Clinical Supervisor, Education

About Our Organization:

St. Catherine’s Center for Children is a leading non-profit organization in New York’s Greater Capital District. Our comprehensive range of human services reach more than 1,000 children, 600 families, and hundreds of adults across Upstate New York each year. Our multi-faceted programs are designed to offer hope, foster growth, and improve the lives of the children, families, and adults we serve. We offer residential and therapeutic foster care programs for children and youth, Kinship support, homeless and community-based services for adults and families, a special education elementary school for ages 5-13, and so much more.

St. Catherine’s employs more than 300 full and part-time staff. Our spectrum of services for children, families and individuals suffering from the lasting effects of abuse and neglect, family instability, mental illness, homelessness and other ongoing traumas, continues to grow. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees can bring their authentic and best selves to the workplace. Our DEI-B initiatives are designed to support and build a more equitable, inclusive and diversified workplace, one which exemplifies true respect and dignity.

Position Overview:

The Supervisor of Social Work is responsible for the development and delivery of social work services in the R&E May School Day Treatment Program and supervises the social workers within the school. The Supervisor manages the development and implementation of assessment and treatment planning for each child and family served by the Day Treatment Programs, under the leadership and supervision of the Associate Executive Director, Clinical Services.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensures that social work services are provided according to the regulations of the NYS Education Department, the NYS Office of Mental Health, and according to the policies and philosophy of Saint Catherine’s Center for Children

• Provides clinical and administrative supervision for the R&E May School Day Treatment program’s Social Work staff through individual and group modalities

• Assists in the recruitment of social work staff for the department

• Maintains agency personnel practices and standards for those in his/ her charge, completing all required evaluations for supervisees

• Participates in Day Treatment intakes and collaborates with the Intake Coordinator to schedule timely admissions for students entering the Day Treatment Program

• Participates in weekly meetings of Day Treatment Placement Team, considering new admissions, the children’s transitions from one program to another, and continuum of care for least restrictive environment

• Ensures that assigned social work staff complete and document psycho-social assessments, and treatment plans developed by treatment teams at Treatment Planning Meetings, at initial (30 Day), quarterly, and other as needed intervals, for the children and families in the Day Treatment Department, according to the requirements of regulatory bodies and the policies and philosophy of Saint Catherine’s Center for Children

• Actively engages parents in treatment planning and fosters partnership with parents in all Day Treatment operations

• Ensures that social work staff provide individual, group, family, and case management services for assigned children and families as required by the treatment plan, including mandated IEP services

• Ensures quality and compliance of progress notes, periodic assessments, treatment plans, AWARDS and IEP Direct data entry, and other paperwork required of staff as directed by agency policy and regulatory bodies

• Ensures social work staff participate with the psychiatrist, parent, child, and treatment team staff in medication review meetings for assigned child/family

• Actively supports the goals of the agency and Day Treatment programs in preventing discipline problems and in teaching social skills

• Provides timely review and response for all incident reports involving social work staff, according to required agency and regulatory protocols/procedures

• Ensures that required Post Crisis Response steps are conducted for youth, parents, and staff following critical incidents that involve social work staff

• Ensures active participation by social work staff in weekly meetings of the Classroom Team meetings

• Participates in monthly Quality Assurance and Critical Incident Review meetings with the Principal for Continuous Quality Improvement

• Participates as an active member of program, department, and agency committees

• Additional position-related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Associate Executive Director of Clinical Services and Principal.

Organizational Relationships:

• The Clinical Supervisor, Education functions under the direction and supervision of the Associate Executive Director, Clinical Services

• The Clinical Supervisor, Education supervises the Day Treatment Social Workers and the Occupational Therapists

• The Supervisor works collaboratively with other departments throughout St. Catherine's Center for Children, regulatory agencies, county social service and local school district staff, and other community partners

Position Specifications:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

• NYS LCSW licensure

• Two years of experience in residential and/or special education setting, with supervisory and/ or program management experience preferred

• Clean and valid New York State Drivers’ License

Essential Functions:

• Ability to relate to a wide range of people. This includes but is not limited to a broad range of people who are culturally and socio-economically diverse, as well as people with various developmental and functional levels

• Ability to understand, communicate, represent and carry out the mission, values, philosophy and policies of St. Catherine’s Center for Children

• Ability to carry out Therapeutic Crisis Intervention strategies

• Ability to perform well under crisis conditions

• Ability to organize and effectively manage in a timely fashion the varied tasks of the position

• Ability to lead and inspire confidence in those supervised as well as those who collaborate on a peer level.
  

What We Offer*:

• Competitive Pay with an Excellent Benefits Package
• Health Insurance options*: Medical, Dental and Vision
• Generous Combined Leave Time and LOADS of PAID Holidays* (Calendar B = 10 Paid Holidays)
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus*
• Professional Development & Career Growth Opportunities
• We are a 501(c) (3) agency, which is a qualifying employer for eligible staff under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program*
• Pension Plan with Aggressive Agency contribution*
• Life Insurance – Automatic Benefit, at no cost to you
• Paid Training* including TCI and CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Update courses, if role appropriate
• Tuition Reimbursement*
• Travel/ Mileage Reimbursement*
• Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
• The Comfort of a Business Casual Environment.

*To qualify, certain conditions may apply.

EEO Statement: St. Catherine’s Center for Children is committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, reproductive health and pregnancy, family history and genetics, disability, age, military status, veteran status, politics, or other beliefs, and any other characteristics protected by law.

Background Checks: We run a thorough and complete pre-employment background check on all candidates being considered for a position, this includes fingerprinting. All candidates must successfully clear the pre-employment background check process, which follows NYS/DOJ requirements. We pay for all pre-employment background checks