Job Details
Description
$7,500 sign-on bonus! Relocation assistance and Visa sponsorship available!
When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids.
For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future.
The Child & Family Counseling Center seeks Clinicians to work out of their Roslindale site.
Under the direction of the Program Director, the Clinician will provide case management services; act as a liaison with collateral agencies and programs; establish and maintain relationship services that support children’s and family’s growth. Act as an advocate for families, teach parents to advocate for themselves and their children. Help families develop the skills needed to navigate the social service system. Utilize treatment modalities that are consistent with program goals and that best fit with clients’ age and treatment needs, including play/expressive therapy, group therapy and family therapy.
The Clinical Coordinator will supervise and evaluate Master’s level, licensed, and Bachelor’s level clinicians as well as student interns while also providing individual and group supervision and provide on-going guidance and training to clinical staff.
Valuing Diversity
We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.
How You’ll Be Making A Difference
- Coordinate in-service trainings. Assist in the hiring, performance management and evaluation process of clinical staff.
- Oversee the intake and discharge process and ensure all appropriate paperwork and all data entry is completed and delivered in a timely, efficient manner. Maintain program(s) census and ensure program(s) is following relevant agency guidelines.
- Assign cases to staff and monitor the caseload level.
- Oversee the services and treatment plans of the clients and their families to ensure they are high quality and are consistent with the goals of the Program. Ensure services are coordinated and integrated. Regularly evaluate services and implement plans, with measurable outcomes, for continual improvement.
- Collaborate externally with referral sources to ensure a steady flow of eligible clients to program(s).
- Maintain the utilization review process. Ensure quality assurance standards are met with regard to treatment planning, record keeping and documentation. Monitor the treatment of all clients.
- Participate in completing all assessments, surveys and relevant feedback for Outcomes team.
- Participate in clinical conferences, IEP meetings and administrative team meetings. Serve on agency committees as needed such as clinical forum group.
- Participate in crisis prevention and intervention as needed.
- Provide program leadership in the absence of the program director.
- May be required to manage third-party billing and insurance issues.
- Establish, review, and implement program(s) policies and procedures. In consultation with Program Director, continuously consider new processes and initiatives to improve and/or expand services as appropriate.
- Provide individual, group, and family therapy in relation to the current treatment plans.
- Complete follow along services as needed.
- Promote a positive work environment.
- Provide rotating on call coverage.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in social work, mental health or related discipline plus independent licensure (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT) and 2+ years clinical leadership experience required.
5 years program specific clinical experience. - Knowledge of children with complex psychiatric illnesses.
- Computer literate including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer with the ability to learn new software applications.
What The Home Can Offer You
In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of countless youth, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Extensive training to new staff
- Generous time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health and Dental Insurance available upon hire
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Long-term Disability and Short-term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- And more!
