Lead Clinician

 

Program: Long-Term Foster Care
Reports to: Program Director
Hours: Salary exempt, flexible to meet needs of program

Location: Emsworth and/or Moon Township Campus

MISSION AND NEED:

Holy Family Institute (HFI) is a 125-year-old Catholic organization with an impeccable history of serving children and families in the Pittsburgh Region. We are one of Pittsburgh’s largest social service organizations. We are an independent organization guided by Catholic Social Teachings and serving people of all faiths and backgrounds.

 

The Lead Clinician oversees clinical services, and trains and supervises clinical staff. Ensures that behavioral health specialists complete relevant training on evidence-based practices in mental and behavioral health care delivery. They must ensure that child-facing services are provided on-site and in a confidential manner.

 

• Promotes the Mission and Philosophy of Holy Family Institute

• Provides individual and group supervision to clinicians and clinical interns.

• Engages in observation of minors with significant behavioral or mental health challenges in the milieu and provides recommendations regarding best practices, including modeling therapeutic approaches.

• Builds and maintains relationships with community mental health providers in order to facilitate referrals for minors to external mental health services as needed.

• Submits Treatment Authorization Requests and ensures required documentation is completed for all appointments.

• Reviews clinical documents for all minors to ensure compliance expectations are met.

• Assists in the creation and implementation of safety plans.

• Facilitates the onboarding and training of new clinicians and clinical interns.

• Ensures quality of clinical materials and interventions utilized with clients.

• Manages 30 Day Safety & Well Being follow up call completion and submission by appropriate deadlines.

• Meets with assigned unaccompanied minors once per week for individual counseling, and once per week in group setting to address behavior, concerns, and monitor progress regarding UC’s overall psychosocial functioning.

• Demonstrates dignity and respect for the identified sponsor or family, while working collaboratively with the sponsor to ensure a safe and timely release.

• Assists in developing a discharge plan which identifies appropriate supportive services and natural supports, which is clearly defined and identify a continuation of post discharge services, if needed.

• Works collaboratively with staff, children, families, service providers, and others

• Participates in all required agency and regulatory trainings within expected time frame.

• Works collaboratively with staff, children, families, service providers, and others.

• Promptly reports civil or criminal convictions, charges, arrests, investigations, or adjudications that may arise since staff member’s last background investigation. This includes but is not limited to sexual abuse in a prison, jail, holding facility, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, other institution (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1997), or care provider facility; conviction of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or who was civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in such activity.

• Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor.

 

• Master's or doctorate degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family counseling, or another relevant behavioral health discipline from an accredited program, university, or college where clinical experience is a program requirement and includes 2 years of post-graduate direct service delivery experience.

• Must have supervisory experience and be licensed to provide clinical services in the state where the care provider is located.

• Must have Act 33/34 and FBI clearances and valid PA driver’s license

• Must be at least 21 years of age

• Ability to remain calm and composed under stress

• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state and local standards

 

COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
Holy Family Institute and its affiliated organizations are committed to an environment that respects and values every human being and individual differences. We will invest time and resources to create an inclusive environment for all of our stakeholders. This means we will respect diversity that includes race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, education, disability, language, and sexual orientation. We also believe that we should be “Faithful Listeners” and embrace diversity of ideas, perspectives, and values. We believe in providing access, opportunity, fair treatment, and advancement for all people. Believing that “God is Found in Everyday Activities” we will do our best to eliminate barriers that prevent full participation in our programs and services. We believe “Loving Relationships” means that all are welcome, all are neighbors, and there are no exceptions. With this belief we aim to create an environment in which any individual or group can feel welcomed, respected, supportive, and valued.