Job Abstract

NOTE: All applicants must comply with ICL/NYC’s vaccination policy. Individuals selected for employment cannot begin working until they provide verification that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (with an FDA-authorized vaccine.

JOB SUMMARY:

Under the general supervision of the Vice President of ACT and IMT Teams and all relevant guidelines, the Program Director (may also be referred to as Team Leader) provides program and administrative oversight for the treatment activities of the assigned IMT Team. The Director is responsible for managing and supervising staff activities, leading team organizational and service planning meetings, providing clinical direction to staff regarding individual cases, conducting side-by-side contacts with staff, and regularly conducting individual supervision meetings. In addition, the Program Director is responsible for direct patient services as a member of the clinical staff, clinical supervision for staff, and leadership of the team on an ongoing basis. The Director monitors and controls personnel and fiscal resources to accomplish team, agency, and program goals. The Program Director also monitors necessary data to evaluate the performance of the program and develop improvement plans when necessary. The Program Director establishes and maintains systems to ensure that program operations meet or exceed agency and regulatory guidelines and that documentation and billing conforms to all applicable targets, rules and regulations. Oversees the provision of crisis intervention services to recipients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)

Provides Clinical Oversight to Team Members:

• Oversees intake and screening activities of case managers to ensure that service recipients are appropriate for enrollment in the program and that potential payers for services are identified.
• Supervises the assessment and reassessment activities of staff; ensuring that appropriate determinations and medical evaluations are made, that eligibility determinations, identification of gaps in service and assessment of service needs and strengths are performed with due consideration of the client’s social, ethnic, cultural, educational and spiritual strengths and needs.
• Supervises the development and implementation of comprehensive written case management and service coordination plans and ensures that they are maintained in a timely, accurate and complete manner and that they include consideration of the client’s cultural and ethnic background, customs, needs, beliefs, and primary language.
• Supervises case management staff in the provision of crisis intervention services; reviews crisis management plan and revisions of case management plan as appropriate.
• Assures that quality services, identified in the case management plan are delivered in a cost-conscious manner, and that the client is satisfied with the services provided.
• Supervises the counseling and exit planning provided by case managers, and ensures that appropriate discharge planning is provided.
• Supervises the development of data, records and/or reports as requested and required by agency and/or regulatory policies.
• Immediately reports serious incidents, allegations of abuse, (including the reporting of child abuse or neglect), or sensitive situations and completes incident reports in accordance with applicable agency and regulatory policies.
• Regularly provides individual and group supervision, treatment team meetings, case conferences, in-service training and other staff development activities.

Direct and Supervise Personnel:

• Ensures that all positions are filled as expeditiously as possible. Participates in the recruitment, selection, orientation and on-going training of staff.
• Establishes and maintains work schedules in accordance with agency policy. Responsible for managing the completion of time clock edits and related time and attendance reporting of staff within the guidelines and deadlines established by the Human Resources Department.
• Responsible for performance management of staff: provides regular feedback to supervisees, both orally and in writing, invoking the disciplinary process as needed.
• Holds periodic staff meetings and conferences to discuss treatment programs, policies, and procedures, to obtain input from team members to the goal-setting process and to evaluate goal accomplishment.
• Ensures on-going safety training of employees, manages employee accident reporting and initial submission of workers' compensation claims.
• Monitors employee morale and the climate of the work environment to stop or eliminate sexual harassment or any form of employee harassment or employee discrimination. Responsible for taking complaints of sexual harassment, informing the Human Resources Department of the complaint, and investigating the complaint (as directed).
• Monitors employee accrual totals, approves or recommends approval of employee requests for time off, and notifies the Department of Human Resources when an employee should be placed on or taken off Family and Medical Leave (FMLA). Maintains contact with staff while out on FMLA.
• Provides oversight in the area of administrative record keeping, billing, and maintenance of office equipment, reception of visitors, phone reception, and stocking office supplies.

Assures Fiscal Control and Accountability:

• Provides oversight in submission of timely, accurate and complete statistical data.
• Develops as requested, initial plans of corrective action, incident reports, and program evaluation reports and addresses areas that need improvement.
• Coordinates with the Quality Assurance/Corporate Compliance Department and the appropriate corporate administrative departments in preparations for audits.
• Responsible for the development of a program mission statement and program goals that support the division and agency mission statements and goals.
• Ensures internal program compliance with federal, state, city, and agency regulatory require monitors the quality of the services provided to clients.

Provides Quality Assurance Oversight:

• Authorizes the purchase of supplies and equipment; properly secures all property and equipment. Conducts regular inspections of vehicles and property to ensure cleanliness, accountability, and serviceability.
• Maintains accountability and serviceability of all ICL property assigned to the program to include vehicles. Reports lost stolen, missing, or damaged property in accordance with ICL policy. Conducts initial investigations of property that is lost, stolen, missing, or damaged.

Maintains Property Accountability:

• Exercises control over budgets through planning, prioritizing of spending, and monitoring of spending patterns.
• Approves/disapproves all purchase orders and financial requests from staff and submits approved purchase orders and financial requests to supervisor for approval.
• Ensures adherence by staff to all internal and external funds management (wrap-around funds, Metro Card) procedures and accountability measures.
• Monitors enrollment, entitlements, and collections to maximize revenue. Maintains enrollment at expected levels.

Additional Tasks:

• Ability to integrate elements of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, integrated care, and person-centered (TRIP) philosophies in all aspects of the work.
• Cooperates with other organizations in development of understanding and interest participating in long range planning for mental health program development.
• Educates staff and residents/consumers on the importance of a constructive relationship with local elected officials, community boards, and community citizens.
• Promotes Mental Health educational activities in local communities; maintains liaison between local elected officials and community boards, educates citizens in the community on mental illness.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.

• Ability to lead a team of interdisciplinary staff to support positive morale, effective practices, and clear communication.
• Ability to use data to make informed management decisions.
• Ability to actively engage individuals who may be resistant to treatment, actively demonstrating symptoms of psychosis, and/or actively using substances.
• Knowledge of evidence-based treatment modalities and symptom-reduction strategies, and the ability to apply them as appropriate.
• Ability to provide clinical oversight to support ethical practice, appropriate intervention, and evaluation.
• Ability to work as an active member of a treatment team.
• Ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and culturally responsive manner.
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions in times of crisis.
• Ability to recognize strengths in individuals and use these strengths to assist in problem solving.
• Ability to interact with consumers in a respectful and professional manner.
• Ability to integrate elements of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, integrated care, and person-centered (TRIP) philosophies in all aspects of the work.
• Willingness to seek out professional consultation from the other members of the treatment team in order to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to type, use electronic health record systems, and Microsoft products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of agency policies and program policies, procedures and functions.
• Ability to use modern office equipment (e.g. computer, fax, copy machine, scanner, etc.).
• Ability to use a smart phone for email, phone, and texting.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by the NYS Education Department or Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) by the NYS Education Department.

A minimum of five years clinical experience working with individuals with histories of mental illness, substance use, homelessness and criminal justice involvement. At least two years of this experience must have included supervisory duties.