Licensed Clinical Supervisor | New Bedford

Why Work for Gandara:

Explore the career pathways in Behavioral Health, Substance Use and Recovery, Community Based Clinical services, Adolescent and Family services, Adult Residential, Maintenance and Administration! Whether that is in an entry level or leadership role, Gandara will provide the tools and resources to better enhance your career growth. The opportunities are presented with the ability to transition your skills and experience in meeting the organizations mission. There is grand landscape of opportunities that supports the community we serve, so Join the Gándara team today!

Benefits:

• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Health, Dental, Vision, Pet and Life Insurance
• Paid vacations
• Paid holidays
• 8 discretionary days
• Mileage Reimbursement

Additional Benefits:

• Career Growth Opportunities
• Culturally Diverse population
• Clinical Licensing Support

Job Title: Licensed Clinical Supervisor

Work Location: New Bedford, Ma.

*Bilingual Candidates Encouraged to Apply 

*EOE M/F/D/V

*Union/Non-Union

Job Summary: 

• Knowledge of the service delivery protocol, best practices and treatment standards as well as the ethical mandates relevant to the profession.
• Awareness and sensitivity to contextual variables such as race, culture, gender, sexuality, disability, economics and lived experience, and how they impact the range of working relationships (e.g., worker-client, supervisor-worker-client, and peer-peer).
• Familiarity with the major models of clinical supervision, in terms of philosophical assumptions and practical implications, and the ability to compare and contrast them with other models.
• Articulate a personal model of supervision, drawn from existing models of supervision and from preferred styles of therapeutic practice.
• Facilitate the co-evolving relationships between the worker-client and supervisor-worker-client relationships, identifying and addressing problems that arise.
• Knowledge about processes for working through ethical dilemmas in clinical supervision.
• Awareness of legal issues which may arise in clinical supervision, and commitment to ensuring that supervisees are also aware of these (e.g., duty to report, limits of confidentiality, etc.).
• Skill in giving and receiving feedback in supervision, both informally (e.g., in the course of supervision sessions) and formally (e.g., planned and documented reviews of the supervision process and of supervisees' clinical skills).
• Advanced knowledge of the major issues experienced by clients (e.g., mental illness, alcoholism, drug abuse).

Minimum Qualifications

• Must possess a master degree and have and independent license in an appropriate human service field.
• Massachusetts independent license (i.e. LMHC; LICSW; LMFT; LADC I).
• Minimum Experience required 2 years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience in working with youth and families in a Therapeutic/Clinical setting. 
• Ability to do differential diagnosis and use DSM-V criteria.
• Must have a driver’s license and availability of vehicle to support Program needs.

The Gándara Mental Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.