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Organization:
University of Minnesota/National Child Traumatic Stress Network Cat III Community Treatment and Services Center
Location:
St. Paul, Minnesota
Summary:
Ambit Network at the University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, is a National Child Traumatic Stress Network Cat III Community Treatment and Services Center. We are seeking applicants for a Clinical Program Manager. This person is responsible for furthering efforts toward the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for traumatized children and families and to further community outreach resulting in trauma-informed systems within the state of Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. This position will work closely with key staff from MN-DHS Divisions of Children’s Mental Health and Child Safety and Permanency to: (i) train licensed mental health clinicians on evidence-based curricula, including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; and (ii) train on trauma-informed best practices.
The position is an essential component of a federally sponsored grant of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the Midwest Continuum of Care for Child Trauma, which is dedicated to raising the standard of care and improving access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities across Minnesota and eastern North Dakota (i.e., outpatient, residential, inpatient, and therapeutic foster care).
The Clinical Program Manager is responsible for furthering efforts toward the implementation and dissemination of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parenting Through Change (PTC) and other evidence-based interventions for traumatized children and families and to further community outreach resulting in trauma-informed systems within four regions of MN and eastern ND. Examples of job responsibilities include: training licensed therapists on TF-CBT; providing trauma-informed training to child welfare workers, juvenile justice workers and school personnel using NCTSN evidence-based curricula; providing trauma-informed training adaptations to cultural communities, i.e., Native American communities, communities of color; develop and deliver presentations regarding trauma-informed practice at local and national conferences; complete coaching calls for TF-CBT and PTC clinicians; and work with project staff to identify and write grants that will sustain program development and activities.
Qualifications:
• A master’s or doctorate level licensed therapist with training experience and familiarity with evidence based treatments in children’s trauma
• Preferred but not essential: A trained trainer in Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Strong experience and skills conducting presentations on evidence-based practices, trauma treatments, and trauma-informed systems of care
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Expertise and experience in the use of scholarly research
• Successful grant writing experience
Contact:
Please send a cover letter and resume to Chris Bray at bray0021@umn.edu. Salary is dependent on education and experience. The University of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
Organization:
Washburn Center for Children
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Summary:
With over 125 years as a non-profit agency serving children and families in Minnesota, Washburn Center for Children is the leader in helping children with social, emotional and behavioral mental health problems and their families. To offer families convenient access to mental health services, Washburn Center for Children has offices in 17 area schools. Therapists work collaboratively with teachers to address social, emotional or behavioral concerns that impact a child’s academic and social success. Currently we are looking for an individual to take on the role of the School Based Mental Health Program Supervisor.
Clinical Performance and Documentation
1. Provide training and assist with intakes and co-therapy as needed to support staff.
2. Ensure that referrals and requests for services are responded to and processed quickly to help clients access services or receive triage and/or referral services.
3. Oversee use of effective case management and crisis response services.
4. Develop standards and training related to culturally competent clinical practice.
5. Maintain knowledge of both established and emerging treatment practices and implement as appropriate.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of and supervise staff so that practice is consistent with the agency’s Clinical Policies and Procedures.
7. Oversee clinical documentation practices to meet state and contracted requirements
Supervision & Leadership
1. Provide effective leadership in hiring, training, supervising and evaluating staff
Program Management
1. Develop and maintain systems and relationships to maintain budgeted utilization for program services.
2. Participate in Program Budget Development and Monitoring of Revenue & Expenses
3. Reporting and Program Oversight
Professional Development and Training
1. Provide comprehensive, timely training to new staff and ongoing professional development for program staff and interns.
2. Lead team diversity and cultural competency efforts. Provide resources, training and activities to promote culturally competent practice and integrate consideration of cultural dynamics in supervision, training, consultation and documentation.
Qualifications:
Masters or doctoral degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work and valid MN licensure as a Mental Health Professional
Skills and Knowledge Required:
Five years experience in providing mental health services to children and families and high level of clinical skills in treatment of childhood disorders. Strong leadership and organizational skills. Three to five years clinical supervision experience required.
Contact:
Please submit resumes to people@washburn.org EOE
To learn more about Washburn center for Children check out our website at www.washburn.org
Organization:
Clifford W. Beers Clinic, Inc.
Location:
New Haven, CT
Summary:
As it celebrates its first full century of service to Connecticut's children and families, the Clifford W. Beers Clinic, the nation's oldest, non-profit, community-based children's mental health clinic - a nationally recognized trauma center - is seeking an innovative, creative senior staff leader to coordinate all programs and services and provide the highest quality, integrated, family-focused health care services.
