Site Supervisor - Options For Youth Therapeutic Day Program

Weekdays, 1st Shift!

General Description

This position includes responsibility for site/operations/staff development, supervision and implementation of treatment plans.

Essential Job Functions

• Management Functions
• Responsible for overseeing Options For Youth, FST Programs and its operations, delegating duties among staff and monitoring compliance.
• Monitor compliance with agency policies and procedures and licensing regulations.
• Organizing and preparing staff coverage for After-School program.
• Responsible for obtaining supplies for Options For Youth programs within budgetary guidelines.
• Assist Program Supervisor with orientation of new staff.
• Provide leadership and role model to staff to ensure that program offers a safe, calm, consistent environment conductive to emotional and behavioral stabilization.
• Enforce protocols for communication with clinical staff and other providers.
• Coordinate case assignment/authorizations for Family Stabilization Program in collaboration with Options For Youth Assistant Program Supervisor in order to support integrated plans within a continuum of care.
• Participate in creative program development under supervision of Program Supervisor and Assistant Program Supervisor.
• Organizing FST teams, and assigning FST cases to the teams.
• Beeper response within the hour for all FST referrals.
• Direct Care
• Provide safe, intensely supervised, supportive, therapeutic environment for children/adolescents in Options For Youth Day Treatment.
• Implement individualized treatment plans for each consumer.
• Coordinate/collaborate with network of providers identified for each consumer as directed by clinician.
• Interact with family members in an empathic, respectful manner, which supports their relationship and role with their child.
• Assist clients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
• Actively engage with and encourage participation of consumers in esteem building, recreational and therapeutic activities throughout their admission, which are appropriate to individual client’s unique stabilization needs.
• Make careful observations regarding consumer’s behavior and emotional status and communicate this clearly and completely to the appropriate staff and in written materials.
• Supervise consumer in other Options For Youth program or in another community site, when directed by clinical staff. Provide transportation when necessary to facilitate treatment plan.
• Become directly involved in program management needs. Supervise client participation in such activities when appropriate for age and level of stabilization needs.
• Provide services/staff coverage to other Options For Youth programs, i.e. day treatment and tracking services.
• Administrative Duties Related to Direct Care Role
• Complete all paperwork in a timely and professional manner.
• Participate in all relevant staff meetings, supervision and required trainings, i.e. OSHA, CPR, First Aid, Passive Restraint, etc.
• Keep supervisor (s) well-informed and update all treatment team members on a regular basis.
  
  

The description above represents the most significant duties of this position but does not exclude other occasional work assignments not mentioned, the inclusion of which would be similar to those outlined above.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a human services field, as stipulated in the CBHI-approved listing of human service degrees that meet MassHealth MCE credentialing criteria AND at least one year of experience in working with children/adolescents
  
  

OR

An Associates degree in a human services field, as stipulated in the CBHI-approved listing of human service degrees that meet MassHealth MCE credentialing criteria, AND at least two years of relevant experience in working with children/adolescents.

• Crisis/other experience with children/adolescents.
• Effective organizational and leadership skills required
  
  

Skills

• Excellent oral & presentation skills
• Leadership talent and the ability to delegate effectively
• Working knowledge of computers
• Knowledge of community resources
  
  

Other Requirements

• Support and maintain the principles and policies of the agency.
• Flexibly respond to program scheduling needs.
• Encourage independence.
• Represent the agency in a professional manner in all community contacts.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the Agency’s mission and community mental health principles.