Clinical Director (LCSW)

Our client is a well-established substance abuse clinic. They are currently seeking a full-time Clinical Director (LCSW) to join their outpatient services team! The LCSW Director provides clinic oversight assistance, supervision of counselors, and ensures quality of patient engagement and care.

Responsibilities:

• Supervision of staff counselors and ensure delivery of behavioral health services, oversees case notes and individual case records.
• Provides clinical supervision to the counselors by holding supervisory meetings with a focus on case analysis, person-centered treatment planning, case management and issues related to the supervisory process.
• Concurrently monitors the quality of patient treatment and reporting documentation in all systems and initiates prompt corrective actions if required.
• Provides staff training to treatment personnel and ensures the implementation of evidence-based practices.
• Provides initial mental health screenings for all patients prior to admission.
• Improve patient care by selecting the appropriate therapeutic approach and providing individual/group sessions (when necessary), and crisis therapy, on an on-going, time-limited, or crisis intervention level.
• Provides a network of referrals for those patients needing out-patient, in-patient, residential, or emergency psychiatric services, ensures patient coordination and follow-up, and monitors progress monthly with external providers.
• Evaluate the psychological, social, and physiological signs and symptoms of alcohol and other drug abuse.
• Coordinates referrals and follow-up for those patients who require concurrent chemical dependency services.

Job Requirements:

• Current LCSW in the State of New York required.
• At least 1 year of substance abuse experience required.

Please note- The annual base salary range is $75k to $110k. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.

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