Program Manager- MST-BSF
Location: Norwalk, CT
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Supervisor is a licensed master’s level mental health professional who provides clinical supervision and program management for MST-BSF consistent with the model, contractual, licensing and payer obligations/requirements. The Program Manager will provide direct service/on-call as needed.
- Conduct weekly group supervision for MST-BSF team to assure adherence to MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process a minimum of one hour per week.
· Conduct weekly individual supervision to target clinician competency needs and to remove individual barriers to effective implementation of MST-BSF treatment.
· Assure appropriate clinical effort documentation to allow peer and supervisory input and meet all reporting and communication needs of funding and referral sources.
· Provide administrative support targeting systemic barriers to treatment success.
· Assure availability of clinical and administrative support to clinicians 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
· Assure therapist accessibility to clients when needed at times most likely to promote engagement.
· Assure that clinicians achieve engagement with all key participants.
· Provide direct clinical training and support and corrective feedback to assure clinician competency in all clinical areas relating to the implementation of MST-BSF interventions. This includes enacting role play and practice, attending field visits with therapists, acting as co-therapist in sessions, listening to audio tapes of clinicians’ sessions, and providing feedback about clinicians’ performance.
· Assure that all assessments are comprehensive, multisystemic, and provide adequate information to determine the causes and correlates of referral behaviors to direct effective treatment within the ecological context.
· Ensure that each clinician has a Clinician Development Plan that is reviewed monthly and revised quarterly.
· Work with the Family Services Research Center at the Medical University of South Carolina to ensure that all data for the adherence measure is collected.
· Be willing to provide services in the home
· Ability to be flexible with work schedule
PURPOSE/FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAM:
MST-BSF, an evidence-based treatment model, provides intensive family- and community-based treatment for families that are active cases within the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The family's DCF involvement is due to the physical abuse and/or neglect of a child (age 6-17 years of age) in the family in the last 180 days plus the use of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, alcohol, or other substances by at least one caregiver in the family
LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLINICAL POSITIONS:
Candidate must hold one of the following credentials: LCSW, LMFT, LPC or licensed or licensed-eligible Psychologist in the State of Connecticut.
Boys & Girls Village (BGV) takes pride in the supportive, team-oriented environment we offer to our employees.
FOR YOUR HEALTH & WELLBEING
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including an option that is free to employees. Currently using United HealthCare
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Free annual flu shots
- Wellness workshops
FOR YOUR FUTURE
- a 401K plan with employer contributions
- Company paid life and AD&D insurance, short and long-term disability.
FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- A tuition reimbursement program and free licensing supervision.
- Partnership with CT Non-Profit Alliance for 10%-20% tuition discounts at participating universities
- Training and development opportunities (Including CEU’s)
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Qualified Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Employer
FOR WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- Competitive salaries, with increased compensation for Bi-lingual in Spanish staff
- Generous benefit time, including vacation, sick, and personal time
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)- Free and confidential counseling for employee and family
COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS
· Remote interview process offered
· Personal protective equipment provided and required
· Plastic shields at workstations
· Temperature screening at all entrances
· Social distance guidelines in place
· Sanitizing, Disinfecting, & Cleaning procedures in place
We are an equal opportunity employer.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.