Social Work Supervisor - Lead Behavioral Health Therapist

Job Description

Overview

The Lead Behavioral Health Therapist provides treatment services to homeless individuals and families across the life span, to include children, adolescents, adults and elders. Reporting to the Director of Behavioral Health, this role engages and re-engages clients, assesses, and provides integrated therapy services to individuals experiencing homelessness and also presenting with co-occurring symptoms. The Lead Behavioral Health Therapist supervises behavioral health therapists.

Key Role Responsibilities

Provide appropriate regularly scheduled clinical supervision to staff and conduct performance evaluation of directly supervised members of the Behavioral Health team on a regularly scheduled basis

In collaboration with the Director, make personnel decisions, including hiring, termination, discipline and promotion

Independently provide care to clients across the lifespan through engaging and re-engaging, building relationships, assessing and reassessing, treatment planning, providing integrated therapy services, connecting to ongoing treatment, evaluating responses to treatment and advocacy

Actively participate on an integrated, multidisciplinary team to develop and implement an integrated treatment plan, within the context of an individual or family’s unique social needs through case conferences and other multidisciplinary communication methods

Provide crisis intervention services to clients (including emergency petitions) in accordance with accepted protocols and in consultation with the Director and other providers

Provide after-hour phone coverage in cycle with other behavioral health provider staff

Complete documentation of services in a legible manner in accordance with established formats and time frames, and complete required forms in required systems

Assists the Director of Behavioral Health in developing and implementing program changes and performance improvement activities.

Key Agency Responsibilities

In addition to role responsibilities, each staff member of Health Care for the Homeless has the following responsibilities as a part of their employment:

Models and reinforces the Health Care for the Homeless core values of dignity, authenticity, hope, justice, passion and balance

Actively participates in performance improvement activities and actively participates in advocacy activities that support the mission of Health Care for the Homeless

Performs other duties on an as-needed basis

Protects clients’ personal health information by maintaining compliance with HIPAA and other relevant Health Care related IT security regulations

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

Formal Education and Training

Master’s Degree in Social Work

Licensure as a LCSW-C and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Approved Supervisor required

Personal vehicle and valid Maryland driver’s license required

Registered as a supervisor with their respective licensing board

Certified in addictions as a CSC-AD, CAC-AD, LGADC, or LCADC preferred

Knowledge of and commitment to harm reduction philosophy and practices

Experience

Experience doing field instruction preferred

Four years of experience working with individuals with substance use and mental health disorders

Four years of experience providing therapeutic services directly to clients

Experience in a community or public health setting preferred

Proficient in Spanish preferred

Knowledge of common health-related issues for homeless individuals with particular emphasis on mental illness and substance abuse preferred

Experience working with underserved populations, including homeless individuals, preferred

Skills

Well-developed interpersonal skills necessary to work with disadvantaged and underserved populations and to collaborate with other medical team members, other staff members, and personnel of other agencies

Knowledge of liberation-focused frameworks and anti-oppressive methods; able to describe how they support and uplift BIPOC and TGNC individuals and communities in their work

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong organizational and time management skills

Able to cope with interruptions and be a team player

Flexible approach, working with cross-disciplinary teams in a collaborative style

Comfortable working with homeless and/or low-income individuals and families

Health Care for the Homeless is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to racial equity and inclusion. We make a particular effort to recruit and promote Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) for open positions. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and people with other marginalized identities are encouraged to apply.

This is an essential onsite position primarily based at an agency location.

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Full-time