Master's Level Supervisor-Per Diem

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services, Inc.; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 47,000 - 66,000; Part time

Job summary

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services, Inc. seeks MCORT Master’s Level Supervisors to provide remote backup to field teams across Morris/Sussex/Warren/Hunterdon counties.

Per diem, on-call for multiple teams, guiding crisis interventions and ensuring high-quality care during crises. Requirements include a Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology and licensure; two years post-master’s experience in a psychiatric setting is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology and licensure (LCSW/LPC/LMFT/LSW/LAC) required.
• Two years post-master’s full-time experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.
• Experience in crisis intervention supervision is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a wellness and recovery-oriented environment with person-first language and crisis planning.
• Provide clinical guidance, crisis intervention, and de-escalation on-site or remotely as needed.
• Offer remote assessments (mini-mental status, PHQ-9, C-SSRS, Zero Suicide) to support crisis outreach.
• Ensure teams have clinical direction to provide thorough crisis intervention and referrals (warm handoffs).
• Review crisis plans and notes; provide supervision, teaching and debriefing after dispatches.
• Sign-off on MCORT reports for quality assurance (minimum 20%).
• Participate in peer supervision to improve program effectiveness and efficiency.

Skills

Crisis Intervention Supervision

Remote Crisis Assessment

On-call Supervision

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology; Licensure required (LCSW/LPC/LMFT/LSW/LAC)

Job description

Bound Brook, NJ, US

Salary: $41.06 Annually

Expect Success at Bridgeway!

We make a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals - our employees and the people we serve alike.

We invest in our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and fostering a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.

We give you our best, so you can unleash your full potential.

Make a Future at Bridgeway!

Who we are:

Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Why you should apply:

As a MCORT 1 or MCORT 2 Master’s Level Supervisors, you willjoin an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

Department: MCORT-1: 988 Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Team

Rate: $41.06 per hour

Serving Morris and Sussex Counties

Work hours: Per Diem (1st shift 7am-3pm, 2nd shift 3pm-11pm, and 3rd shift 11pm-7am availability)

Department: MCORT-2: 988 Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Team

Rate: $41.06 per hour

Serving Warren/Hunterdon/Somerset County

Work hours: Per Diem (1st shift 7am-3pm, 2nd shift 3pm-11pm, and 3rd shift 11pm-7am availability)

Position Overview:

MCORT Master’s Level Supervisors provide remote backup to the MCORT staff in the field. Master’s Level Supervisors are on-call for up to six MCORTs across a region at one time. Master’s Level Supervisors are engaged when the bachelor’s level professional in the field deems it is necessary to engage a higher-level clinician to assess and determine the most appropriate interventions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Create and maintain a wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, and person-centered crisis planning. All services provided will promote wellness and recovery outcomes with positive outcomes for persons receiving MCORT services.
• A culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws, and high ethical standards.
• Immediately respond to the MCORT Bachelors Crisis Intervention Specialist to provide clinical guidance crisis intervention and de-escalation when the team is dispatched and on site. Will provide clinical guidance and debriefing after the outreach as necessary per the needs of the team.
• Will provide necessary assessment, via remote technology, to include mini mental status, PHQ9, C-SSRS, Zero Suicide or other tool in support of the crisis intervention outreach.
• Ensure that the teams have the clinical support and direction to provide thorough crisis intervention services to include engagement, crisis de-escalation/crisis intervention, crisis planning, community resource referral/warm handoff whenever necessary, follow-up call scheduling and satisfaction survey for CQI (continuous quality improvement).
• Excellent in assessing the situation based on qualifying questions asked of the MCORT team when onsite during a crisis dispatch and makes decisions to support the team and person(s) served by the team for crisis intervention/de-escalation.
• Provides support to the team for community referral options based on the assessment and person-centered crisis intervention plan.
• Whenever necessary, speaks with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and/or PESS, law enforcement/EMS when the crisis is not resolved through crisis intervention of the MCORT team.
• Communicates with the director to improve service provision and whenever necessary for supervision.
• Will review the crisis intervention plan and case notes for each dispatch that aligns with scheduled shift and provide supervision, direction, teaching and debriefing to the team at the close of the dispatch or at the close of the shift depending on the volume of dispatches for the shift.
• Master’s Level Supervisors will review and sign-off on at least 20% of MCORTs reports for quality assurance purposes.
• Attends peer supervision as assigned with other MCORT Master’s Level Supervisors to ensure program effectiveness and efficiency.

Other Skills/Abilities:

• Provision of crisis intervention supervision for team members including listening skills, decision making incrisis situations, ability to assess situations through remote discussions with team members, crisisintervention planning to include knowledge of resource linkage and follow-up protocols,
• Knowledge of community partners within the region and of the crisis system in the region.

Requirements

Education/Certifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology and LCSW, LPC, LMFT or LSW, LAC orLAMFT required.

Experience:

• 2 years post masters full time equivalent professional experience in a psychiatric setting with persons 18and above, including at least one year of supervisory experience required. Professionals with crisissetting experience preferred.

Driver’s License, Vehicle:

• Valid driver’s license required
• No more than one moving violation

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Inclusive Hiring

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and workplace culture. We provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law; and we strongly encourage candidates of all identities, experiences, orientations, and communities to apply.