Foster Care Clinical Supervisor

Massachusetts Mentor, a part of the Sevita family, provides Residential and Treatment Foster Care services to youth who may be facing out-of-home placements, transitioning back into the family home or independent living alternatives, or involved in the juvenile justice system. Through our personalized programming, we help youth gain stability, comfort and confidence to overcome all challenges and live well. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.

Foster Care Clinical Supervisor 

SUMMARY

Provides clinical supervision to clinical case managers to the foster care programs. Overseeing the case management services provided to people served, development and implementation of service plans, and ensuring the quality of the services. Regularly reviews documentation to ensure compliance. Proactively addresses any concerns with respect to clinical case management services. Supervises staff as assigned. 

Salary - $57K/yr - $65K/yr (commensurate with experience) 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

• Supervises and oversees clinical case managers clinical services to ensure quality clinical evaluations, service delivery and therapeutic discharge for people served.
• Establishes liaisons with consulting staff (physicians, psychologist, etc.) and families to ensure coordinated service delivery to individuals served. Consults with treatment teams and psychiatric staff related to assessment and interpretation as needed.
• Provides individual and family psychotherapy as needed. May assess and assign intakes; monitor daily census and any corresponding referral sources.
• Ensures program compliance with all company policy and procedures, state requirements and legal requirements, including billing compliance. If applicable ensures adherence to accreditation standards for disciplines and departments in accordance the accrediting body standards.
• Participates in programmatic meetings regarding program development, policies, and procedures, compliance plan, strategic plan, etc. as needed. May assist in the development, implementation, and oversight of clinical services.
• Assembles program statistics for reporting as needed and provides necessary documentation for billing and licensing.  Oversee utilization review.
• Provides on-call support by participating in on-call rotation as scheduled and providing consultation with team members as assistance is needed.
• Develop and implement crisis intervention emergency procedures, quality improvement, incident management, internal evaluations and participate in emergency coverage system.
• Assists in the overall management of the program and staff as directed by State or Program Director or in the absence of State or Program Director. May oversee recruitment, matching, contracting and performance evaluations.
• Ensures development of comprehensive training and clinical supervisor for assigned staff, orientation for people served and their families as needed.
• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directs and supervises assigned staff including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes decisions on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience: 

• Master’s degree in social work, human services, or another closely related field.
• Three years of related experience with one year experience in clinical supervision.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

• Licensure (LSWA, LSW, LCSW, or LICSW)
• Current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation to individuals receiving services. 

• • An individual who holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession, except a registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in mh/dd/sa with the population served;
  • A graduate of a college or university with a Master’s degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time, pre- or post-graduate degree accumulated supervised mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, pre- or post-graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling;
  • A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling;
  • A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services and has four years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, pre- or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.
 

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law