Clinical Manager - 890 Men's Residential

890 Mens Residential services address addiction and related issues, increase skills, manage stressors, develop meaningful links to needed services, and build a foundation for lasting recovery. Individualized case management helps clients make linkages with key providers to increase the availability and use of social supports for a successful transition. Services include individual, group and family therapy, trauma informed care, case management, family reunification, treatment planning, drug and alcohol counseling, re-entry and aftercare, linkage to medical services (including HIV testing and treatment) and medication-assisted treatments (MAT) (ie: Suboxone). Our San Francisco programs link men with the HealthRIGHT 360 clinic for their primary medical needs, HIV services, MAT, and infectious disease prevention.
 

The Residential Clinical Manager functions as the on-site liaison between mental health services and other internal agency components as well as outside entities. Primary responsibilities include: contributing to the creation of the clinical schedule, assigning clients to staff and student therapists, chairing and creating the agenda for the weekly mental health team meeting, QI/QA responsibilities in regard to staff Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) documentation, and coordinating care with the medical team, including psychiatry, at HealthRIGHT 360 (HR360) clinics. Functions as liaison between the Mental Health component and Substance Use component of treatment and collaborates with 890 program director. Oversight and collaboration with DMC treatment teams. Consults with the Intake Department to ensure clients meet criteria for admission to the facility.
 

The Clinical Manager performs these duties in collaboration with the Operations Manager and 890 Program Director. Additional duties include assisting staff to achieve and maintain accuracy in multiple EHR systems, ensuring Mental Health clinical coverage, and providing or assigning crisis intervention services as needed. The Clinical Director also provides individual and group services to clients.

Administrative/coordinating Responsibilities: Acts liaison between the mental health facility staff and other internal agency components and outside entities. Assists facility staff in the creation of a clinical schedule. Assigns staff to groups and assigns clients to staff and student therapists. Ensures mental health coverage for the facility and actively manages therapist caseloads to ensure productivity meets agency requirements. Each therapist is expected to provide direct services weekly with a combination of group and individual services. Ensure mental health coverage for the facility (e.g., assists staff in coordinating time off, ensuring coverage during the holidays and minimizing gaps in coverage due to required trainings, etc.). Provides oversight for all treatment teams under the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) model, which includes ensuring clinical team leaders/therapists meet with their teams on a weekly basis and attend to all administrative and compliance requirements, (e.g., adhering to strict DMC review and signature timelines for paperwork and completion of all action/follow-up items, etc.). Conduct Medi-Cal eligibility look-ups for clients referred for mental health services as well as for clients referred to HR360 clinics for medication evaluations. Send the clinic referrals from facility to the designated liaison at the clinic who handles Mental Health referrals. Receive clinic appointments and follow through to ensure staff and clients are aware of scheduled appointments. Assist to ensure timely correction of errors for staff relating to multiple EHR systems with a maximum turnaround time of 24 business hours. The Clinical Manager will provide consultation as needed to staff at all levels within the facility. Assist with psychological crisis either directly or by assigning other mental health staff as appropriate. Clinical Manager also serves to ‘set the tone’ of treatment by working to establish, maintain and foster an environment of safety within the treatment facility. Works to maintain and foster staff moral within the facility. Works to establish and maintain staff compliance with DMC documentation requirements.

Direct Service responsibilities: Conducts assessments, provides individual therapy, conducts curriculum-based classes and process groups, and provides crisis intervention services as needed. Individual Treatment Responsibilities: Manages an individual therapy caseload. Performs individual psychotherapy services in a residential setting and on an outpatient basis as needed. Provides counseling, support and psycho-education about health and mental health problems that include screening clients for appropriate levels of services, assessments, treatment planning, case management, and referrals. Maintains confidentiality while working as part of a treatment team and adhering with program norms. Participates in case conferences, treatment planning and clinical discussions to provide holistic care. Communicates with prescribing psychiatrists regarding psychotropic medication compliance, side effects, and follow up appointments.
 

Treatment Setting Responsibilities: Facilitates/co-facilitates process and psycho-educational groups for chronically mentally ill adults with co-morbid substance abuse diagnoses. Assists Intake Department with initial psychological assessments for individuals seeking admission to program. Assists clients and their care coordinators with referrals and other linkages to community resources. Performs floor duties in the milieu that include (but are not limited to) assisting clients in coordinating outside appointments and transportation, overseeing client participation in program activities, monitoring medications compliance, and mediating client conflict when it arises. Actively participate with the treatment team to continuously assess and refine clinical programming efforts. Manages client risk and crisis intervention. On-call after hours phone rotation as well as rotating ‘Therapist of the Day’ responsibilities during regular business hours. Attends staff and agency meetings. Participates in agency trainings as required. Complies with Board requirements for license registration/renewal.

Documentation Responsibilities: Conducts assessments, completes ANSAs, develops treatment plans, completes release and consent forms, billing and reporting paperwork in hard copy and online in various electronic systems. Completes Medicare, Medi-Cal, and Drug Medi-Cal documentation and billing. Documents individual and group services delivered in various electronic systems in accordance with guidelines established by HealthRIGHT 360 to satisfy internal and external evaluating requirements.

• Licensed MFT or LCSW, LPCC, Psychologist from a regionally accredited graduate program in the field of Psychology or Counseling Psychology

• Candidates must be licensed for a minimum of two years with the Board of Behavioral Sciences and possess a valid license number.
• Minimum of two years of experience in a substance abuse treatment or community mental health setting.

• Experience in working with people with co-occurring disorders

• Familiarity with trauma informed therapy models, cognitive–behavioral therapy, brief psychotherapy and psycho-educational approaches

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