School and Community Based Clinical Supervisor

Summary

Under administrative direction, provides guidance, instruction and direct supervision to assigned school and community based therapists (and, by assignment, staff from other programs). Monitors, reviews and documents staff activity. Facilitates therapists' acquisition of skills for delivery of mental health assessment, behavioral health counseling and therapy, school and community based consultation, education and prevention services as well as staff implementation of selected evidence based treatment models.

Essential Duties

• Provide case consultation to assigned staff during individual supervision and regularly scheduled team meetings.
• Monitor and facilitate staff development of skills and delivery of the mental health assessment, counseling/therapy, consultation, education and prevention services as well as selected empirically based models of treatment (and other program services as assigned).
• Oversee staff performance of intakes and provides direction regarding assignment of newly admitted clients.
• Monitor and signs off on staff completion of case files, including case openings, ITPs, treatment reviews, case notes and case closings. Completes weekly reviews of record samples for each assigned therapist and follows up to ensure that corrections are completed.
• Monitor and ensures staff compliance with required timelines on the completion of clinical documents, case summaries, statistical data or other requirements of the agency or program.
• Maintain supervision records throughout the year toward complete and accurate performance appraisals for each assigned staff member.
• Monitor therapists' weekly schedules to ensure that appointment scheduling is sufficient to meet productivity targets.
• Track staff productivity on a weekly basis and assists, as needed, with the development of improvement strategies.
• Complete QI/QA reviews for clinical services, monitors QI/QA results for assigned staff, develops plans of correction as needed and follows up to ensure that corrections have been completed.

Other Duties

• Train and develop staff in documentation skills and monitors adherence to agency policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with other supervisory and administrative staff on improvement projects and the development and implementation of solutions to effective care delivery.
• Provide information on program services to prospective and established referral sources and to community agencies.
• Assign therapists to various community settings (e.g. schools, court facilities, etc.) and serves as liaison to facilities where therapists are deployed.
• Collaborate with agency staff and administration on behalf of program changes.
• Apply professional training to revise and update supervisory and clinical practice
• Monitor therapists work at the schools by maintaining regular contact with school administrators or more often if needed.
• Participate in the interviewing and selection of candidates for clinical positions within the agency.
• Complete staff members' evaluations.