Clinical Supervisor

Title:                                 Clinical Supervisor

Unit:                                  Better Living Center

Reports to:                        Senior Director of Behavioral Health

Status:                               Full-Time; Regular; Exempt

Location:                           Long Island CityDays/Hours:                      Monday – Friday, generally 9AM-5PM, with 1 day 12PM-8PM. 4 days on site and 1 day remote.

Salary:                               $75,000- $80,000 annually

Position Summary:

The Clinical Supervisor is a member of the Behavioral Health Unit, working directly with the Better Living Center, an Article 31 Office of Mental Health Outpatient Mental Health Outpatient and Treatment Rehabilitation Services program (formerly OMH Outpatient Mental Health Clinic) and Treatment Services (TS, OASAS licensed 822 Outpatient Program). The Clinical Supervisor is a leader on the clinical team and provides clinical supervision and crisis support as needed to the Social Workers. The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for providing therapy to clients with histories of criminal justice involvement and providing supervision of LMSW/LMHC staff within the Better Living Center as well as ad hoc support and supervision to TS team members.  The position may involve some delivery of telehealth services from a home location, will also involve on-site work at Fortune Society’s Long Island City location, and may involve on-site work at other Fortune Society satellite location(s).

Core Competencies:

Mission and Fit:

This person will demonstrate an interest in, and talent for, working with persons with criminal justice system involvement.  The successful candidate will have an understanding of the impacts exposure to the criminal justice system may have on clients and will demonstrate commitment to helping them overcome these difficulties. The successful candidate will also have demonstrated a commitment to using respectful, constructive means of communication when interacting with clients and colleagues.  The individual will utilize a strengths-based, person-centered model and endorse the concept of looking for the best in people, rather than judging them by their worst decision(s). 

Client Engagement:

The successful candidate will be able to practice multiple theoretical frameworks and tailor their therapeutic approach to the client based on ongoing assessment and clinical need. The person will also demonstrate a positive attitude with flexibility of schedule in rolling with the changes that a person entering treatment may demonstrate.

Time Management, Organization and Basic Office Skills:

This person will demonstrate excellent time management skills including making, keeping and/or rescheduling appointments on their own personal calendar as well as psychiatric appointments for clients on their caseload.  The successful candidate will be excellent at maintaining personal organization in pursuing numerous tasks in parallel, managing his/her/their time to maximize efficiency, and will be good at completing paperwork accurately and in a timely manner.   All of this requires good computer navigation skills as well as effective typing speed. This person will be required to record client interactions into Fortune Society’s databases and, therefore, must have competency in working with numerous database systems (knowledge of MS Office and electronic health record systems).

Personal Leadership:

The successful candidate will have personal maturity, wisdom, and judgement and will be comfortable as a visible face of the department.  This individual will need to make difficult decisions and be able to explain and justify those decisions to staff, clients, and colleagues within other Fortune departments. The person will have excellent communication skills in both written and verbal interactions and should be effective in their own time management skills and documentation such that they are able to mentor others to learn those skills. The candidate will also understand that leadership is most effective when it’s exercised through constructive support and mentoring.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct initial client assessment and psychosocial interviews;

• Develop a therapeutic alliance with clients;

• Provide ongoing individual counseling and weekly group counseling;

• Write and update individual client-based, goal-orientated treatment plans following agency guidelines and timeframes;

• Maintain proper case records, with all case notes completed within 48 hours of interaction.

• Maintain on-going clinical communication with supervisor;

• Communicate with other Fortune staff members in the same and other programs/locations that share common client(s);

• Provide linkages to outside agencies for additional services;

• Participate in case conferences and clinical supervision meetings;

• Assist with, or provide coverage for MDT meetings;

• Onboard new clinical staff;

• Provide clinical supervision and ad hoc support to clinical team members;

• Provide back-up on-call coverage;

• May review and co-sign service documentation from LMSW or unlicensed team members, as needed;

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• LCSW required;
• CASAC credential is a plus;
• Minimum of three years overall clinical experience required;
• Experience in dealing with either psychiatric issues, trauma or incarceration desired;
• Ability, on some days, to work remotely via Zoom in a quiet, private home-office location required;
• Excellent client-engagement and counseling skills;
• Excellent clinical documentation and time management skills;
• Strong computer skills, particularly in electronic health records;
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking is a plus;
• SIFI certification is a plus;
• Supervisory experience is a plus;
• Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or World Health Organization (WHO) authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption as a reasonable accommodation due to a qualified disability or sincerely held religious belief or other legal basis). Applicants should not provide medical or genetic information in their applications; and
• We seek talented, dedicated individuals from all walks of life who possess a strong commitment to this mission. Relevant personal experience is a plus.

Physical Demands:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The responsibilities and requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensing, experience and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

The Fortune Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of conviction history, race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status.

Salary : $75,000 - $80,000