- Directs and organizes program activities to include Intensive Day Treatment and Rehab Day Treatment in both Mobile and Baldwin county
- Ensures that all aspects of programs under direct and indirect supervision are conducted in accordance with State, Medicaid, Joint Commission, Medicare, and all other standards associated with the organization.
- Directs and organizes program activities
- Writes program narratives, contracts, procedures and grants on a timely manner, as applicable
- Establishes program goals and objectives that support the organization's strategic plan
- Assures that program standards and objectives are met
- Leads the program planning, development and implementation
- Identifies problems, evaluates alternatives and implements effective solutions
- Monitors program contracts and budget
- Ensures programs are running efficiently and communicates information to staff regarding policies, procedures, and changes within the company and governing agencies
- Supervises team leaders, therapists, behavioral staff, and drivers to ensure completing job duties as assigned
- Approves admission to Intensive Day Programs and ensures enrollments meet criteria
- Approves Extension of Stay for Intensive Day Program consumers
- Approves Treatment plans
- Monitors case loads and productivity of staff to ensure weekly/biweekly notes are completed per standards, charts closed when applicable.
- Ensures that staff provides quality services that meet medical necessity
- Provides training and education for staff to ensure competency in treatment
- Regularly monitors the documentation of staff to ensure adherence to all governing standards of the organization by completing audits of at least 1 chart per staff member per month; follows up to ensure corrections are completed
- Provides staff coverage for crisis intervention
- Facilitates staffing with Day program staff, outpatient staff, and residential staff
- Ensures billing for all of the programs is completed accurately and submitted in a timely manner
- Maintains petty cash funds
- Ensure supplies are furnished and available for staff to utilize in programs
- Effectively collaborates with other Alta Pointe program coordinators and outside sources
Administers appropriate personnel functions:
- Interviews and screens applicants when necessary and completes process with HR
- Provides training in the general orientation of the facility, policies and procedures, program operations and specific skill areas
- Completes API daily; approves Company mileage when applicable
- Is knowledgeable and applies personnel policies and procedures on a consistent basis
- Objectively completes employee performance evaluations on supervised staff and routes to Personnel Department on a timely basis
- Promotes concept of treatment teams. Acts as a member of treatment team
- Provides positive and effective leadership
- Provides staff with consultation and supervision as needed, individually or through group staff meetings
Supervision and Consultation:
- Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
- Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
- Actively works to enhance clinical and leadership skills
Master's degree in a mental health discipline with at least two years post-Master's experience.
Licensure - LPC, LCSW, or LMFT preferred. Knowledge in adult specialty, outlined below, to be attained within six (6) months of employment.
- Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the adult population
- Knowledge of available community resources
- Knowledge of co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse issues
- Knowledge of cultural diversity
- Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to acute psychotic consumers, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice
- Knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitation principles
- Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to adults with psychiatric disorders
- Knowledge of evidence-based treatment practices and the ability to shape treatment to conform to this research