Demonstrating a strong commitment to trauma-informed care, this clinic leader will maintain excellence in clinical care to client families; coordinate all clinical and administrative operations of the agency; provide clinical supervision, professional staff management and development; pursue program development and effective policy implementation.
Qualifications:
Among the incumbent's responsibilities are --
• Developing or expanding and implementing new programs that promote community health & wellness
• Establishing and managing staffing and case load expectations for effective delivery of services
• Implementing – and interpreting to staff - policies, procedures and standards of job performance
• Regularly evaluating staff performance
• Training and developing program workforce and interns
• Identifying and articulating program and Agency resource needs
• Collaborating with Clinic leadership on preparation and administration of agency budget
• Identifying and responding to community needs, public relations issues
• Establishing, implementing and leading quality assurance efforts
• Collecting, compiling and reporting on outcomes and productivity data
• Building and maintaining collaborative relationships and partnerships with local, state and federal agencies and policy makers
Skills and Knowledge Required:
Licensed behavioral health professional with expertise in traumatic stress and family systems with 8 or more years of experience in non-profit and/or community-based clinical setting. Demonstrated expertise in supervising and training a quality healthcare workforce and implementing new programs. Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with diverse cultures and ethnic groups. Firm grasp of health care reform, its implications on practice, and the uses of technology in all of the above.
The Clinic prides itself on moving the legacy of its pioneering namesake and founder into the next 100 years. A passionate, dedicated staff share a collegial and vibrant professional environment - with competitive compensation and benefits – driven by the mission that children and their families live happy, healthy and successful lives supported by strong communities.
Contact:
Please email employment materials – enter “Director of Clinical Services” in the subject line – to humanresources@cliffordbeers.org.
EOE
Organization:
Family Informed Trauma Treatment Center (FITT)
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Summary:
The Family Informed Trauma Treatment Center (FITT) is recruiting for a full-time Program Director to join our FITT staff. This individual would be involved in implementation and evaluation of Strengthening Family Coping Resources (SFCR) multi-family groups for families impacted by trauma and work with us on development of the Family Assessment of Needs and Strengthens - Trauma instrument and other family-informed trauma programs. The Program Director would have responsibility for recruitment, assessment, and implementation of SFCR at our clinic, support SFCR training, implementation, and evaluation locally and nationally, and assist in the adaptation of SFCR for specific populations (military, rural poverty, etc) and in development of both academic and professional methods for disseminating information about SFCR. The qualified applicant would possess both good clinical skills and an aptitude for program evaluation/research.
Contact:
For more details and to apply for the position, please click here.
Organization:
JBFCS
Location:
New York, NY
Summary:
Excellent leadership position available for an experienced individual to be responsible for promoting the integration of physical and behavioral health for agency consumers in program without and with direct healthcare providers. Responsible for oversight, consultation and leadership support for health care (primarily nursing) supervisors and staff across agency programs; and responsible for assisting agency programs in meeting regulatory standards of care. This position reports to the Chief of Clinical and Medical Services; Member of Professional Council.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
1. Integrative Health Development: responsible for fostering wellness and recovery
- Collaborative work with community clinics, preventive programs, case management programs and Domestic Violence & AMI (Adults living with mental illness) residential programs to inform practice, assist in collaborations with community health providers and provide brief consultations on cases requiring medical interventions;
- Create and deliver training to behavioral health and social service staff to promote wellness
- Regular (i.e., quarterly) regional case conferences or case consultations in programs or divisions without nursing/medical staff and/or special health fairs or initiatives (such as education on asthma, diabetes, obesity)
- Prepare and standardize practice where injectables are used.
2. Provide oversight and assist in the establishment of standards for nursing staff at JBFCS programs where nurses are employed
- Provide feedback to program managers on discipline specific performance issues for performance evaluations
- Participate in review of agency health policies, preparation for and responses to audits;
- Regular (i.e., quarterly) regional case conferences or case consultations in programs or divisions with nursing/medical staff
3. Interface with medical and health related partners including Pediatricians, Primary Care Practitioners, Pharmacies, Labs, Hospitals
4. Organize health related activities for the agency, such as
- Flu vaccine program
- Health advisories
- Monitoring staff annual physicals for OCFS programs
5. Assist in providing supervision of medical services when there is an unexpected vacancy in nursing supervision because of an absence
6. Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
NYS Registered Nurse (RN), Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, or other nursing practitioner with advanced public health training and the following skills and experiences:
1. experienced as a community practitioner and manager;
2. travel across programs;
3. experience with behavioral health population;
4. 4 years experience supervising a multiple practice services or community health care network. Nurse practitioner preferred, but would accept an RN with significant management experience that required high level of independence and sound judgment, and/or LPN with an advanced degree in public health (MPH or MPA).
