Overview
ORGANIZATION: Allegheny Children’s Initiative
DEPARTMENT: Family Based Mental Health Services
POSITION: Family Based Program Supervisor
STATUS: Full-Time; 40 hours/week
HOURS: Flexible, to meet the needs of consumers and their families
LOCATION: Throughout Allegheny and Washington County
Allegheny Children’s Initiative, a subsidiary of Partners For Quality Inc., is a non-profit organization that provides mental and behavioral health community-based services to children, adolescents and families throughout Allegheny and Washington Counties. Based in Pittsburgh’s South Side, we provide Intensive Behavioral Health Services, Service Coordination, Student Assistance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, and Family Based Mental Health programs. All employees of Allegheny Children’s Initiative are expected to act and conduct services in a socially just and culturally competent manner. Employees are supported in these efforts through ongoing development and training.
Responsibilities
- Assist the FBMH Director with the design, development, implementation, evaluation and management of the day-to-day operations of the Family Based Mental Health department
- Weekly supervision with the FBMH Teams to assure that the teams provide intensive home-based family therapy and support services to the families in their care
- Oversee and provide on-going training and supervision to individuals and teams in the delivery of the Structural Family Therapy Model.
- Oversee OJT completion for new hires.
- Provide additional training to new hire staff following a plan developed in conjunction with the Assistant Director.
- Provide on-going training and supervision in the development and implementation of therapeutic treatment plans conforming to the state, county, and Managed Care Organization formats
- Review and approve assigned teams’ documentation (progress notes, individual treatment plans, 5-day plans, admission packets, assessment tools and other related documents)
- Meet with assigned FBMH staff for supervision on a weekly basis, or more frequently, according to the needs of staff and case complexity.
- Complete supervision notes in a timely manner.
- Actively participate in field supervision with the FBMH teams
- Support assigned FBMH staff with outside agency meetings as needed.
- Support assigned FBMH staff with WPIC presentations and competency assignments.
- Recommend appropriate therapeutic, concrete or case management services to FBMH teams
- Along with FBMH Assistant Director develop plans for group supervision.
- Manage FSS requests for all FBMH consumers, including sending FSS forms and receipts to fiscal department
- Track missing encounter forms for assigned FBMH staff
- Manage assigned FBMH staff failed activities.
- Ensure appointment status in EHR is kept and co-staff entries match team notes.
- Assist the Director in assuring that individual treatment plans are tailored to family needs, addressing each family member’s goals and objectives
- Complete discharge process for cases of assigned FBMH staff.
- Carry out administrative duties as assigned, including, but not limited to time sheets (including time off requests) for assigned FBMH staff and expense reports.
- Maintain working knowledge of and strict compliance with all regulations, managed care organization best practice and funding requirements, COA Standards and ACI and Partners for Quality Policies and Procedures
- Participate in ACI supervisor weekend on-call rotation and FBMH department weekday on-call rotation.
- Complete performance appraisals for assigned FBMH staff.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director
BENEFITS
- Full Time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurances
- $1,200 cash payout option in lieu of Health Insurance coverage
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- 16 to 26 Paid Days Off / year
- Wellness Days (2 per year)
- Sick Time
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Optional 401(k) with Employer match
WORK PERKS
- Paid orientation and training
- Free parking (select locations)
- Employee Activities, Rewards and Recognition Programs
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program
APPLY TO THIS POSITION
Partners For Quality provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related mental health field in accordance with regulations
- 2 years of experience as a Structural Family Therapist
- 3 years of experience working to implement the CASSP principles
- Pennsylvania State Licensure (Psychologist, LCSW, LSW, LPC), preferred
- Excellent communication and computer skills
- Valid Driver’s license, Vehicle Insurance, Registration and Inspection
- Use of personal vehicle required
- Act 33 / 34 and FBI clearances required