Job type: Full-time

Description

***Effective October 15, 2021, all employees/contractors/interns/volunteers are required to provide our office with proof of COVID vaccination.***

Work Scheduled:

Monday-Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM 

Pay Rate:

Annual salary is $75,000.00-$80,000.00

MUST have a license (LCSW, LPC, LBC) for position.

Assistant Director of Children Services Position Summary 

The Assistant Director of Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) is responsible for infusing evidenced-based practices into the Children’s Services Department. The Assistant Director of IBHS is responsible for and assisting with the daily operations of IBHS. Responsible for the monitoring of IBHT program systems and working with the Director of IBHS to promote fiscal stability, growth, and the highest clinical quality.  

Assistant Director of Children Services Duties and Responsibilities 

• Training of clinical staff in collection of Data using tools such as: Achenbach tools, Child Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Scales 
• Analysis of Data related to tools mentioned previously. 
• Working with IT department to ensure that data is collected in an efficient manner. 
• Overseeing chart monitoring to ensure that treatment plans, progress summaries, discharge summaries are in line with the Network Inclusion Criteria Standards for Excellence. 
• Provides clinical supervision for clinically challenging cases. 
• Providing feedback and training to clinicians and BHT while reviewing areas of needed improvement. 
• Assist clinical staff in the acquisition and utilization of skills needed to provide quality services. 
• Overseeing the tracking and monitoring the completion of outstanding paperwork (i.e. Treatment plans). 
• Review and case-conference complex cases 
• Review and track incident reporting 
• Assignment or re-assignment of cases. 
• Review with Clinical Supervisors issues that may have led to service gaps. 
• Review with Service Coordinator for Behavioral Health Technicians issues that may have led to service gaps. 
• Review with Service Coordinator for Behavioral Health Technicians assignment or re-assignment of cases. 
• Assistant Director of IBHS Services will conduct quality reviews, which shall include chart audits as well as quality review phone calls to consumers. 
• Will monitor plan for ensuring that Pay for Performance goal are met. 
• Promote the utilization of resources within the community, by which clients will develop a sense of wellness and self-worth. 
• Work with Division Director of Children’s Services on creating a plan to increase utilization. 
• Availability via telephone during after-work hours. 
• Other duties reasonable and related to this position as directed by related supervisors. 

Assistant Director of Children Services Specific Duties 

Education and Engagement 

Ensuring that clinicians perform the following: 

1. Engage individuals who may be at-risk and provide age-appropriate education and support. 
2. Assist in the orientation process for persons who are new to receiving mental health services. 
3. Assess individuals in their abilities, strengths, and assets towards the development of a plan that addresses all domains of an individual’s life. 
4. Assist individuals in identifying their personal interests and goals using motivational interviewing. Clinicians will continue to utilize goal sheets to ensure that clients have a strong understanding of the treatment planning process. 
5. Provide individual and group counseling, mentoring instruction, training, feedback, and positive reinforcement for individuals in areas such as conflict resolution, problem-solving and anger-management. 
6. Educate individuals on evidenced based practices and utilization of practice guidelines. 
7. Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and competence and be able to effectively preserve the rights of individuals to make choices. 

Community Integration 

Ensuring that Clinicians and Behavioral Health Technicians perform the following: 

1. Assist and support individuals in utilizing educational and support groups, activities deemed beneficial for clients. 
2. Work closely with schools, summer camps, and community organizations in developing partnerships. 
3. Promote individuals’ utilization of community resources and peer supports outside of the facility to promote community integration, 
4. Support the individual and engage families, friends, and significant others in connecting with community resources in learning how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships. 

Advocacy/Case Management 

Ensuring that Clinicians and Behavioral Health Technicians perform the following: 

1. Mediates and advocates on behalf of the individual to help him/her obtain quality services. 
2. Support individuals in identifying their areas of need for treatment services. 
3. Identify Barriers to full participation and develop strategies to overcome them. 
4. Actively participate in team meetings and engage individual, other team members, and family/significant others to provide input. 