Skills and Knowledge Required:
Please apply for this position online at the following link: http://www.jbfcs.org/jobs_apply.php?id=1385&category=0
Organization:
JBFCS
Location:
New York, NY
Summary:
The position will manage information required for leadership and oversight of clinical services at JBFCS, provide direct support to the Director of Clinical and Medical Services, and provide support to the Training Department.
RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:
1) Management of information in written, electronic, internet, and data formats
• Manage Mary & Louis Robinson Library & Archive
• Manage library materials (books, DVDs, tapes, internet resources, journals) and make them accessible to agency personnel
• Manage relevant databases and archive system
• Manage JB Online Learning Program
• Manage evaluations of new projects and on-going training
2) Creation of information and training packages
• Review emerging issues in public practice clinical literature for JBFCS populations and provide summary updates to director and other senior leadership
• Work with MKSEI team to create educational packages
• Investigate new areas of training and identify resource material
• Work with MKSEI team to create training evaluation packages
3) Provision of administrative support for Includes calendaring, correspondence and other duties as required
Director of Clinical and Medical Services and his/her delegates
4) Provision of support for agency staff in ongoing learning, treatment, and administrative activities
• Interface with the learning community by following up on post-training questions, identifying resources, performing literature searches
• Investigate and identify potential funding activities
• Gather information in preparation for audits, resource directories and related activities
• Organize data for use in program enhancement
4) Additional responsibilities as needed
Qualifications:
Experience in managing information in a library, healthcare research project or equivalent setting. Experience with all of the components of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Access, Excel), and at least one other database or statistics package such as SPSS. Excellent communication (written and aural) skills. Experience in not-for-profit environment, with a preference for a health, mental health or social services setting. Bachelors Degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Contact:
Please apply for this position online at the following link: http://www.jbfcs.org/jobs_apply.php?id=1375&category=0
Organization:
Children’s Advocacy Centers™ of Texas, Inc.
Location:
Austin, Texas
Summary:
Under the supervision of the Director of Program Services, coordinates and assists in the development of mental health program initiatives for Children’s Advocacy Centers™ of Texas, Inc. (CACTX), the state association which supports the needs of children's advocacy centers (CACs) throughout the state of Texas.
Examples of work to be performed:
- Coordinate training efforts to support evidence-based, trauma-focused mental health strategies within local CACs. Research treatment options for CAC population to determine appropriate training initiatives.
- Develop training and technical assistance materials to support evidence-based, trauma-focused mental health programs for local CAC administrators and direct service staff.
- Develop technical assistance materials for local CACs on topics such as: informed consent, confidentiality, record keeping and release of information.
- Coordinate effort to provide standardized assessment measures to local CACs. Track data obtained in this effort and compile reports for CACTX and local CACs.
- Review mental health research to support CACTX efforts in this area and provide briefing materials on relevant issues.
- Track legislative and public policy activity pertinent to mental health in relation to child abuse and children’s advocacy centers. Provide briefing materials on these initiatives that include recommendations to CACTX for the continuous improvement of mental health programs in CACs.
- Consult with local CAC staff regarding mental health topics as they start up or seek to expand services in their areas.
- Other responsibilities as appropriate and necessary.
Job Location: 1501 West Anderson Lane, Building B-1, Austin, Texas, 78757.
Required Hours/Position End Date: This is a temporary, contract position that may require up to 40 hours per week. It will be funded through 8/31/13, with possible extension.
Salary: Up to $5,000/month commensurate with experience
Qualifications:
Minimum Educational/ Professional Requirements: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or other related academic program. Basic knowledge and understanding of child abuse issues. Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills. Mature, self-motivated, and flexible. Demonstrates good judgment and positive attitude. High professional standards and ethics. Ability to work with diverse populations. Microsoft Office skills. Ability to travel statewide.
Preferred Experience: Understanding of child protection issues, related the criminal justice system and the children’s advocacy center model. Knowledge of evidence-based mental health practices, particularly as applied to children. Familiarity with business practices, ethics requirements and policies related to the practice of mental health. Familiarity with psychological assessment measures. Experience working with non-profit organizations.
