Clinical Director / Director Of Substance Abuse Counseling

Immediate Hire
Clinical Director

Better Life Recovery & Wellness (BLR), an Outpatient Substance Use Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment facility located in Caldwell, New Jersey is looking for a dynamic, motivated, experienced addictions professional to serve as the Clinical Director. The ideal candidate MUST HAVE:

• An LCADC, with an LPC or LCSW, and a CCS.
• A minimum of 5 years administrative/supervisory experience at substance use disorder treatment facility
• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred but not required

The Clinical Director shall be primarily responsible for the direction, provision, and quality of Substance Abuse Counseling services, including the following:

1) Developing and maintaining written objectives, policies and procedures, an organizational plan, and a quality assurance program, reviewed by Leadership, for Substance Abuse Counseling services.

2) Ensuring that the behavioral and pharmacologic approaches to treatment are evidence-based or based on objective information to provide treatment services consistent with recognized treatment principles and practices for each level of care and type of client served by the program.

3) Providing or ensuring, and documenting the direct clinical supervision is provided at least one hour per week to all clinical staff, individually or in a group setting, with group supervision not to exceed 50 percent of supervision time.

4) Ensuring that Substance Abuse/Co-occurring counseling services are provided as specified in the client treatment plan, and coordinated with other client care services, if applicable, to provide continuity of care.

5) Ensuring that the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of clients with co-occurring disorders is provided by appropriately trained and qualified clinical staff and that the clinical supervision of such staff is provided.

6) Assessing and participating in staff education activities and providing consultation to program personnel.

7) Providing orientation to and evaluation of new counseling staff prior to the assignment of counseling responsibilities.

8) Ensuring that all counseling staff are properly licensed or credentialed in accordance with NJ regulations.

9) Participating in the identification of quality care indicators and outcome objectives and the collection and review of data to monitor staff and program performance.

Additional Professional/Clinical Requirements:

· At least 5 years of management/supervision experience

· A compassionate heart for substance-Abuse Counseling

· Strong familiarity with compliance standards for NJ and The Joint Commission

· Experience with hiring and interviewing clinical therapists and additional office staff (as needed)

· A team player with team-building experience

· Bi-lingual Spanish preferred

· Willing to serve as an on-call office representative during emergencies.

· Willing to work occasionally during weekend hours/on Saturdays) and/or evenings to manage and/or train staff/services.

· Willing to attend ongoing training and orientations as needed for state licensure, etc.

· Assist with auditing procedures from the State of NJ and prepare the company for ongoing inspections.

· Provide ongoing clinical team updates to the supervisor.

· Joint Commission experience preferred.

· Private insurance/ UR experience is strongly preferred.

The job description is a general summary of the requirements and expectations for this role. This overview of expectations for the Clinical Director position is not exhaustive and is subject to change per the needs of the program, its clients, and staff.

The job description is a general summary of requirements and expectations for this role. This overview of expectations for the Clinical Director position is not exhaustive and is subject to change per the needs of the BLR program, its clients, and staff.