clinical supervision to therapists in accordance with clinic and department standards.
- Collaborate with the Clinical Access Team to support timely patient access to care and monitor clinic schedules and patient flow.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and staff or therapist meetings in partnership with the Social Work Manager and other supervisory staff.
- Assist with therapist recruitment and performance evaluation, including interviewing, quarterly electronic medical record audits, and annual performance evaluations.
- Document direct and indirect interventions in patient medical records in compliance with division, department, and hospital policies.
- Attend division, department, and clinic staff meetings and ensure implementation of relevant policies and procedures for professional practice and patient care.
- Ensure timely completion of statistical reports, forms, timesheets, mandatory in-service trainings, and health assessments.
- Help maintain a culturally competent environment and participate in relevant cultural competency events and training.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
