Clinical Supervisor - Outpatient SUD Treatment Program

Since 1972, Places for People has helped individuals in the St. Louis community find and define their places in the world.

Specifically, our mission is to provide caring, effective services to help those with the greatest challenges recover from mental health illness and associated chronic illnesses.

We fundamentally believe that each person we serve deserves a chance to be their best selves and we want to help them get to that point.

SOME perks of working at Places for People:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance 

Short and long-term disability insurance

Paid Vacation Time (6.67 hrs/month) and Sick Leave (10 hrs/month)

Free Employee Assistance Program 

8 paid holidays

Flexible work schedule

403(b) Retirement Plan contribution

Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate

Supervision available for licensure during work hours and at no cost

Loan forgiveness through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) for specific positions

AT&T Wireless membership perks

On-site fitness center

An ever-expanding Wellness and Wellbeing Program

General Description

The Clinical Supervisor of the Outpatient SUD Treatment Program at our North location is responsible for program development, implementation, and oversight while providing clinical supervision, and providing guidance to a variety of team members. The Clinical Supervisor also manages the population of individuals receiving our services while providing direct care services to a subset of those same individuals. In addition to ensuring ASAM criteria and QA standards are met, this leader is also expected to engage in quality improvement based on process/outcome/persons served data and feedback.

The individual filling this position must display HOPE for the future while only settling for EXCELLENCE in execution through positive COLLABORATION with others and displaying COMPASSION for our mission. You must be ready to make an incredibly rewarding and strong impact on our community.

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Model and support organizational efforts to promote a culture of health, wellbeing, inclusion, camaraderie, compassion, and appreciation of our collective work.
• Promote services and coordination of care where we work across teams, disciplines, departments, and other providers to address the treatment needs most effectively of those we serve and take advantage of our collective wisdom.
• Coach toward service delivery that is ASAM-criteria driven, recovery-focused, trauma-informed and culturally-intelligent.
• Monitor person served census and each therapist’s caseload, assigning individuals as needed, and tracking progress.
• Complete diagnostic formulations, assessments, and treatment plans while providing individual and group therapy services to a caseload of approximately 10 to 15 individuals.
• Develop and implement an effective onboarding process for new team members.
• Engage in at least twice monthly supervision sessions with all team members with feedback and direction based on job responsibilities and noted professional needs requiring development. 
• Provide feedback to and promote the growth of all team members based on supervision information, observation of sessions, utilization management data, and clinical documentation.
• Review clinical progress notes for each team member monthly to ensure accuracy, medical necessity, and appropriate interventions with appropriate feedback and facilitation of improvement strategies during supervision.
• Participate in quarterly peer review process and continuously monitor all therapist clinical documentation.
• Complete annual performance reviews and professional development plans for all team members.
• Review team performance data with a focus on access, efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.
• Monitor administrative and clinical process flows and identify improvement opportunities removing barriers and utilizing available resources.
• Monitor outcome data, identifying and addressing any trends.
• Plan at a minimum monthly meeting with the Program Manager and team to review dashboards, identify areas needing improvement, and create action plans when needed.
• Meet with team weekly to review administrative information, complete case consultation, and facilitate Community of Practice.
• Communicate information consistently to team members to minimize confusion or lack of understanding regarding organizational direction. 
• Address critical issues including completing incident reports and addressing person served and staff grievances per agency policy.   
• Cooperatively manage team budget.
• Participate in agency-wide meetings, provide training, and write reports as needed to support agency development.    
• Fulfill any on-call requirements as needed.
• Completes annual training requirements as outlined by agency requirements and supervisor.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor.