Description

The Clinical Director is responsible for ensuring the highest quality clinical support services for residents/tenants/clients of the Housing Programs, providing coaching and clinical supervision to multidisciplinary teams, as well as the provision of specialized mental health/substance use direct clinical services and coordination of clinical support. The Clinical Director reports to the Director of Victory Housing.

Essential Functions:

• Act in accordance with Victory Programs, Inc.’s Standards of Excellence at all times, including maintaining professional ethics, boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Provide emergency mental health/substance use assessments and intervention services to identified Housing residents in crisis.
• Support direct service staff who are assisting clients/residents/tenants in accessing essential support services, adhering to medical treatments, improving the stability of their substance use disorder recovery, physical and mental health, and/or are in crisis.
• Support the development of case management and stabilization plans for Housing residents from a mental health perspective.
• Provide emergency and non-emergency clinical consultation in person and via phone coverage.
• Deliver clinical programming.
• Provide individual and/or group clinical supervision to assigned staff teams.
• Supervise interns, and assist in the coordination of the agency clinical internship program.
• Assist with the preparation of any reports or proposals as assigned.
• Monitor needs of the program target populations and recommend revisions of existing service models as indicated.
• Maintain accurate and timely record keeping systems.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Licensed Masters level clinician with a degree in Counseling, Social Work, Education, Pastoral Counseling or Rehabilitation Counseling.  
• Complete all necessary requirements to maintain clinical license in good standing.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with clients in priority populations, including substance use disorder, mental health, homeless families and/or HIV/AIDS.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience providing individual and/or group clinical supervision to interdisciplinary teams of staff.
• Demonstrated competence in care coordination and networking with human service/health care providers.   
• Strong organizational, managerial and supervisory experience.
• Valid Massachusetts driver’s license and ability to travel to various program sites. 
• Proficient computer skills, including the use of Microsoft products. 
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire)
• Completed TB screening (may be obtained upon hire)
• Three work related professional references; at least 2 from manager or supervisor.