Clinical Program Director

Elwyn; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Elwyn in the United States seeks a Program Director to provide leadership, vision, and daily supervision of one or more programs serving young adults with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders. You will ensure high-quality service and sound fiscal management.

The role emphasizes staff development, documentation, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with clinical and administrative teams to improve outcomes and transitions to more independent living.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in clinical psychology, counseling, social work, rehabilitation, or education (or a BA with 5 years in mental health).
• 2+ years of experience in behavioral/mental health residential services.
• Licensed in Massachusetts: LMHC, LCSW, or LICSW.

Responsibilities

• Educates staff on licensing documentation, timelines, and required client treatment plan documentation.
• Monitors service delivery quality and ensures consistent, flexible, and responsive care.
• Discusses clinical challenges with individuals and documents sessions; escalates performance issues through Improvement processes.
• Ensures program records (clinical and non-clinical) are clear, thorough, and meet regulatory deadlines.
• Supports staff education on symptom management, psychiatric medications, co-occurring disorders, and transitions to more independent living.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree or higher in clinical/psychiatric field

Job description

Program Director assumes shared responsibility for leadership, vision, direction, and daily supervision of one or more program(s) designed to serve young adults through geriatric individuals with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Ensures implementation of responsible clinical and management practice congruent with Agency mission, which result in a high-quality service to consumers and sound fiscal management.

• Educates staff on required licensing documentation and associated timelines and assures all required documentation is completed within established timelines including but not limited to the development, implementation, and evaluation of client treatment plans, assessments and required documentation based on program requirements.
• Assists in monitoring the delivery of services to individuals and evaluates the quality of services to ensure services are being delivered in a consistent, flexible, and responsive manner.
• In accordance with policy, regularly discusses clinical challenges encountered with individual to encourage alternative solutions. Documents group clinical sessions. Similarly provides administrative supervision, and documents the discussion Escalates performance deficiencies through the Performance Improvement process to medicate /resolve in timely manner.
• Ensures that program records (including clinical) are clear and thorough, and meet the reporting standards and timely submission of regulatory agencies assuring all deadlines of the required documentation are met.
• Supports staff education on topics of managing symptoms and stressors, psychiatric medications, co-occurring disorders, such as substance abuse (if needed), and skills and knowledge required to transition individuals to more independent living.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical social work, vocational/psychiatric rehabilitation, or education; OR a bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in mental health services delivery.
• 2+ years of experience in behavioral / mental health residential services.
• Licensed in the state of Massachusetts: LMHC, LCSW, LICSW.