Lead Mental Health Clinician
Company: Warren Village, Inc.
Location: Denver
Posted on: October 25, 2024
Job Description:
Hiring range of: $69,460 - $79,960 DOE and licensure
Summary/objective: The Lead Mental Health Clinician serves two main
functions: 1) provides services and counseling for youth ages 0-26
and/or their caregivers and 2) provides leadership and management
of the mental health program, including supervising one staff
clinician. Main program areas of emphasis in the mental health
program are individual counseling for youth and parents/caregivers,
with expertise in early childhood mental health, and school-age
youth, with additional focus on removing cultural barriers and
addressing stigma to increase participation in mental health
services. This position is also responsible for collaboration
efforts and initiatives related to health and well-being for all 92
families in the community, including, but not limited to: program
design and implementation, direct services, staff consultation,
assessment, and ongoing communication with community partners.
Warren Village recognizes that our backgrounds are broad, and our
talents are many, from different lived experiences. We value and
leverage our differences to encompass and reflect the communities
we serve. We align our policies, practices, and resources so that
people of all races, cultures, identities, and socioeconomic status
may feel valued and respected. At Warren Village, we uphold
organizational values of accountability, collaboration,
empowerment, excellence, inclusion, and integrity. We agree to
engage our work together with honesty and transparency, clear
decision-making, continuous learning and improvement, a commitment
to repair, community building, and collective growth and
well-being. Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Design and implement strengths-focused, family-centered,
culturally competent, mental health services for children,
adolescents, adults, and families to promote healthy development,
resilience and coping skills.
- Promote a trauma-informed environment of wellbeing that engages
and empowers youth and their caregivers to create and support
healthy relationships and reach their goals.
- Provide therapy for children, adolescents, adults and families
served. This may include play therapy, individual psychotherapy,
group therapy, and family therapy for youth and their
caregivers.
- Provide individual therapy for youth parents ages 18-26 as a
primary focus.
- Provide individual therapy for parents over the age of 26.
- Provide crisis intervention for children, adolescents, adults
and families.
- Develop individualized treatment plans utilizing a
trauma-informed care focus and culturally sensitive practices.
Provide ongoing assessments and reviews of treatment progress on a
regular basis.
- Responsible for all required clinical and administrative
documentation.
- Outreach, recruit, and engage clients in mental health
services.
- Facilitate process of referral, intake, and assessment for
Warren Village mental health services.
- Use a wide variety of engagement techniques to promote
accessibility of services.
- Provide community events and enrichment opportunities for youth
and parents with a strong emphasis in skill building, stress
management, healthy relationships, secure attachment,
self-regulation, and executive functioning skills.
- Collaborate with Warren Village Kids' Club staff to support
greater social-emotional growth for youth.
- Provide training, consultation, and support to Kids' Club staff
for greater youth success and/or behavioral intervention
support.
- Provide monthly psycho-educational Evening Enrichment Classes
for parents on a variety of social-emotional topics.
- Provide consultation to team members on clinical and casework
issues as appropriate.
- Participate in meetings including, but not limited to,
team/departmental meetings, all staff meetings, and supervisory
sessions.
- Promote the goals of the organization through tours,
presentations and written articles, as needed. Specific Duties for
Lead Mental Health Clinician:
- Oversee the data collection, therapy attendance, and program
evaluation efforts for the Mental Health Program.
- Directly supervise the Mental Health Program staff and interns,
including hiring, training, motivating and evaluating
performance.
- Oversee client waitlists and the referral and intake process
for all Mental Health Clinicians on the team.
- Support in the development and administration of the Mental
Health Program budget.
- Maintain open channels of communication and sharing of
information with the Director of Family Wellness to collaboratively
ensure the development of goals for the Mental Health Program,
aligned with Warren Village's overarching strategic vision. Other
duties as assigned. Competencies:
- Commitment to the mission, goals, and values of Warren Village
as stated in the Summary above.
- Technology systems aptitude. Demonstrated proficiency of
Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint and
Word.
- Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours within the
work week. Flexibility to adapt therapy schedule to meet the
evolving needs and dynamics of the community. Minimum
Qualifications:
- Master's degree (MA) or equivalent, in Social Work or another
mental health discipline.
- Two years minimum experience working in mental health field
with children, youth and families.
- 1 year of experience supervising a staff member
- Clinical license from Colorado Department of Regulatory
Agencies. Preferred education eligibility requirements
(Certifications, Licenses, etc.), and/or experience:
- Bilingual (Spanish, French, Arabic or Swahili) highly
preferred.
- Lived experience in homelessness or housing instability,
including an alumni of Warren Village.
- If driving is required, employee must have a valid driver's
license and the ability to drive Warren Village vehicles. Work
Environment: The working environment is typically that of an office
using a personal computer, adding machine, and other equipment.
Schedule is flexible and non-traditional; based around the
availability of youth and families served. Physical Demands:
Occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 lbs. Primarily a
stationary position. The person in this position needs to
occasionally move about inside the office/facility to access file
cabinets, storage spaces, access units and building spaces by
utilizing stairs, office machinery, etc. Constantly operates a
computer and other productivity machinery, such as a calculator,
copy machine and computer printer. Must be able to exchange
accurate information in these situations. Salary & Benefits: Hiring
range of: $69,460 - $79,960 DOE and licensure Attractive benefits
package, including generous paid time off (sick/vacation days) and
12 holidays. One-week closure in both winter and summer (paid
outside of PTO). Matching employer 403(b) plan. Comprehensive and
affordable medical, dental and vision plans for employee and
dependents. Virtual telemedicine program. Voluntary supplemental
Short-Term Disability and other similar benefits. Plus, company
paid life and long-term disability insurance and Employee
Assistance Program. FSA and HSA accounts. Professional development
and tuition reimbursement opportunities. Discounted Early Learning
Childcare services available.
Compensation details: 69460-79960 Yearly Salary
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Keywords: Warren Village, Inc., Southglenn , Lead Mental Health Clinician, Healthcare , Denver, Colorado
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