Mental Health Clinician (LCSW or LPC)

• 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.