Clinical Program Director

ZipRecruiter; Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Ontario is seeking a Clinical Program Director to oversee clinical services, ensure compliance with regulations, and provide supervision to clinical staff. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and direct service delivery to minors. Candidates should possess a Master’s degree in a relevant field and have at least two years of supervisory experience. This position offers a competitive salary range of $90,000 to $105,000.

Qualifications

• Two years of supervisory experience required.
• Must be licensed with BBS/BOP for at least 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Oversees all clinical services and ensures compliance with regulations.
• Provides coaching and guidance to clinical team members.
• Directs the provision of clinical services to minors.

Skills

Clinical Evaluation

Communication

Professionalism

Judgement

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Master’s degree in counseling psychology

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Title: Clinical Program Director

Department: Family Wellness

Location: Ontario

Reports To: ORR Clinical Director

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $90,000 to $105,000

Position Summary: The Clinical Program Director reports to the Clinical Director and works in alignment with the site’s Program Director. The Clinical Program Director oversees all clinical services at each site under their supervision. The Clinical Program Director is tasked with delivering both program and clinical supervision to associates, ensuring compliance with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) / Board of Psychology (BOP) regulations, ORR Policy and adheres to Marsell’s leadership expectations. The Clinical Program Director may carry a caseload.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned.

· Serves as a member of Marsell’s Center of Excellence by ensuring clinical best practice, process excellence and experience satisfaction throughout the enterprise.

· Collaborates with Program Directors to organize weekly Treatment Team meetings, ensuring that each minor receives thorough care from the multidisciplinary team.

· Builds and maintains positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as referral sources, community partners, resource parents and regulatory agencies.

· Provides the clinical team with treatment planning tools, and interventions, while maintaining fidelity to the clinical case management framework of ORR.

· Provides coaching, and guidance to clinical team members, ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.

· Ensures that clinical staff members adhere to organizational policies, procedures, and ethical guidelines in their practice.

· Serves as a member of Marsell’s Center of Excellence by ensuring clinical best practice, process excellence and experience satisfaction throughout the enterprise

· Directs the provision of clinical services of minors. Implements a recovery based psychosocial program to optimize minor strengths, skills, and partnerships with family, community, and staff.

· Assures minor needs are met through program activities.

· Ensures clinical staff and behavioral specialist staff are integrated into the therapeutic program and individual/group therapy is provided to minors.

· Ensures that clinical staff and behavioral specialists interact and communicate with non-clinical departments in the facility including medical and program staff.

· Represents clinical and behavioral specialists on various facility committees, including utilization review, and peer reviews

· Directs, coordinates, and maximizes the integration and cooperation of programs with other services and local community resources by facilitating collaborations and partnerships between federal representatives, contract providers, and non-profit agencies.

· Assures all minors are advised of their rights when admitted and that these rights are protected through appropriate policies and that denials of rights are in compliance with applicable law.

· Meets with minors as necessary and may be involved in grievance processes.

· Oversees the preparation of a comprehensive written psychosocial evaluation and assessment on assigned minors, in addition to an intake note, regular progress notes, weekly summary notes and a discharge summary. Other documentation and Client Level Event reports including court reports may be required.

· As needed, provides individual psychotherapy to assigned minors.

· Actively participates in staffing, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, and other program planning activities and is responsible for a coordinated treatment plan for assigned minors.

· Verbally communicates to minors their legal status and rights under applicable law and acknowledges in documentation their understanding of same.

· Provides consultation as needed with resource families and case managers on issues regarding admission, discharge, and aftercare plans.

· Participates in an on-call rotation

· Upgrades clinical skills through in-service and continuing education.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises employees in the Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

· Ensures team member evaluations are completed within the first 90 days and annually thereafter.

· Oversees staffing schedules and 1:1 supervision of all team members.

· Supervise, coaches, and mentors staff providing guidance to their work and learning including, when necessary, corrective/disciplinary action in a timely and professional manner.

· Provides BBS/BOP clinical supervision in associates.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.

• Clinical Evaluation: Understand the strengths and limitations of the models of assessment and diagnosis, especially as they relate to different cultural, economic, and groups.

• Communications - Uses and models professional communication both verbally and non-verbally. Ensures feedback loops are opened and closed and provide clarity where needed.

• Clinical Sophistication: Is a self- learner and shows leadership qualities that lead to professional and organizational growth. Demonstrates the utmost professionalism and can problem solve issues with clinical sophistication and sound judgement.

• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.

• Professionalism: Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments. Demonstrates Unreasonable Hospitality.

• Judgement: Exhibits judgment that considers both macro and mezzo levels of management, demonstrating an understanding of the power dynamics in leadership and therapeutic relationships.

Qualifications:

· Qualifications may be waived with written approval from the ORR Project Officer.

· Two years of supervisory experience.

· Two years of post-graduate direct service delivery conducting clinical interviewing, assessments, and individual and group counseling.

· Completion of 86 hours of pre-service training.

· Present at sites within the designated region 80%.

Required:

· Master’s degree in social work, counseling psychology, or other relevant behavioral sciences field in which clinical training is a program requirement.

· Must be licensed with BBS/BOP for at least 2 years.

· Must be an eligible BBS/BOP Supervisor.

· Experience working with children, and/or at-risk families.

· Complete the BBS/BOP required Supervisor Training. Initial 15 hours or 6 hours for renewals

· Provide certificate of malpractice insurance

· Must be at least 21 years of .

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· Bilingual in Spanish but not required.

Work Environment:

· Noise level varies from mild to moderate.

· Predominantly indoor, with occasional outdoor monitoring or activities.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

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