Mental Health Clinician

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.