Transitional Living Program Supervisor

TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM SUPERVISOR

Job Summary

Under the assigned supervisor, the Transitional Living Program Supervisor is responsible for the direction and management of effective delivery of Clinical Case Management and Aftercare services to youth in a Qualified Residential Treatment Placement (QRTP), Department of Juvenile Justice ( DJJ) and Group Home setting (GH). Ensuring usage of evidence-based practices, the assigned Qualified Residential Treatment Placement acts in accordance with the provisions outlined in Family First regarding a congregate care facility, the residential programmatic and DCFS contractual guidelines. The Transition / Aftercare Supervisor will ensure supervisees utilize applicable principles of Case Management, Social Work and / or Frame Works which include - Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC), Intake / Admission Assessments, Weekly Clinical and Residential staffing, Case / Discharge Planning, Goal Setting, Collaboration with the Department of Children Family Services(DCFS), Internal and Community Stakeholders. Along with individual mentoring, family linkage, client / family education, behavioral and treatment planning.

Supervisors provide weekly coaching and clinical supervision to new and existing staff members, mentoring them and helping them develop their Case Management and Trauma Informed Skills. Transition / Aftercare Supervisors will improve their management of new and existing staff via internal and external training. While further developing their Case Management skills by staying up to date on programming, Illinois state guidelines and examining best practices in the field of Case Management and Clinical Supervision.

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Reports to the Child Abuse Hotline as directed by the Mandated Reporter Act.
• Will provide exceptional customer service to residential clients, parents, foster caregivers, referring case agencies, and other team members.
• Will Maintain discretion, as they are entrusted with a client's and supervisee's personal information and knowledge of their unique situation. This confidentiality extends to ensuring client / supervisee's data is secure.
• Reports any exposure to communicable diseases.
• Submits expense vouchers, renewed driver's licenses, TB / physicals, and automobile insurance coverage on the due date.
• Conducts frequent regional and all-state in-person and virtual team meetings with supervisees, clients, internal and external community stakeholders.
• Participates in frequent agency management meetings and work groups.
• Will complete request for Case Managers to receive a DCFS Email, Redcap, SDS access, RELIAS and / or NCTSN registration.
• Assists CQI in the development of agency documentation to enhance programming and meet the contractual requirements of the funding source along with policies, and procedures.
• Works to ensure quality-of-service delivery and the achievement of programmatic outcome goals as outlined in Behavior Management / Individualized Treatment Plans along with the DJJ, QRTP and Group Home contract.
• Ensures management and / or adherence to the Admissions Process for information of clients matched or referred to by DJJ, QRTP and Group Homes. Determining with the Clinical Leads whether clients referred will be interviewed or excluded from the outlined matching check list.
• Oversees and supports case responsibilities and provides guidance in case planning.
• Oversees and supports client sibling and / or family visitation and linkage to visiting resources, Fictive and Foster parents and placements.
• Oversees the participation and / or attends hearings, administrative case reviews (ACR), clinical / priority staffing's, reconciliation and permanency proceedings, Child and Family Team Meetings (CFTM), Admission Interviews, and Internal meetings.
• Oversees and supports all Aftercare responsibilities for clients discharged for up to 6 months, ensuring competent and ethical service delivery to clients and their caregivers.
• Reviews funding source policies and procedures and trains staff on the implementation of these procedures via a Residential and Case Management onboarding process.
• Ensures collaboration of Case Management team with office managers, administrative assistants, youth care workers and / or Supervisors, nursing, clinical team, dietary, maintenance and upper management.
• Ensure management and / or adherence of significant incident reporting within the 12-hour reporting period.
• Participates and presents information in various collateral and community groups to promote agency programs and to network with the community.
• Participates and presents information in DCFS Contract Monitoring, MCO, Internal and external file reviews.
• Oversee management and / or adherence for all client Case Management and / or Aftercare digital and on-site records.
• Oversees and facilitates Clients Transition to next placement regardless of level of care. Ensuring compliance with All required interactions, visits and documentation as outlined in DCFS Transition / Aftercare Protocol.
• Completes various monitoring and / or outcome reports as required.
• Monitors program expenditures to ensure compliance with budgetary and contractual constraints.
• Ensures management and / or adherence to contractual obligations with various funding sources.
• Ensures management and / or adherence to billing accuracy and timeliness via submissions of SDS Case Management Medicaid Notes.
• Ensures management and / or adherence to meeting monthly Case Management billing Units.
• The Transition / Aftercare Supervisor will ensure reporting of Critical incidents to DCFS Monitors, Critical Incident Reporting & Follow Up.
• Handles client, staff, caretaker, and / or collateral complaints and grievances via the residential, Client / Grievance and Red Flag Reporting Process.
• Provide and / or ensure adherence to On-Call support after hours.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of essential functions is not intended to be exhaustive. One Hope United reserves the right to revise this job description as needed to comply with actual job requirements.

Qualification

Education :

Master's in human service's related fields, Counseling, Mental Health, and or Social Work fields.

Experience :

2 to 5 years of experience of progressive responsibility in a Supervisory and / or Case Management, Mental or Behavioral Health role. Or the equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred.

Licensure / Certification :

LPC, LCPC, LSW, LCSW & Child welfare Licenses preferred, not required.

Other : Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record with OHU required levels of coverage for auto insurance.

Required Skills

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The position requires visual and auditory acuity within professionally determined normal ranges, with correction if needed; and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer and office equipment, including, but not limited to, the telephone, computer, cell phone and copier. The employee is occasionally required to move items up to 50 pounds. This Position requires certification in Therapeutic Crisis Interventions (TCI). which may involve physical restraints and processing to understand, heal from, and adapt following a disruptive or traumatic event such as a restraint.

The employee works in varied residential environments based on assigned caseload and may encounter unpredictable clients. While performing the duties of this position, the employee travels by automobile and is exposed to changing weather conditions. The employee must be able to enter and exit a vehicle or a building without assistance. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently drive an automobile, taking clients to appointments, in the local and regional area. Occasionally, travel is outside the local area and overnight.

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Pay Range : $26.44 per hour