Clinical/Behavioral Health Coordinator(Day School Pittsburgh)

Benefits

• Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
• Prescription coverage
• Dental and vision plans
• Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost
• Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account
• Wellness incentive (up to $250)
• 403b with up to 9% employer give/match
• Free life insurance and AD&D
• Paid sick time (up to 15 days)
• Paid holidays including a birthday holiday
• Tuition reimbursement (if applicable)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Responsibilities

• Assures the use of available technology using the internet, electronic documentation and electronic communication
• Participate in systematic program evaluation procedures to assure program standards align with best-practice procedures; continue evaluating ways to reduce restraints across all programming
• Affirmative administrative decision-making regarding the development of new and revision of old program policies and procedures
• Provide consultation and supervision around implementation of initiatives relating to clinical services of the organization
• Review and utilize data gathered from the various Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives
• Review weekly restraint data with leadership team
• Review and monitor recommendations from internal “task force” restraint reduction team
• Provide oversight to the PHP and coordination with Outpatient programming and the facilitation of therapeutic groups for the program
• Provide clinical consultation and supervision, through consistent observation, to classroom teams/partial staff (including coordinators) about promoting positive youth behavior and development
• Establish and maintain communication with all participating agencies
• Disseminate research and program innovations through conference presentations and written reports/manuscripts
• Complete all required paperwork; use professional language
• Use written documentation to communicate effectively with others
• Understand the intake process and referral system to meet the weekly budgeted census
• Receive supervision
• Supervise staff directly or their supervisors depending upon the personnel actions including action plans, hiring, terminations, recruitment, vacation and sick day requests
• Ensure that program staffing is qualified and provides continued safety of children served with high rates of success/program completion
• Provide service to the professional community by serving on boards and committees which aim to promote positive youth development
• Participate in program development of a culturally sensitive model of delivery of services to students and families
• Provide consultation and act as a resource to coordinators and staff to enhance clinical competence
• Aid leadership in teaching Re-ED practice
• Aid leadership in reducing program restraints
• Provide regularly scheduled training activities for staff to assure competency and understanding of trauma-informed care
• Represent program at Clinical Supervisor’s Meetings
• Assure clinical competency of staff and coordinators by providing clinical supervision regularly
• Complete record reviews of youth served on a regular basis to assure treatment needs of children are addressed
• Identify clinical training needs and provide necessary training to remediate needs
• Review clinical/behavioral health documentation for purpose of providing clinical supervision to staff
• Provide professional development and training to staff related to clinical services, student behavioral support systems, clinical/behavioral interventions, clinical/behavioral assessment/support planning, and other evidence-based procedures
• Interviewing applicants and sharing interview data
• Maintain comprehensive records of staff performance
• Conduct formal, verbal and written evaluations of each staff member at 6 months of service and annually (written evaluation reports will be reviewed and signed by the director)
• Develop and maintain training curriculums and consultation services for program staff members in program and students’ behavior/mental health support
• Update and complete all information and monitoring forms for Chapter I, Partial Hospital, and other funding and regulatory agencies
• Follow program-designated procedures for all physical contact with students during physical interventions, student search, and so on and ensure that staff do the same