Clinical Manager

Iris Family Support Center; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Iris Family Support Center in the United States seeks a senior leader to supervise a specialized team of Therapists and Family Engagement Specialists delivering FCT, Family Preservation, and IFCS. You will ensure fidelity to evidence-based models, maintain certifications, coach staff, and guide programs toward strong outcomes while aligning with budget and accreditation standards.

This role requires strategic oversight, collaboration with agency leaders and external partners, and hands-on

Qualifications

• Leadership with clinical direction and supervision
• Team-building across multiple disciplines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Decision making and problem solving under pressure
• Conflict management and resolution in challenging cases
• Project management and program oversight
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and culturally competent services

Responsibilities

• Oversee hiring, onboarding and training of a high-performing specialized team
• Ensure certifications and licensing are in place timely for all staff
• Complete FCT Supervisory certification within one year of employment
• Monitor day-to-day operations to ensure high-quality services and fidelity to models
• Implement an on-call system to support after-hours emergencies
• Manage program capacity to meet budgetary expectations and outcomes
• Oversee tracking systems to ensure compliance with standards and improvement plans
• Collaborate with agency leaders and referral sources to optimize outcomes for families
• Provide weekly supervision to team members with documented feedback and coaching
• Drive annual program evaluation and planning in collaboration with leadership

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Problem solving

Conflict management

Project management

Trauma-Informed Practice

Culturally competent practice

Job description

Job Description

Position Summary

Providing ongoing supervision, direction and program implementation to our specialized team of Therapists and Family Engagement Specialists who are specially trained to serve our comprehensive service lines, to include: FCT (Family Centered Treatment), Family Preservation and IFCS (Intensive Foster Care Services). This team has been trained in a variety of intervention programs that utilize evidence-based models to children and families at risk for child abuse and neglect or have been impacted by child abuse and neglect. This position is responsible for ensuring effective program outcomes, compliance with fidelity to the models and accreditation standards, court orders, as well as the Department of Child Services service standards. This position requires training and certification in the following evidence-based practices: Family Centered Treatment, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Nurturing Parenting, Domestic Violence Services, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Based Relational Therapy, and best practices in reunification of children/families. This position is required to minimally understand the impact of face-to-face hours and outcomes on the overall agency budget. This is a leadership position within our corporation. Leaders at Iris Family Support Center are expected to coach, develop, mentor, guide, support and teach staff to instill Iris core values, beliefs, vision and mission related to quality service to families and children, as well as one another.

Essential Functions

• Oversight of the hiring, onboarding and training of a high performing specialized comprehensive team to serve comprehensive service lines to at risk families and children.
• Ensure certifications and licensing are in place in a timely manner for all staff.
• Completed Family Centered Treatment Supervisory certification within one year of employment.
• Oversight of specialized team in their day-to-day operations, ensuring quality services to all children and families, including, but not limited to: staff are delivering high quality services at least 50% of the work week to children and families, maintaining compliance with all service standards (i.e, first face to face meeting, assessment timelines, progress note completion, treatment plan expectations, monthly reports) as well as ensuring fidelity to all evidenced-based practices.
• Implement and oversee an on-call system that will best support comprehensive families during after-hours in case of emergency needs and support.
• In collaboration with agency leaders, oversee program capacity to ensure budgetary expectations.
• Oversee the implementation of effective tracking and monitoring systems to ensure compliance with program service standards, evidenced-based models, accreditation standards, agency performance quality improvement system and best practices in intervention programs.
• Ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with referral sources to ensure effective outcomes for children and families.
• Provide a minimum of one hour of supervision each week to team member, ensuring documentation expectations are met for effective supervision.
• Provide effective and timely feedback to support staff evaluation, development and training activities.
• Responsible to ensure all outcomes for the program are obtained, per service standard. (i.e. face -to face within 24 hours of referral, 80% of our families that are intact at service initiation will remain intact; 67% of our families will be reunified at the end of our service provision, 90% of our families will not be subject to a new child abuse and neglect report).
• Ability to effectively implement personnel policies and procedures as outlined in the agency policy manuals.
• Work in tandem with agency and program leaders to complete an annual program evaluation of all programs to assist with annual planning.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as assigned

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications (core competencies, Skills and Experience)

• Leadership, emphasizing solid clinical direction
• Team building skills are essential with multiple disciplines
Interpersonal Skills
• Decision Making/Problem Solving
• Conflict Management
• Project Management
• Possess the knowledge and ability to implement Trauma-Informed Practice, Culturally Competent Practice