Clinical Program Director - FACT Team Lead

Mohawk Opportunities, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Staff training

Generous paid time off

30-minute paid lunch

Culture of Caring

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Mohawk Opportunities, Inc. in Albany, NY is seeking a Clinical Program Director to lead the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) program.

You will oversee day-to-day operations, supervise a multidisciplinary team, ensure documentation accuracy, and maintain compliance with state and federal regulations. The role requires NYS LCSW or LMHC, at least three years of experience with Serious Mental Illness, supervisory experience, and a valid NYS driver’s license.

Qualifications

• NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor required.
• Three years’ experience with Serious Mental Illness; ACT/FACT team experience preferred.
• Experience with criminal justice systems and affected populations.
• Three years of supervisory/management experience in a clinical setting.
• Commitment to rights, dignity, and client-centered care for individuals with mental illness.
• Valid NYS driver’s license; own vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily clinical operations including staff scheduling, morning meetings, and coordination.
• Hire, supervise, and evaluate a multidisciplinary team ensuring high-quality psychiatric treatment.
• Supervise program documentation and case records, ensuring compliance and accurate notes.
• Provide full spectrum clinical treatment and rehabilitative support, including home/community visits and on-call duties.
• Operationalize evidence-based practices using harm-reduction, recovery-focused approaches.
• Promote effective communication with co-workers, providers, regulators, and funders.
• Ensure services align with agency procedures and state/federal regulations (OMH/DOH/Medicaid).
• Participate in annual budget development and monitor expenditures; complete monthly billing.
• Provide transportation to clients as needed; authorized to drive agency/personal vehicles.

Skills

LCSW

LMHC

Supervisory experience

ACT/FACT experience

Criminal justice familiarity

Driver's license

Job description

Clinical Program Director

Make a difference and work for an agency where you matter!

The Clinical Program Director establishes, administers, and directs the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Program, a self-contained clinical team that provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to sixty-eight clients with serious mental illness and who are involved with the criminal justice system. Duties include:

• Overseeing the direct day-to-day clinical operations including staff scheduling, morning meetings, coordination among staff members, and evaluation of treatment activities to ensure excellence of care to meet the individuals ever changing needs.
• Hires, supervises, and evaluates a multidisciplinary team ensuring high quality psychiatric treatment that is goal-directed, respectful, meaningful and client driven. Also functions as a practicing clinician as part of the team.
• Supervising program documentation and case record management assuring compliance. Regularly reviewing assessments, service plans, progress notes, and other records kept and written by staff.
• Providing the full spectrum of clinical treatment and rehabilitative support services to individuals served by the team. This includes home, community and office visits, crisis intervention, completing clinical documentation, and participating in on-call duties.
• Operationalizing evidence-based practices including using a harm reduction, person-centered, recovery-based approach while instilling hope in those served.
• Promoting effective and collaborative communication between co-workers, providers, external providers, regulators, and funders.
• Ensuring all services are delivered in a manner consistent with agency procedures and all related State and Federal regulations (NYS Office of Mental Health, Department of Health, and Medicaid).
• Ensuring all medication processes and procedures are followed.
• Participating in the development of an annual budget, monitoring expenditures, and adhering to budgetary guidelines. Completing monthly billing for services.
• Providing transportation to clients when necessary. In addition, an employee must be approved to drive agency and personal vehicles for business purposes.

Skills/Qualifications for the Forensic Clinical Program Director include:

• NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor required.
• Three years’ experience working with individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Experience working on an ACT or FACT Team, preferred.
• Experience with the criminal justice systems and an understanding of how the service recipients are impacted.
• Three years of supervisory and management experience in a clinical setting and experience providing community-based clinical treatment, preferred (e.g., mobile crisis, FACT, etc.). A combination of strong supervisory skills and clinical experience will be considered.
• Must have a strong commitment to the rights and ability of each person living with a mental illness to make their own decisions. Must be able to effectively work with all people and demonstrate skills and competence to establish supportive and trusting relationships with all individuals. Must uphold clients’ rights, personal preferences in treatment and treat everyone with respect and dignity.
• A valid and insurable NYS driver’s license. Must have own vehicle to use for business purposes. Agency vehicles are available for individual transportation.

Salary and Schedule of the Clinical Program Director:

• $85,000/annual equivalent, $3,269.24/biweekly.
• 40 hours per week. Monday-Friday. DAY TIME HOURS. Compensated on-call hours on a rotating schedule.
• Excellent benefits, staff training, generous paid time off, and 30-minute paid lunch.
• Supportive work environment.
• Culture of Caring.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

All offers for employment will be contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed background checks.

Mohawk Opportunities is committed to helping individuals living with mental illness achieve stable community living and independence. Our goal is to provide services and supports that assist individuals living with mental illness to thrive and achieve their full potential for a happy, independent life in the community of their choice.