Clinical Supervisor

Description Primary Function: The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for oversight and management of his/her particular program including administration, clinical, and supervisory responsibilities. The clinical supervisor manages clinical staff and schedules by offering oversight and support to ensure the persons served are receiving the most appropriate and effective quality of care.

As well as day to day activities are in accordance with program objectives and in compliance with standards.

Requirements

Clinical supervision will include evaluation of the therapist’s accuracy of assessment and referral skills on all persons served evaluations and any ongoing treatment plans. Clinical supervision will include a review of the appropriateness of the treatment or service selected relative to the specific needs of each person served.

Clinical supervision shall review each person’s served record with the therapist as often as necessary, and in conjunction with recovery plan review and revision and no less often than at the intervals specified by each modality for which the program is licensed. Clinical supervision will include a critique of the service effectiveness as measured by the person’s served meeting his/her person treatment goals.

Clinical supervision will include specific, written clinical recommendations on how to proceed with the case. Clinical supervision will include resources on risk factors for suicide and other dangerous behaviors. Clinical supervision will include face-to-face feedback or telecommunication feedback by the direct supervisor or a pre-selected clinical team to enhance the skills of the direct service person served.

Clinical supervision will include feedback on issues concerning ethics, legal aspects of clinical practice, professional standards, and professional boundaries directly in supervision meetings and formally in Aquila in-service trainings. Clinical supervision will include identification and remediation of any and all compliance issues related to clinical documentation.

Clinical supervision will include identification of any cultural competencies issues on the part of the direct service person and plan for appropriate training and/or corrective actions. Clinical supervision will include signing off with the credentials on all the required documentation within the required time for the program modality.

Clinical supervision will include using a monitoring tool to measure compliance and actions needed for improvements. Administrative Personnel Management (performance evaluations) Approves Vacation/Sick Time requests Census Tracking Program Compliance and Outcomes Organizes and facilitates weekly treatment team meetings Trains/Supervises all student interns to meet educational institutional requirements Qualifications: A Master’s Degree or Post Master’s Degree with a from an accredited college or university with a major chemical dependency, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing, or a related field of study LCSW, LPCMH, LMFT, or Psychologist Required Full certification as a certified alcohol and drug counselor (CADC) or certified co-occurring professional (CCDP) in the State of Delaware or by a nationally recognized organization in addictions counseling or working towards it.

Five years of documented clinical experience in substance use treatment field At two years of mental health experience Caring, Compassionate, and Non-Judgmental Identifies, understands, and applies current evidenced-based treatments Motivates clinical team to produce high quality person centered care Strategically and therapeutically manage caseload Exhibits a positive and professional image Is able to develop positive working relationship inside and outside the agency Works effectively with all employees Well organized Strong verbal and writing communication skills Ability to supervise and carry a caseload