Avery's House is a residential treatment center for adolescents. The Clinical Lead oversees the activities of the Clinical team. The Clinical Lead will assess and evaluate the delivery of the treatment plan and care to clients in the program, ensuring that the services provided match up with the Company’s policies and procedures, standard operating procedures, philosophy, objective, and mission statement.

Job Duties:

• Provide individual, family and group sessions.
• Provide leadership and management in the clinical area in order to serve as a role model for staff and clients. Provide leadership and management in the clinical area in order to serve as a role model for staff and clients.
• Maintain healthy, therapeutic relationships and rapport with staff and clients.
• Conduct weekly case conferences with team.
• Coordinate the assignment, reassignment, and termination of cases.
• Assure that the quality of clinical services is maintained.
• Supervise and monitor the clinical work performance and conduct performance evaluations annually for the individual clinicians. Work with each team member to establish specific, individual professional development goals as appropriate.
• Provide consultation and support to staff as needed including being available for staff to debrief about difficult situations.
• Review all incident reports. Consider actions to be taken and implement changes to avoid similar incidents in the future.
• Facilitates coordination of care to include case review, therapeutic interventions, and client progress in treatment.

Job Specifications:

● Participate in the establishment or revision of policies, procedures, guidelines, goals and objectives.

● Maintain an understanding of state and federal regulations and facility licensing requirements.

● Understand the client, program development, and client relationships.

● Recognize and respond to a fire, disaster, hazard, and medical emergency.

● Carry out any other duties as may be required by the company from time to time.

● Monitor case load to ensure required documentation is completed timely; including, but not limited to, assessments, treatment plans, case reviews and discharge plans.

● Protect client rights in R9-10-1008.

● Provide treatment that promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.

● Recognize obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse.

● Provide the behavioral health services that the agency is authorized to provide and that the staff member is qualified to provide.

● Meet the unique needs of the client populations served by the agency or the staff member, such as clients who are individuals that have substance abuse problems, and possible co-occurring disorders.

● Recognize and respect cultural differences.

● Recognize, prevent, and respond to a situation in which a client:

a. May be a danger to self or a danger to others,

b. Behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner,

c. May be experiencing a crisis situation, or

d. May be experiencing a medical emergency.

● Demonstrate ethical behavior, such as by respecting staff member and client boundaries and recognizing the inappropriateness of receiving gratuities from a client.

● Identify types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications.

● Participate in on-call rotation.

Minimum Qualification:

● At least 3 years working with clients within a residential, outpatient mental health or private practice setting.

● Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Addictions, or related field of study from an accredited college or university

● Registered with the AZBBHE.

● Licensed in the state of Arizona as LAC, LPC, LMSW, LCSW.

● Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement)

● Must have or be able to obtain an Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card

Physical Demands:

● Must be able to walk, bend, stand, climb stairs, speak English, hear, use a telephone, drive an automobile, and operate standard office equipment, such as a computer, copier, and fax machine. Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and top-tier benefits.
• Full-time, W-2 employee position with salary.
• Supportive clinical team with mentoring and supervision available as needed.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match.
• Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary life insurance.

Schedule:

• Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm
• Required on call rotation once every 5 weeks

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00

Work Location: In person Mesa, Arizona