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Clinical Program Managers plan, organize, implement and direct one or more mental health, intellectual disabilities, and/or child development service delivery programs by establishing goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; monitoring and evaluating program performance; developing and monitoring budgets; integrating programs with other state and community services; and supervising clinical and administrative staff, typically including licensed Psychologists and/or subordinate supervisors of professional clinicians.
Clinical Program Manager I's work in a relatively small program or cluster of programs. This recruitment is for a Clinical Program Manager I for the Child and Adolescent Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT), with Division of Child and Family Services, Community Services in Reno, Nevada.
The Mobile Response Team receives and triages calls from families and the community, respond in teams to children and adolescents in the community presenting with a behavioral or mental health crisis, need or request for an immediate clinical response. Responses can take place in emergency departments, schools, home and other community settings. Teams are responsible for completing a standardized crisis and risk assessment, a needs assessment, for providing support and immediate clinical and care coordination interventions to stabilize the presenting concerns and for creating plans jointly with the youth and family, the MCRT team and identified supports to ensure the safety of the youth and to maintain youth in their homes, schools and communities when able to safely do so. Teams can remain in place for up to 45 days to provide intensive clinical and care coordination services to these youth and families.
Teams are active in the community in providing responses, stabilization at the families preferred location, most often in homes and community settings. Mobile services are available during daytime, evening and weekend hours.
Nevada has a nationally recognized mobile response and stabilization model. The Clinical Program Manager will be responsible for training to and the implementation of this model, as well as training and oversight of staff in following all DCFS, DHHS and Nevada Medicaid policies and regulations.
The Clinical Program Manager I for this team is the clinical supervisor and lead for this team, currently comprised of 13 staff, and is part of the larger children's mental health management team statewide. This position is responsible for program management and development, day to day operations, assignment and clinical support to teams. The position will recruit and hire staff, perform employee evaluations, and create and implement policy and procedure.
This is a full time position that will be located in Reno. The State of Nevada and DCFS offer an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance, participation in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), accrual of 15 days of annual and 15 days of sick leave, 11 paid holidays and no city, county, state or social security tax! The State of Nevada and DCFS are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.
***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in clinical psychology, clinical social work, counseling, or a curriculum related to the option(s) identified, and three years of post-Master's degree professional experience in a human service delivery setting, one of which included supervision of professionals in the option(s) identified; OR a Doctoral degree (Ph.D or Psy.D) from an accredited college or university in clinical psychology, clinical social work, counseling, or a curriculum related to the option(s) identified, and two years of experience as described above, one of which included supervision of professionals in the option(s) identified. |
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A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant. |
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Proof of a valid driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continued employment. |
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This position is required to work evenings, weekends and holidays. |
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Applicants must be licensed in the State of Nevada as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. |
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The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. |
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1) Describe your experience, including number of years in the management of child and adolescent services.
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2) Describe your experience, including number of years working with children and adolescents in a behavioral clinical setting.
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3) Do you have a PhD in Psychology, Clinical Social Work or a related field? If related, please identify the degree.
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