Clinical Director, The Family Center

Edgewood College Create Nursing Partnership; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewood University seeks a Director to lead the outpatient mental health training center (The Family Center) within the Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program. You will oversee clinical training, evaluate supervisors and interns, and maintain educational focus for MFT students.

You will manage operations, admissions, and competency attainment while teaching courses and ensuring HIPAA compliance and quality of care.

Qualifications

• Licensed in Wisconsin in Marriage and Family Therapy.
• AAMFT approved supervisor or equivalent.
• Knowledge of family systems therapy and related fields.
• Strong administrative and management skills.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience.
• Minimum of 1 year supervision of clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Directs the outpatient mental health training center (The Family Center) and maintains its educational focus.
• Manage daily operation within budget and administer program admissions, internship readiness, and competency attainment.
• Coordinate with the Associate Dean on administrative duties and ensure HIPAA compliance.
• Maintain contracts, background checks, supervision records, and referrals network; supervise and evaluate interns and residents.
• Teach two 3-credit courses and develop in-service trainings.
• Monitor quality of client care, risk assessments, and mandated reporting; review client feedback regularly.

Skills

Administrative leadership

MFT knowledge

Communication skills

Teaching and supervision

Education

Wisconsin MFT licensure

AAMFT approved supervisor

Tools

EMR/EHR software

Microsoft Office

Canvas LMS

Job description

Directs the outpatient mental health training center (The Family Center) under the guidance of the Associate Dean for the Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program. Assumes responsibility for maintaining the educational focus of the mental health center and keeping it the primary placement site for MFT students/interns. Collaborates with the Associate Dean on administrative duties to include program admissions, internship readiness, and competency attainment. Responsible for managing clinical training and evaluation of mental health center supervisors, interns, and residents. Responsible for quality of care for clients of the center. Teaches two 3-credit courses.

Responsibilities:

Execute daily administrative duties

• Manage daily operation of mental health center within the center’s assigned operational budgetary requirements.
• Maintain contracts, agreements, background checks, and supervision records for center supervisors, interns, and residents.
• Obtain and maintain compliance with state and local agencies as determined by MFT program leadership.
• Maintain referral network, community connections, and professional image of mental health center.
• Schedule, supervise, and evaluate student workers and graduate assistants as needed.
• Attend meetings and participate on committees as assigned.

Monitor quality of client care

• Ensure center’s compliance with state and federal standards of client care.
• Maintain position as Privacy Compliance Officer and Security Compliance Officer for HIPAA standards and for offsite records storage (Iron Mountain).
• Monitor risk assessments, crisis interventions and mandated reporting.
• Schedule regular review opportunities such as client feedback surveys.

Maintain educational focus of center

• Assist Associate Dean in review of program applicants and internship readiness.
• Monitor quality of supervision and training provided at the center to ensure alignment with MFT program competencies.
• Develop and provide in-service trainings as required.
• Teaching duties as assigned.
• Ensure relational clinical hours requirements are met as determined by MFT program.
• Conduct regular evaluations of supervisors and supervisees.
• Ensure interns have sufficient support around legal, ethical, and risk experiences.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Necessary Education or Work Experience:

• Licensed in Wisconsin in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Knowledge of the various fields of family systems therapy
• Strong administrative and management skills
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience
• Minimum of 1 year supervision of clinical staff
• AAMFT approved supervisor or equivalent

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of field of MFT (family systems theory, foundational models)
• AAMFT Code of Ethics
• WI State standards for licensure
• EMR/EHR Software, Microsoft applications, and Canvas LMS
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Effective skills in administration, teaching, and supervision

Other Qualifications:

Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values – truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.

Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States without Employer Sponsorship.