Senior Clinical Manager of School Based Mental Health

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Position Summary

The School Based Mental Health (SBMH) Senior Clinical Manager (SCM) is responsible for the provision of clinically sound behavioral health services, weekly clinical supervision to licensed providers, school site supervision and management, and support of the growth of evidence-based practices in school based behavioral health. The SBMH SCM will act as a liaison to their cohort of 6 schools, guiding a strong partnership through regular communication, problem solving, and participation in on-site meetings and events as needed. The position is designed to provide oversight to a cohort of school-based providers and the partner schools to which they are assigned. Additional duties include oversight of clinical documentation, adherence to policies and protocols related to service provision, eCW compliance, tracking and capacity building in provision of prevention and early intervention activities, onboarding and orienting new providers, liaising with schools in designated cohort, and maintaining a small caseload. The SCM will also play an active role in the development of the school's official work plan and support accountability of its implementation. The purpose of this position is to provide orientation, clinical guidance, recommendations, information, quality assurance, and clinical oversight to the provision of school based mental health services in the school based mental health program.

Reportability

This position will report directly to the Clinical Director of Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health. This position will manage/supervise a team of up to 6 School Based Mental Health Therapists.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Provide in person weekly clinical supervision and oversight to school based behavioral health providers.
• Oversee clinical service delivery to include reviewing intake packets, diagnostic and assessment plans, individualized treatment plans, clinical notes, insurance claims, and other clinical service delivery protocols and mandates.
• Oversee early intervention and prevention programming to include building capacity of providers to organize content for and deliver workshops and training related to behavioral health to students, parents, teachers, and community members.
• Engage in the interviewing, hiring, and onboarding processes for vacant provider positions.
• Support with clinical team meetings and lead group supervision regularly as well as respond on a consistent basis to outreach by providers on the team.
• Provide crisis response to team on a regular basis.
• Engage in compliance related quality assurance measures including but not limited to quarterly case reviews, review of unlocked notes report weekly, claims reports, and regular case record auditing.
• Stay abreast of evidence-based practices that support school based behavioral health and provide supervision that guides providers to utilize and improve their capacity in delivering the practices.
• Attendance at the Community of Practice meetings, DBH grantee supervisor meetings, Clinical Matters team meetings and other committees that support best practices in the delivery of school behavioral health.
• Participate in Mary's Center meetings that further school-based work including staff meetings, specialized committee meetings, and committees on specialized topics as they arise.
• Provide administrative supervision to providers to include annual performance evaluations, performance improvement plans if needed, monitoring of CEU and licensure requirements, review of clearances on a regular basis.
• Maintain excellent documentation of clinical services, clinical supervision, and communication with partners that support service delivery.
• Maintain a small clinical caseload.
• Communicate regularly and as needed with the designated School Based Health Coordinator (SBHC) and other school personnel at each supervised school site to include participation in the Workplan process and the mid-year review, monthly check ins on progress, and problem solving as needed.
• Provide back-up support during weeks where direct staff are covering the behavioral health department on-call phone. Direct coverage may be needed when there are vacancies.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities -

• Requires a Master's degree in Social Work or Counseling, in addition to independent clinical licensure in Washington, DC (i.e. LICSW or LPC). LICSW is preferred to LPC due to licensing demands of our team.
• Must have at least 1 year of experience providing clinical supervision and management in a community mental health setting, a school setting, or other related setting with a focus on children's mental health.
• Ideal candidates will have 2 years of experience providing clinical services in a school setting.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook Email, OneDrive, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); knowledge of patient confidentiality issues and HIPAA compliance/regulation are essential.

Language Requirement - Ability to communicate effectively in English is required. Additional language proficiency or fluency preferred.

Physical Demands -Regularly required to sit; frequently required to reach with hands and arms, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear; must be able to lift objects up to twenty-five (25) pounds.

Work Environment - Mostly in a typical office and/or home setting with quiet to moderate noise level. May be exposed to extreme cold, heat, and humidity due to outside weather conditions. Opportunity to work a hybrid schedule - remotely & onsite, as needed. No office space is provided. On-site work in person in schools is a weekly requirement for each school site.

The Benefits:

• Health Insurance: medical, dental & vision - plus retirement options through 403(b) contribution and investment opportunities
• 25 days of paid leave annually (in addition to paid holidays), plus 5 educational days
• Tuition reimbursement of $2000/year towards education assistance and professional development
• Transportation subsidy via metro & bus
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)