Position Summary
The Clinical Director reports directly to the CEO and is responsible for all clinical elements of the program.
Culture
- Partners with a multi-disciplinary team on assessments, client care planning and treatment goals.
- Ensures safety of participants.
- Fosters and creates positive relationships with team members, participants, families, visitors and the community.
- Interacts with referents, providing customer service, compassion and expertise to each situation.
- Executes the vision of the organization as it relates to mission, vision, values.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evaluate clinical program including but not limited to; program curriculum, hiring, training, evaluating and overseeing clinical staff, provide clinical supervision and create and maintain staffing plan.
- Manage a caseload of between 5-9 individual clients as well as run groups as needed.
- Oversee Quality Assurance programming as outlined by the Policy and Procedures.
- Oversee and conduct both group and individual therapy sessions.
- Work collaboratively with all referents to ensure that the needs of the participants and referents are met.
- Responsible for reviewing client assessments and clinical decisions regarding admission to the program.
- Beginning at admission; discuss continuation with the primary therapist.
- Oversee Case Managers and assist with Discharge Planning starting at admission.
- Assign client to appropriate groups and/or clinical track. Identify the need for psychological testing, collateral services, special clinical needs, etc.
- Assess the family situation to determine what family therapy work is indicated, including ongoing family therapy sessions and/or couple’s therapy.
- Maintain appropriate documentation as required, including all notes in EMR.
- Direct oversight on all clinical documentation. This role requires 5-8 hours per week of case auditing.
- Crises intervention as appropriate.
- Lead weekly Treatment Team meetings.
- Conduct daily Clinical meetings.
- Conduct monthly clinical supervision meetings in which 20% of active cases are reviewed.
- Provide mentorship and training to other clinical staff.
- Provide in-service training to staff and/or trainees on mental health topics as needed.
- Provide on-call support as part of on-call rotation.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Ability to work collaboratively with co-workers at all levels of the organization.
- Two years as a psychotherapist.
- Five years of behavioral health experience.
- Ability to supervise interns.
- Ability to demonstrate respect for cultural and lifestyle diversities of clients and staff.
- Knowledge of current legal standards pertaining to professional practice, reporting requirements, and professional boundaries.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Ability to Commute:
- Atlanta, GA 30339 (Required)
Work Location: In person
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