Clinical Supervisor (MSW or MFT)

Job Summary:
The Clinical Supervisor (MSW/MFT) will support the program and case managers by assuring the quality of clinical service is being maintained through individual and group supervision techniques. The clinical supervisor will be responsible for ensuring that clinical file reviews are completed bi-weekly for staff under direct supervision, including establishing specific, individual professional development goals. Ensure that clinical records are accurate, current, and meet Medical Assistance standards and DHS licensing regulations.

This position will liaise with DHS, the Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR), and other community providers and property owners to facilitate ICMS and psychosocial needs to stabilize clients in permanent housing, reduce functional, health, and mental health barriers, and promote recovery and community integration. This project provides in-person and telephone crisis emergency response. This position works out of the Los Angeles location, as well as working in the field, providing services to participants in their homes, shelters, on the streets, DHS facilities, or wherever participants are residing in Los Angeles County.

Essential Duties:
• Function as a liaison between Amity and the Office of Diversion and Reentry to ensure reduction of system-level barriers, implementation of clinical strategies and interventions, and align contract and scope of work with Amity Foundations' integrated services approach.
• Function as a liaison between Amity and the Office of Diversion and Reentry to ensure reduction of system-level barriers, implementation of clinical strategies and interventions, and align contract and scope of work with Amity Foundations' integrated services approach.
• Provide direct clinical supervision to case managers and clients.
• Provide clinical crisis interventions with clients and their treatment team, which includes mental health providers, probation officers, housing case managers, and Amity case managers.
• Plan and schedule ongoing workload assignments, adjust project priorities in consultation with Amity Management, and prepare work completion schedules.
• Provide consultation about clinical and administrative issues to other resources as requested.
• Supporting the learning and practice of the teaching and Therapeutic Community model as well as training faculty that incorporates essential elements of the Teaching and Therapeutic Community.
• Provide consultation and support to staff as needed including being available for case managers to debrief about difficult situations.
• Inform Clinical Director if reports involve alleged maltreatment by staff, students, or volunteers.
• Share a regular rotation providing after-hours on-call supervision of program-wide clinical services.
• Provide back - up clinical care to clients when assigned case managers are unavailable.
• Ongoing participation in faculty training and other fidelity to the model training as well as DHS required training.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:
Required:
MFT or MSW with experience working with mental health, substance abuse, homeless, and/or re-entry populations. Experience with crisis intervention, hospitalization, psychiatry, and mental health diagnosis.

Preferred: Previous Clinical experience working with individuals recently released from jail or prison a plus. Previous Supervisory experience.

Certifications or Licenses:
Required: Valid driver’s license and vehicle registration. Master’s degree in social work or Marriage and Family Therapy
Skills/Abilities:
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of non-profit organizations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
ADA Information:
Physical Requirements:
• Faculty must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently required to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Frequently sitting and typing for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to reach, walk, climb, pull, push, grasp, stretch, stoop.
• Frequently required talk, hear, see, and use repetitive motions.
• Frequently able to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Frequently able to use all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks
• Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.
Mental Demands:
• Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
• Ability to thrive in an environment that requires one to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to professionally work under pressure with difficult or temperamental students & faculty.
• Ability to handle mental and emotional stress related to the position.
Work Conditions:
• Generally, in an indoor office setting.
Environmental Conditions:
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate but can be loud.
• The temperature in the work environment is usually moderate to cool but can be cold or hot.
Travel:

MSW or MFT with experience working with mental health, substance abuse, homeless, and/or re-entry populations.