Assistant Program Director of Clinical Services

Overview

Assistant Director of Clinical Services 

Salary: $75,000-$82,600

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A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.

Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities, so our success depends on those we employ.

The Role

Under the general direction of the Program Director, the Assistant Director provides administrative and clinical supervision to multidisciplinary clinical staff assigned to a treatment team. In addition, this position is responsible for managing and monitoring day-to-day clinical operations and service delivery and participates in activities to monitor the quality and appropriateness of program services. The Assistant Director of Clinical Services coordinates clinical coverage for the facility, provides on-call administration as needed, and manages facility or clinical emergencies. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

• Supervises and monitors the therapeutic environment to ensure that behavioral guidelines are followed, a therapeutic milieu is maintained, and interpersonal relationships remain positive.
• Coordinates and implements clinical services for an assigned multidisciplinary treatment delivery team.
• Helps implement and monitor policies, procedures, and systems necessary for the effective and efficient delivery of program services.
• Provides regularly scheduled clinical and administrative supervision to assigned staff.
• Documents supervisory sessions with staff.
• Helps identify staff’s training needs and, in response, plans, develops, and/or conducts training towards maintaining and improving clinical staff competency and compliance with agency policy and procedure.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate, complete, and timely client treatment records by staff that complies with regulatory requirements and agency internal policy and procedure.
• Ensures that all program staff upholds the agency's Code of Conduct/Code of
• Ethics and comply with all Federal, state, and local laws/regulations, including 42 CFR confidentiality and HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
• Networks and communicates with other departments as a member of the program’s management team.
• Participates in quality improvement/other agency committees or work groups.
• Represents Samaritan Daytop Village at community, and public forums.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Who You Will Be

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work or other Human Services field and at least three (3) years' experience in the substance use or mental health field with at least one (1) year of which must be supervisory.

AND

• OASAS CASAC certification as an Advanced Counselor or Master Counselor if not a licensed NYSED Qualified Health Professional (QHP);

AND

• OASAS Clinical Supervision Foundations I & II (30 hours): Successful completion required by all Advanced and Master Level CASACs;

OR

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or other related field and at least One (1) experience in substance use treatment.

AND

• Qualified Health Professional (QHP) such as a NYSED LMSW, LMHC, LCSW, LMSW-LP, or MHC-LP.
• Knowledge of evidence-based treatments managed care principles, and behavior practices.
• Available to work a flexible schedule as needed in response to program and staff needs.
• Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Team player and ability to work independently. Possession of strong time management, writing, and communication skills.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills; ability to supervise, coach, mentor, develop, train, and teach substance use providers/other clinical discipline providers.
• Knowledge of Federal and state law/regulations governing substance abuse treatment, including confidentiality, security, and privacy of protected health information.

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