Assistant Program Director - LCSW

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center in Los Angeles seeks an Assistant Program Director to support the Program Director with supervisory duties and oversight of clinical operations. The role involves supervising staff, developing clinical programs, recruiting and training clinicians, ensuring DMH compliance, and participating in interagency meetings and policy development.

The position requires independent work, on‑call coverage for emergencies, and collaboration with leadership to

Responsibilities

• Assists the Program Director in supervising staff and oversight of clinical operations.
• Serves as head of service in absence of the Program Director
• Liaison between administrative, clinical/program staff and other agencies
• Supervises assigned staff, including provision of clinical supervision hours for staff/interns who are BBS registered
• Assists Program Director in clinical program development
• Recruits and interviews applicants for clinical positions
• Plans and implements clinical training for staff
• Assists in clinical training and supervising new therapists and case aides
• Maintains detailed knowledge of, and monitors compliance with, DMH and Gateways’ documentation requirements and service delivery benchmarks
• Participates in educational seminars for the department
• Assists with the development, maintenance and evaluation of policies and procedures
• Writes reports and presentations as required
• Attends inter/intra-agency meetings for networking and information sharing
• Keeps program personnel informed of professional and community trends, issues, concerns and requests
• Participates in staff and treatment team meetings and contributes pertinent information
• Assist other programs as necessary
• Works independently
• Provides on call coverage for emergency consultation and intervention outside of regular work hours
• Assists in crisis situations as needed and helps to facilitate client transfers to higher levels of care, when needed/indicated
• Develops, implements and monitors integrity of group schedule
• May complete client assessments for placement. (e.g. MDs, hospitals, etc)
• Hires, trains, evaluates, and develops corrective action plans for staff in collaboration with the Program Director and Vice President of Human Resources
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job description

Title of Position: Assistant Program Director Location: Percy Village Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt Union/ Non-Union: Non-Union Supervisor: Program Director

Summary Of Position

Assists the Program Director in supervision of staff as assigned and has oversight of clinical operations.

Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Serves as head of service in absence of the Program Director


• Liaison between administrative, clinical/program staff and other agencies


• Supervises assigned staff, including provision of clinical supervision hours for staff/interns who are BBS registered


• Assists Program Director in clinical program development


• Recruits and interviews applicants for clinical positions


• Plans and implements clinical training for staff


• Assists in clinical training and supervising new therapists and case aides


• Maintains detailed knowledge of, and monitors compliance with, DMH and Gateways’ documentation requirements and service delivery benchmarks


• Participates in educational seminars for the department


• Assists with the development, maintenance and evaluation of policies and procedures


• Writes reports and presentations as required


• Attends inter/intra-agency meetings for networking and information sharing


• Keeps program personnel informed of professional and community trends, issues, concerns and requests


• Participates in staff and treatment team meetings and contributes pertinent information


• Assist other programs as necessary


• Works independently


• Provides on call coverage for emergency consultation and intervention outside of regular work hours


• Assists in crisis situations as needed and helps to facilitate client transfers to higher levels of care, when needed/indicated


• Develops, implements and monitors integrity of group schedule


• May complete client assessments for placement. (e.g. MDs, hospitals, etc)


• Hires, trains, evaluates, and develops corrective action plans for staff in collaboration with the Program Director and Vice President of Human Resources


• Performs other duties as assigned