Overview:
The Clinical Team Leader supervises a multi-disciplinary treatment team and ensures the delivery of quality care in the treatment of sexual offending to residents. As a member of the management team, they facilitate program development and the implementation of treatment-related policies and procedures. They also provide clinical leadership, direction, and supervision to clinical staff members of various disciplines.
Responsibilities:
* Supervise clinical staff members, provide support and direction, and ensure compliance with laws, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
* Conduct sex offender treatment groups and lead 180-day staffing meetings on residents assigned to their team. Deliver cognitive-behavioral treatment and psycho-education to individuals and groups as assigned, and document service delivery and resident progress.
* Ensure that assigned staff is familiar with clinical and operating policies and procedures and informed on policy updates and revisions. Ensure that programmatic duties and responsibilities are being met by team members and maintain quality assurance of resident clinical files.
* Meet regularly with Clinical Director for supervision and provide updates and summaries of clinical operations team. Assume leadership role when appropriate and provide court testimony as necessary regarding resident participation in and response to the treatment program.
* Work collaboratively with employees at all levels of the facility, participate and contribute in team and executive staff meetings, and contribute to program development, creation of policies and procedures, and other areas of administrative development of the treatment program.
Qualifications:
Education
* Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field.
Experience
* Two (2) years of experience providing sex offender specific treatment or other related clinical services in a correctional or forensic setting.
* Previous supervisory experience in a mental health setting, or clearly demonstrated leadership and organizational skills.
* Superb clinical observation skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build rapport with a wide range of personalities.
* Appreciation of the need for and ability to maintain appropriate personal boundaries in working with sexual offender populations.
* Ability to form and maintain good working relationships with a diverse staff and a commitment to enhancing cultural competency.
* Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
Licenses/Certifications
* Licensed or licensed eligible as a Clinical Psychologist, or Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field and licensed or licensed-eligible as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
* Current clinical member of The Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).
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