Assistant Lead Clinician

Assistant Lead Clinical Counselor

Refugio Unaccompanied Children Shelter

REPORTS TO

Program Director

$77,880

San Benito, TX

Full-Time

Five Days per week, 40 Hours per week, 12 Months per year

General Description

The Assistant Clinician’s primary responsibility is to assist the Lead Clinician in the management of the Clinical Department to ensure mental health services are delivered in accordance with ORR policies and procedures, Cooperative Agreement, licensing minimum standards, and all other applicable state and federal law, rules, and guidelines. The Assistant Clinician works at a childcare facility under the supervision of the Lead-Clinician and Program Director and consults with the Director of Clinical Services as needed. This is a full-time, exempt position subject to work after 5:00pm, weekends, holidays and be on call.

The ideal candidate for our program is a self-motivated and dedicated person who is excited and passionate about helping infants, toddlers, and families grow in development and in education.   You are a personable, energetic, and empathetic leader who can manage multiple staff, managers, and multiple projects in a prior project in a prioritized manner to meet our internal Urban Strategies goals of all current Refugio Performance Standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Must have a Master’s degree in social services or other relevant behavioral sciences in which clinical training and experience is required (ORR Requirement)
• Licensure: LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or equivalent plus 5 years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience is required
• Experience:
• Meet the requirements of the contract for all immunizations (Emergency Task Order or Cooperative Agreement)
• Employee must be current on clinical practices, issues, trends, and be able to coordinate problem-solving strategies in order to meet the clinical needs of children in care.
• Any educational or experiential qualifications to be considered as equivalent, in lieu of the above, require prior approval of the President/CEO or the Chief Executive Director.
• Must have the ability to work after 5:00 p.m., weekends, and holidays, on-call and travel as required by the position.
• Must have the ability to provide visual and auditory supervision as needed to maintain the health and safety of children in care as required by the position.
• Must have the ability to provide behavior intervention techniques to include physical restraint as required by the position.
• Must be driver insurable, able to drive company vehicle, or provide transportation if required by the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of experience in ORR programs

• Clinical supervisory experience

• Ensures that all contract policies and procedures are adhered.
• Conducts and documents mental health assessments for all children in care as well as provide ongoing individual and group counseling in accordance with contract policies and procedures
• Screens for human trafficking concerns
• Provides crisis Intervention
• Ensures quality care for all children and timely response to their needs, including crisis intervention
• Provides weekly counseling to assigned caseload
• Provides group therapy/community group meetings
• Coordinates caseload with assigned case managers and lead case managers
• Provides reports needed to supervisor
• Attends internal and external meetings
• Maintains the UAC case file and database in accordance with contract policies and procedures
• Reports significant incidents in accordance with contract policies and procedures
• Follows up on all Significant Incident Reports (SIRs)
• Other duties as assigned by department head
• Performs duties in a safe manner.
• Follows the corporate safety policy.
• Participates and supports safety meetings, training and goals.
• Ensures safety and security of all UAC and the operating conditions within area of responsibility.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area
• Evacuates site with short notice in case of an emergency
• Must be able to accompany Agency during an evacuation because of hurricane, severe weather, fire, natural disaster, terrorist activity, disease outbreak, or any other reason that necessitates an evacuation to some other location.
• Must have knowledge of and ability to interpret ORR Policies and Procedures, DFPS Minimum Standards, and all other pertinent rules and regulations.
• Must have knowledge of administrative practices, principles, and techniques.
• Must be proficient in skills associated with the position to perform the job successfully (i.e., communication, reading/language/writing in English/Spanish, mathematical, computer, and reasoning ability).
• Must have ability to analyze problems, identify solutions, and take appropriate action to resolve problems using independent judgment and decision making processes.
• Must have the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Must have the ability to develop tools, monitor, and formulate reports for the continuous improvement of program services.
• In absence of a more specific rule requirement, demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, and self-control in the presence of children and when performing assigned responsibilities.
• Able to evacuate at short notice to accompany residents possibly to a different city for several days at a time.

Urban Strategies exists to equip, resource and connect faith- and community-based organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., our team serves in the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, and Central America.

COMPANY CULTURE

Our work is driven by our three core values:

1. Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people. They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
2. Servant Leadership is rooted in an other-centric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals, families, and communities.
3. Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand, formulate strategic responses, and activate others to reach their full potential.

BENEFITS

• Remote work for eligible positions.
• Medical and Dental is paid 95% by company and 5% by employee (individual or family).
• Vision is covered 100% (individual or family).
• 401K matched contributions up to 4%.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Vacation time is generous but varies depending on program and position.
• 9 Sick Days and 11 Holidays.
• Every teammate gets long and short-term disability free.
• Positions that require laptops, the company provides one.
• Positions that require cellphone, company issues one.

PERKS

• Meaningful employee engagement programs.
• Education discounts (BA-PhD) with a variety of education partners.

OTHER

• Employment is conditional pending satisfactory results of all required tests and background checks.

Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections.

To apply:

Please visit www.urbanstrategies.us/careers

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Equal Opportunity Employer