Clinical Manager - SCPS

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.  We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The SCPS Clinical Manager is responsible for providing oversight of mental health screenings and Core Limited Health Related Services (mental health skill building and Treatment Planning) for youth in NY Foundling's foster care program. CM's also support regional coordination of SCPS referrals and carry a small individual psychotherapy caseload.

• Complete and coordinate the completion of/tracking of/recommendations from mental health screenings on new intakes and annually as needed for foster care youth, including risk assessment and safety planning as needed.
• Oversee in-house referrals for mental health support/evaluations and coordinate referrals to community-based mental health clinics for youth enrolled in NY Foundling's foster care program.
• Provide consultation, orientation, and training to case planning staff.
• Provide therapy to a small caseload of clients using trauma-informed, evidenced based models, including individual sessions and joint sessions with foster and/or biological parents and maintain proper documentation of such (progress notes, treatment summaries, etc).
• Maintain compliance with model, agency, local, state, and federal regulations/guidelines/best practices related to reporting, privacy, documentation, and standards of care including completion of clinical documentation.
• Coordinate mental health skill building and 29i Treatment Plan completion to ensure foster care clients and families have the needed supports and care.
• Co-lead, coordinate, and/or plan various meetings (interdisciplinary, staff meetings, high risk, referral coordination, etc.) to coordinate support and care for clients and foster team cohesion and training.
• Support early career clinical psychotherapists in the absence of Clinical Supervisor

Salary Range - $70,000-$78,500/year

• Master's degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling.
• Must be license eligible - MSW or MHC
• LP-MHC or LMSW, preferred
• Experience and knowledge of trauma-informed psychotherapeutic interventions.
• Good clinical skills and experience providing psychotherapy services with culturally diverse children and adolescents.
• Strong organization skills
• Ability to work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Administrative experience in an office setting (preferably medical/mental health setting).