Follow-Up 

Ensuring that clinicians/behavioral health technicians perform the following: 

1. Ensure that the Service Coordinator for Behavioral Health Technicians and Clinical Supervisors track clients who are unavailable for 2 consecutive visits. Will discuss with supervisor a plan for effectively engaging the family. 
2. Provide re-engagement support if needed. 
3. Follow-up on crisis situations 

Training and Supervision 

Ensuring that clinicians and behavioral health technicians perform the following: 

1. For Behavioral Health Technicians complete an initial Assessment and Assignment (A&A) Orientation, set up by Service Coordinator for Behavioral Health Technicians. 
2. Clinicians complete an initial orientation, including review of expectations and of the agency bulletins, which guide practice. 
3. Check with staffing agencies to ensure that clinicians receive 20 hours of training per year. If clinicians are conducting BC services, 8 hours are to be “Behavior Modification” “ABA” training. 
4. Ensure that Clinicians are providing consistent “documented supervision of behavioral health technicians. 
5. Participate in and complete all CBH mandatory in-services. 
6. Keep supervisor informed of all potential problematic situations/concerns/issues. 
7. Keep supervisor and team members informed about individuals’ strengths, accomplishments, and obstacles they are experiencing to obtaining their goals. 

Documentation 

Ensuring that clinicians and behavioral health technicians perform the following: 

1. Be aware of and follow COMHAR policies and procedures including those regarding confidentiality, HIPPA, compliance, personal policies, etc. 

Policies and Procedures 

Ensuring that clinicians and behavioral health technicians workers perform the following: 

1. Participate in quality improvement and data gathering, e.g., surveys, self-assessments. 

Skill Requirements 

• Ability to relate to diverse program environment and people of diverse cultures. 
• Technologically proficient with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and Power Point. 
• Ability and willingness to learn company software used to operate business. 
• De-escalation methods, crisis avoidance and crisis management skills 
• Ability to develop routines and behavioral modification plans designed to alleviate some of the problematic behaviors exhibited by children. 
• Verbal and written communication skills required to satisfactorily perform job duties. 
• Exercise sound judgment in carrying out daily activities, handling crises & emergencies. 
• Ability to treat consumers with respect and dignity. 
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively to customers. 
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 
• Strong organizational skills. 
• Ability to multi-task. 
• Ability to work independently. 
• Willingness to adapt to changing work demands. 
• Ability to meet deadlines. 
• Strong interpersonal skills. 

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This position may require an individual to travel to varies locations within the means of the job (i.e. home, school, community settings). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment usually ranges from low to moderate. 

Physical Requirements 

• Continuous walking, sitting, standing. Durations of any of these physical requirements up to six hours. 
• Continuous use of writing tools, keyboard functions, and telephones (Cell). 
• Ability to walk stairways. 
• Lift a minimum of 50 pounds. 
• Visual requirements: normal vision requirements. 
• Hearing requirements: able to hear normal conversation in person and on the phone. 
• Communication requirements: able to communicate without assistance from another person (use of assistive communication devices permissible). 

Education, Employment and Credential Requirements 

• Minimum of 1 year of full-time postgraduate experience in the provision of mental health direct service to children, youth or young adults and meet one of the following:  
• Three (3) years of supervisory experience and PA professional license required. At least two (2) years verified post-master’s experience providing mental health treatment including psychotherapy, counseling, and assessment. If the supervisor is supervising clinicians treating children, the experience must be with children. 
• (1) Be licensed in this Commonwealth as a physician practicing psychiatry, psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, certified registered nurse practitioner with a mental health certification or clinical social worker. 
• (2) Be licensed in this Commonwealth as a behavior specialist and have a graduate degree that required a clinical or mental health direct service practicum from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or have an equivalent degree from a foreign college or university that has been evaluated by the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. The Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency. 
• (3) Be licensed in this Commonwealth as a social worker and have a graduate degree that required a clinical or mental health direct service practicum from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or have an equivalent degree from a foreign college or university that has been evaluated by the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. The Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency. 
• (4)Be licensed in this Commonwealth as a professional with a scope of practice that includes overseeing the provision of IBHS and have a graduate degree that required a clinical or mental health direct service practicum from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or have an equivalent degree from a foreign college or university that has been evaluated by the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. The Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency. 

• Must have a working knowledge of EI system. Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Word/ Excel. 
• Knowledge (or willingness to learn about) community resources in the Philadelphia area. 
• Willingness to work flexible work schedule to include some evenings, weekends, and holiday hours. 
• Valid PA State Criminal, FBI, Child Abuse clearances.  
• Clearances must be updated every 3 years per COMHAR policy.  
• Must have a current ACT 31 (Child Abuse reporting certificate). Non-licensed individuals must renew every 5 years. Licensed individuals must renew every 2 years. 
• Valid driver’s license and vehicle preferred. (Must be able to move about COMHAR service areas throughout the day to provide appropriate oversight and coordination and meet job duties as needed and required.) 
• Physical examination including TB test. 
• Adult and Child CPR w/AED & First Aid certification.