Supervisor, Mental Health

Description

About Graham:

Graham provides life-changing tools and resources for children, young adults and families who face some of the most difficult obstacles caused by poverty, racial injustice, and lack of access to educational opportunities, living wage employment, quality healthcare, and affordable housing.
 

We collaborate with communities and strong partners to create and implement innovative strategies so everyone can lead healthy, joyful, and successful lives.

Principal Objective/Role Overview:

The Mental Health & Wellness Supervisor is responsible for the direct oversight of all aspects of program services for the Article 31 Office of Mental Health (OMH) clinic. The supervisor works in close collaboration with Graham’s Enhanced Family Foster Care, Family Support & Empowerment, and Behavioral Health staff, birth parents, foster parents, and community providers. They are directly responsible for the day-to-day operations and regulatory policy standards, implementation, and compliance.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the hiring, development and training of the Mental Health & Wellness staff and interns.
• Carry a part-time caseload to include a percentage of program standard for clinicians.
• Responsible for quality compliance and risk management functions by monitoring all alerts and reports for session notes, treatment plans, intake and admission decisions, treatment teams, insurance, etc.
• Oversee the assignment and follow-up of crisis response, outreach, individual/ group/ family therapy, intakes, discharge, screenings, caseloads, etc.
• Share clinical supervision with program leadership to support clinical competency and evidence-based practices.
• Uphold program fidelity.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure all required administrative task management and site operations are running smoothly and holding clinicians and interns accountable to those standards.
• Work in partnership with internal Graham programs to create seamless support and access to Mental Health services, evaluations, assessments, high-risk clients, crisis, etc. as well as the community as needed.
• Create and monitor an outreach and intake plan to increase enrollment (120 active clients in Brooklyn satellite), maximize caseloads, meet targets for clients admitted and served at sites.
• Strategize retention, manage discharges as necessary and ensure exemplary quality of services.
• Hold program staff accountable for productivity and revenue targets.
• Collaborate fluidly between the clinic’s administrative support, therapeutic services and psychiatry within the clinic.
• Work seamlessly with all Graham stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with licensure, contract and private foundation requirements as necessary (e.g., the Office of Mental Health, Joint Commissions, Medicaid/Mental Health & Hygiene, and the New York City Department of Health).

Qualifications

Position Qualifications:

• Valid New York State Clinical Social Work License (LCSW) required upon application
• At least 3 years of direct experience working with youth and families in the mental health field
• At least 2 years of previous experience supervising mental health and social work professionals/interns
• Prior clinical experience with children/adolescents/families
• Demonstrated understanding of how to create and manage services for multiple stakeholders including children and adults.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Practical and strong decision-making skills.
• Bilingual - English/Spanish preferred

Salary & Compensation:

• Base Salary or Hourly Rate: $43.96/hour
• FLSA Status: Exempt

EEO Statement

The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Graham is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. Graham hires and promotes individuals solely based on their qualifications for the job to be filled.

Graham believes that associates should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.