Title: Lead Clinician
Pay: $76,000 - $79,000/yr
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Child Crisis Arizona has been helping our community’s most vulnerable children, youth and families for nearly five decades. In times of crisis, we are there to help. When no crisis threatens, we are there to strengthen families, build resiliency and prevent crisis situations.
Child Crisis Arizona’s mission is to provide children and youth in Arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
· Coordinate clinical services by providing oversight, supervision and training of staff clinicians, monitoring clinical services documentation, and developing and maintaining ongoing partnerships with community base providers.
· Ensures quality control of over work products and adherence to funder/oversight policies and procedures.
· Conduct intake, admission, and diagnostic assessments with clients, and document results according to standards.
· Conduct and document mental health assessments for all children in care as well as provide ongoing individual and group counseling in accordance with funder/oversight policies and procedures.
· Screen for human trafficking concerns.
· Provide crisis intervention.
· Maintain the client case file and funder database in accordance with funder/oversight policies and procedures.
· Report significant incidents in accordance with ORR policies and procedures.
· Continually monitor the mental well-being of clients and arrange for appropriate services as needed.
· Facilitate educational and therapeutic client groups.
· Provide consultation and documentation regarding clients’ functioning, mental health status and treatment needs.
· Provide clinical services within agency, licensing and funding source guidelines.
· Participate in and comply with all meetings, assignments, process improvement, and quality improvement initiatives as assigned by supervisor.
· Travel as needed for trainings, conferences or to transport youth to destinations.
· Ensure the proper supervision of youth at all times.
· Available for on call emergencies.
· Models Center’s expectation for sensitivity and competency relating to diversity and cultural awareness.
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE
· Master’s degree in social work, 2 years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience or a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which clinical experience is a program requirement.
· Must be a licensed clinician with either a LPC, LAC, LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, or LAMFT.
· 2 years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience.
· Must have supervisory experience.
· Bilingual in Spanish and English Required.
