Nuevas Alas Senior Clinician

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie has been caring for children throughout the Hudson Valley for over 175 years! We strive to empower children and families to achieve optimal health and well being. We are currently seeking a Senior Clinician to work in our UC Program.

Position Summary:

The Senior Clinician is responsible for overseeing the delivery of clinical services to unaccompanied children (UC) in care while providing guidance and support to Clinicians as needed. This role oversees all clinical case aide activities, reviews clinical documentation for quality and compliance, ensures that individual, clinical, and community groups are conducted in a timely manner, and monitors adherence to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) requirements, including the timely completion of required assessments and clinical progress notes. Additionally, the Senior Clinician collaborates with the Lead Clinician to implement clinical policies and procedures, support quality improvement initiatives, and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Provide clinical coverage as needed to ensure continuity of services, including conducting individual sessions, crisis intervention, assessments, and other direct clinical services for youth in care.
2. Responsible for the oversight of all Clinical Case Aide tasks, approving time and conducting supervision with Case Aide(s).
3. Support Lead Clinician with updating All Cases Tracker and Staffing spreadsheets as needed.
4. Collaborate with the Lead Clinician on the review of all assessments, Significant Incident Reports, and other documentation for accuracy of information prior to submission to any stakeholder, and Federal Field Specialist.
5. Complete Reports to Federal Field Specialists (FFS) in the absence of the Lead Clinician.
6. Create and update Case Aide and Clinical Manuals with the support of Case Aide and Clinical Team.
7. Responsible for ensuring that case files are organized and saved both electronically and in paper files.
8. Serve as a backup in the completion of uploaded UAC Portal documentation, maintenance of UAC paper and electronic records, and responding to data requests.
9. Assist Lead Clinician with ensuring clinicians are fulfilling tasks related to the timely release of children to identified family members or authorized caregiver/custodian, and document the provision of services in each child's case file.
10. Assist with the performance of weekly audits on the program's active case files (hard copy and electronic) to ensure compliance with Children's Home, State, and Federal guidelines.
11. Apply the Sanctuary Model's trauma-informed principles by fostering safety, emotional awareness, respect for loss, and hope for the future (S.E.L.F.); uphold the Seven Commitments (Nonviolence, Emotional Intelligence, Social Learning, Democracy, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, and Growth & Change) in all interactions with clients, families, and colleagues.
12. Fulfill training responsibilities according to Children's Home of Poughkeepsie, NYS Justice Center, OCFS and ORR regulations.

Schedule:

Minimum of 35 hours per week, plus on call rotation

The Children's Home offers an outstanding benefit package which includes weekly pay, medical, vision, dental, life insurance, 403(b), tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and a great work environment! Paid time off includes 4 weeks of vacation, 3 personal days, 12 holidays and 9 sick days annually.

MINIMUM:

1. Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, or another related behavioral science field that includes required clinical training and experience.
2. Minimum of two (2) years of post-graduate direct service delivery experience.
3. Must hold a current clinical license or be license-eligible in the applicable state.
4. Demonstrated excellence in management skills, and leadership qualities
5. New York State Driver's License in good standing as determined by the Agency.

Preferred:

1. Masters in Behavioral Science, or Social Service Field
2. Clinical Licensure in New York State
3. 5 years employed in a clinical capacity employment
4. Supervisory experience
5. Bilingual- English/Spanish speaking strongly preferred

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Children's Home participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form I-9.