Assistant Program Director- Suffolk OP

Overview

Assistant Program Director

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70K-74K

A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.

Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities, so our success depends on those we employ.

The Role

Under the general direction of the Program Director, the Assistant Program Director will provide administrative and clinical supervision to multidisciplinary clinical staff assigned to a treatment team. In addition, this position is responsible for managing and monitoring day-to-day clinical operations, and service delivery, and participates in activities to monitor the quality and appropriateness of program services. The Assistant Director will provide ongoing support to the Program Director and coordinate clinical coverage, and supervision of staff, and provides on-call and oversight assistance as needed in facility or clinical emergencies. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

• Serves as administrative backup to Program Director to ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the clinic and ensure interpersonal relationships remain positive.
• Coordinates and implements clinical services for an assigned multidisciplinary treatment delivery team.
• Helps implement and monitor policies, procedures, and systems necessary for the effective and efficient delivery of program services.
• Provides regularly scheduled clinical and administrative supervision to assigned staff.
• Documents supervisory sessions with staff.
• Assists Program Director with interviews and new hires, trains, appraises, disciplines, and may terminate subordinate staff as needed.
• Helps identify staff’s training needs and, in response, plans, develops, and/or conducts training toward maintaining and improving clinical staff competency and compliance with agency policy and procedure.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate, complete, and timely patient treatment records by staff that complies with regulatory requirements and agency internal policy and procedure.
• Ensures that all program staff upholds the agency's Code of Conduct/Code of Ethics and complies with all Federal, state, and local laws/regulations, including 42 CFR confidentiality and HIPAA privacy and security regulations.

Qualifications

Who You Will Be

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or other Human Services field and at least Three-Five (3-5) years’ experience in substance use and/or mental health treatment with at least One-Two (1-2) years’ experience functioning in an administrative/supervisory capacity.  
•             AND
• OASAS CASAC certification as an Advanced Counselor if not a licensed NYSED Qualified Health Professional (QHP). 
• AND
• OASAS Clinical Supervision Foundations I & II (30 hours): Successful completion required by all Advanced and Master Level CASACs within one year of hire date.
• OR  
• A licensed NYSED Qualified Health Professional (QHP) with licensure as LMSW or LMHC or LCSW with at least Three-Five (3-5) years’ experience in substance use and/or mental health treatment with at least One-Two (1-2) years’ experience functioning in an administrative/supervisory capacity.
• Available to work a flexible schedule as needed in response to program and staff needs.
• Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
• Ability to work under pressure with excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient records.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Team player and ability to work independently. Possession of strong time management, writing and communication skills.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills; ability to supervise, coach, mentor, develop, train and teach substance use providers/other clinical discipline providers.
• Ability to implement and monitor policy and procedure in accordance with agency guidelines.
• Knowledge of Federal and state law/regulation governing substance abuse treatment, including confidentiality, security and privacy of protected health information.
• Knowledge of OASAS, Joint Commission, CSAT guidance.