Job Details
Level
Senior
Job Location
Childrens Receiving Home – Sacramento, CA
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Graduate Degree
Salary Range
$90,000.00 – $100,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Negligible
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Nonprofit – Social Services
Description
Position: Clinical Director
Department: Administration
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
FLSA Status: Salaried, Exempt
Position Summary:
The Clinical Director is responsible for implementing the operation and administration of the practices and policies of the Children’s Receiving Home (CRH) programs as established by the CEO and Board of Directors. The Clinical Director will provide leadership, guidance and oversight for all departments providing direct services to youth and families at CRH and will serve as the Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Head of Service. This will include planning, organizing, coordinating, supervising, and reviewing the work of assigned professional, clinical, residential, and administrative staff. He/she will also establish and implement operational and/or clinical processes, methods, and procedures in support of CRH programs. The Clinical Director is responsible for the operation of all areas of CRH in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer.
As Head of Service, the Clinical Director is responsible for the STRTP mental health program’s compliance with all applicable regulations and laws. He/she will manage the clinical and administrative components of the STRTP mental health plan.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Administration
• Provides leadership role in administering, managing, coordinating, maintaining, and consulting on all programs and services. Exercises independent discretion for all matters involving CRH programs.
• Oversees the development of the agency program goals and objectives ensuring alignment with agency strategic plan.
• Participates in all program services contract negotiations.
• Develops and implements administrative and program policies and procedures.
• Provides oversight of all programs and services within the definitions, objectives, guidelines and the policies and procedures of CRH.
• Participates in the development and implementation of agency’s mission, goals, and objectives.
• Participates on CRH Board Committees as appropriate.
• Reviews and evaluates operations and activities on a continual basis.
• Participates on various internal agency committees as appropriate.
• Oversight of the agency’s programs, practices, policies and trainings meeting compliance and Council on Accreditation (COA) standards.
STRTP Head of Service
• Responsible for maintaining a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.
• Ensures that each child/youth admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.
• Ensures that each child/youth in the STRTP has commonality of needs with the other children/youth in the STRTP, including whether the child/youth’s presence is averse to the safety or mental health needs of the child/youth or other children/youth admitted to the STRTP.
• Ensures the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and appropriate to meet the individual needs of the child/youth.
• Monitors the quality of the mental health services provided to the children/youth.
• Plans arrangements, including transportation, for children/youth to receive mental health services that cannot be provided by the STRTP.
• Plans arrangements for special provision of mental health services to children/youth with disabilities including visual and auditory impairment.
• Ensures that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.
• Develops mental health staff schedules, training schedules, mental health treatment service schedules, medication schedules and any other schedules for the operation of the STRTP mental health program.
Personnel and Quality Management
• Supervises and supports assigned staff.
• Oversees and participates in the interviewing and hiring process, ensuring compliance with all agency and regulatory policies, practices and laws.
• Responsible for the collection, review, approval, and submission of direct reports’ timesheets.
• Assists staff with identification of individual skill or knowledge deficits and facilitate availability of learning opportunities and develop and administer a plan for development.
• Oversees staff, providing the necessary and appropriate counseling or disciplinary action in accordance with agency policies, consulting with Human Resources when major disciplinary action is needed.
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations of the Children’s Receiving Home.
• Ensures orientation and training for new staff and subsequently ensures current staff are enrolled in and/or have completed the required training.
• Ensures completion and routing of all required original personnel and training forms and records to the Human Resources and Training Departments respectively.
• Conducts timely performance evaluations for direct reports as well as monitoring timeliness of all performance evaluations.
• Participates in Agency-wide quality management efforts and planning.
• Models, trains, and supports the principles and practices of quality management.
• Creates and maintains a focus on outcomes for assigned program.
• Participates in departmental budget planning with CFO/ Accounting Manager.
• Approves all requests for payments including regular vendor invoices and major expenditure requests for all areas of responsibility.
• Responsible for maintaining cost control activities to stay on target with annual budget. Receives monthly departmental financial reports and prepares corrective action plans for any major variances.
• Oversight to ensures program staff engagement with families and children is in a manner that respects ethnic and cultural practices/customs/ and differences. Utilizes a strength-based approach when engaging with families and in practice with coworkers.
Community Outreach and Program Development
• Acts as liaison between Agency and other community organizations, contract monitors, placing agencies, outside resources, and existing and potential client base.
• Provides leadership and support to the program planning and development functions of the Agency.
• Plans, manages, coordinates, and participates in outreach activities with various community groups and other public agencies to identify and assess the needs of target client populations.
• Establishes and oversees a variety of record keeping and documentation processes for Agency.
Other
• Attends external training/conferences to meet CCL, CACFS and best practice requirements and keep up to date with current information and developments.
• Presents information gathered at conferences, at meetings, and staff in-services/training as appropriate.
• Provide Clinical Supervision as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Directly supervises and supports Managers and other staff as assigned.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Ability to work varied hours including nights, weekends, and holidays. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
• Possession of a Graduate Degree in social work, counseling, psychology, child development or related field is required.
• Possession of a valid California LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or Psychology License is required.
• Three years’ experience in a clinical and/or residential setting working with children is preferred.
• Two years’ experience as a supervisor is preferred.
Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:
• Must possess a valid California Driver’s License.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must pass First Aid, CPR, and Bloodborne Pathogens certification courses offered through the Children’s Receiving Home within the first three months of employment.
• Must maintain CPR, First Aid and BBP Certification throughout employment.
• Must complete online Mandated Reporter Training Course within first week of employment.