Contact:
Interested applications should email their resume and cover letter to:
Debbie Hall, CACTX Assistant Director of Program Services at dhall@cactx.org
Organization:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Summary:
We have a full-time faculty position at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Department of Psychiatry to work in The Family Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute with research opportunities and faculty appointment with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. The Family Center is an outpatient program that specializes in the assessment and treatment of children and families that have experienced or are at risk for neglect, abuse and violence exposure. The position provides a mixture of clinical, teaching and research opportunities, dependent on the interests and skills of the faculty member. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine faculty rank will be commensurate with experience. There are excellent benefits, including partial college tuition remission for dependents (at any college) and tuition remission for faculty members, spouses and dependents for course work performed at the Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Music Institute. This position is HPSA-approved for J-1 waiver positions and educational loan repayment.
Qualifications:
BE/BC in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Contact:
Jessica Eastburn
eastburn@kennedykrieger.org
Phone: 443-923-5800
707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
Fax: 443-923-5815
http://www.kennedykrieger.org
Organization:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Summary:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD is an internationally recognized facility dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities through patient care, special education, research, and professional training. We provide evaluation, rehabilitation, educational services and cutting edge research on behalf of children with brain related disabilities, musculoskeletal disorders and spinal cord injuries.
We are seeking for the position of a Clinical Social Worker I to be the primary therapist to children living in out-of-home placement and their biological and/or foster families or the at-risk population. The social worker utilizes the information gained by the interdisciplinary evaluation services in the development and implementation of a treatment plan for the child and his/her families.
Qualifications:
The Clinical Social Worker I provides weekly individual, family or group, psychotherapy services to foster children and their families many of whom may require Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT); attends interdisciplinary staffing to discuss and integrate the evaluation information and to develop a comprehensive treatment plan responding to the psychological and social needs of the client/family; collaborates with the referring agency, the local Department of Social Services, to assist them in utilizing the evaluation/treatment services in the development of the agency service plan for the child and the family; collaborates with the school system to assure children are receiving appropriate educational services if indicated; responds to the juvenile court system through written or oral progress reports when such is required in the juvenile court's development of a plan for the child and family; participates in peer consultation groups and/or individual supervision for review of clinical work; attends in-service clinical training programs, treatment planning meetings, and administrative meetings; maintains client activity at the projected level set by the administrative staff; maintains medical record for each client seen including treatment plan and diagnostic interview at the initiation of therapy, weekly progress notes, periodic reviews, and termination summary; may participate in the field instruction program and supervise social work trainees when interest and capacity is demonstrated and may participate in community advocacy/ educational groups related to the needs of foster care children and their families.
Contact:
Please apply at www.jobs.kennedykrieger.org
Kennedy Krieger Institute is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Organization:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Summary:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD is an internationally recognized facility dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities through patient care, special education, research, and professional training. We provide evaluation, rehabilitation, educational services and cutting edge research on behalf of children with brain related disabilities, musculoskeletal disorders and spinal cord injuries.
We are seeking applicants for a Psychologist I (Spanish Language fluency) to provide assessments of children along a continuum of screenings to full psychological evaluations. These are formal evaluations requiring the use of psychometrically sound instruments in addition to clinical interviewing. Areas of assessment include emotional, cognitive, achievement, and developmental functioning of referred children. These children are primarily in out of home placements or at risk for an out of home placement and most have histories of abuse and/or neglect. The position requires the ability to address the needs of this population. The Doctoral Level Psychologist also provides psychotherapy in the treatment program of the Family Center; participates in research or other projects at the direction of the Director of Clinical Services. Approximately 50% of the children and families will be Spanish speaking and the Psychologist will be required to effectively communicate with them in Spanish.
Qualifications:
The Psychologist I provides psychological evaluations covering cognitive, emotional, and achievement functioning of referred children; provides psychotherapy to children through individual, family, or group modalities as appropriate; participates in psychology staff meetings and staff meetings of the family center so as to aid in ongoing program development; demonstrates ability to work clinically with severely disturbed children including identifying and handling acute crises; collaborates with the referring agency, the local department of social services and the school system to assist them in utilizing the evaluation/treatments services in the development of the agency services plan for the child and the family; maintains client activity at the projected level set by the administrative staff; maintains the medical record for each client which may include psychological evaluations, assessment and treatment plan, progress notes, reviews, and a discharge summary; and may participate in the field instruction program and supervise externs when interest and capacity is demonstrated.
Contact:
Please apply at www.jobs.kennedykrieger.org
Kennedy Krieger Institute is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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