Position Title: Clinician
Department: Calabrese Youth Center
Reporting Function: Director of CYC
Supervisory Functions: None
Salary range: $70,000 - $92,500 based off education and years of experience
Job Summary: Responsible for coordination of all counseling provided to individuals, groups and families of children/youth served in the Calabrese Youth Center (RCCF program). This also includes providing counseling as well as coordination of other services by outside agencies.
Duties/Responsibilities:- Supervise treatment planning and progress towards treatment goals for the children/youth in the RCCF program.
- Provide guidance and technical assistance to the Program Manager and Residential Counselors regarding treatment issues and interventions.
- Collaborate with the RCCF BCBA, RBTs, and Psychiatrist and treatment planning team for the children/youth in the RCCF including other entities such as Day Treatment.
- Assist in quality assurance procedures and policy development to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
- Coordinate staff training and development that directly relates to individual program implementation, weekly group facilitation by direct care staff and crisis management.
- Establish and maintain written and verbal communication with governing agencies, families and community, as needed.
- Assist in facilitating and encouraging family/parent involvement in children/youth programs.
- Assist in facilitating/coordinating children/youth transitional plans when children/youth are ready for movement to new programs/services.
- Review children/youth's incident reports, follow-up and communicate with other entities, as necessary.
- Attend and participate in Individual Child Plan (ICP) meetings.
- Attend weekly program meetings.
- Provide direct mental health services and support to youth and family within your scope
- Handle all intake assessments including ensuring proper parties sign all consents; gather and organization of all intake paperwork.
- Develop initial 24-hour treatment plan and 10-day individual child plan.
- Scheduling and coordination of supervision for family visits with support from admin.
- Participation in BID and IEP meetings with school districts
- Participation in county staffing to gather information for incoming admissions.
- Handle ongoing communication with placement coordinators, county caseworkers, guardians and placement agencies to support discharge to a lower level of care.
- Serve as a liaison between Laradon and other agencies, i.e., human services, school/day treatment, medical professionals to ensure child/youths' needs are met.
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention and counseling to children/youth, as needed.
- On-Call 24 hours/day leadership rotation
- Drive participants as necessary for program needs.
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance
- As Laradon is a small employer and employees work in a collaborative, team environment, employee must be physically present in the office to perform his/her job functions.
- Other duties as assigned. Minimum Training Requirements:
- All trainings deemed mandatory by Laradon
- A minimum of 24 hours of approved training annually
- Orientation
- First Aid/CPR
- Medication Certification
- Mandatory Reporting
- Incident Reporting/MANE
- Safety Care
- 20 hours of on-the-job training.Minimum Position Requirements:
- Masters in psychology, social work or counseling.
- LCSW or LPC required.
- 2 years post graduate experience working with adolescents.
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
- Highly organized and adaptable
• Physical requirements include the ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force; physical condition to enable walking, standing, sitting, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling; stamina to be on feet and active for full work days; ability to complete training and perform physical management of child/youth as necessary, including physical restraints; ability to speak or exchange information in an audible manner.
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