Clinical Director, Suicide Prevention Counseling Center

Clinical Director, Suicide Prevention Center (Olympic)

This is a hybrid position based in Century City, CA. Candidates must be based in Southern California and available to be on site and travel as needed.

The pay range for this role is $86,031-$98,936 annually.

About Didi Hirsch

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has been a national leader in whole-person mental health, crisis care, and substance use services since 1942 and is home to the nation's first Suicide Prevention Center. We are a nonprofit organization providing care to about 270,000 people annually across our programs. Didi Hirsch has deep roots in community-based mental health and a commitment to providing culturally responsive services that are just and equitable. More than 1,000 dedicated employees and volunteers make Didi Hirsch's work possible.

Summary

As a Clinical Director, you are responsible for administering, directing and managing the Suicide Prevention Counseling Center program, including client care and treatment program planning; ensuring compliance with Agency program standards, contracts, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Primary Duties

Program Leadership

• Defines the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the Counseling Center, under the direction of Senior Director of Crisis Care.
• Develops policies and procedures for intake, assessment, treatment planning, documentation, discharge planning, and maintenance of a therapeutic environment.
• Develops realistic and measurable objectives for one or more programs.
• Provides leadership to program staff ensuring that the client services meet or exceed contractual, grant and/or Division performance goals; ensures delivery of services in accordance with contracted guidelines and Didi Hirsch philosophies.
• Forms a highly effective team to accomplish the program's short and long term goals.

Management Duties

• Performs managerial duties to include interviewing applicants for employment; assigning and reviewing progress of assignments; conducting performance appraisals; recommending salary increases; and developing higher levels of expertise in staff members by encouraging further education, participation in seminars and providing learning opportunities within program mental health and/or substance use services.
• Ensures that established personnel policies are followed.
• Identifies staff training needs and ensures development and implementation of programs that address needs; participates in delivering training sessions to meet the needs of staff related to clinical/program needs. Ensures that all employees receive prescribed orientation and in-services.
• Coaches staff in the development of their work plans, their assigned duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Supervises all assigned staff to ensure high quality client care.
• Ensures that all program staff complete assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and outcome measures and/or other reporting data in a timely and high quality fashion.
• Attends, participates, leads and/or facilitates routinely scheduled meetings as requested or required for the program, division, or Agency.
• Interfaces with related community agencies, attends meetings as scheduled and/or needed to include: the Department of Mental Health and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act related issues.
• Develops and maintains referral relationships. Ensures that effective procedures are established and followed that facilitate good relationships with referral sources around the referral, admission, treatment and discharge process.

Program Quality, Compliance and Reporting

• Measures progress against plans and stated goals as it applies to program documentation.
• Reviews chart documentation and status reports prepared by program staff to ensure all legal, contractual, and revenue-generating reports meet or exceed required Agency and applicable regulatory agencies standards.
• Ensures all administrative documentation is accurate and submitted within the established timeframe; gathers and analyzes information and prepares routine reports including those used to assess performance.

Financial Duties

• Efficiently utilizes financial resources while maintaining commitment to quality service when requesting and purchasing quality assurance program supplies.
• Assists Division Director in the development of program budget and ensures expenditures comply with approved budgets; monitors and evaluates budget issues and recommends corrective action.

Position Requirements

• Current California License as a clinician (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, PsyD, PhD) and at least 2 years post-licensure.
• Experience with private insurance and private pay clinical practice settings preferred.
• Experience managing, building and/or working in private practice clinical settings preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years providing clinical service and supervision in a social service/mental health and/or substance use setting. Suicide Prevention and Intervention experience preferred.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of the mental health, substance use and suicide prevention services specific to the program that is to be supervised (e.g. Suicide Prevention Center, emergency services program, outpatient family services, adult, substance use services, residential program, etc.)
• Support the values and mission of Didi Hirsch as related to employment.
• Depending on program/division, demonstrated knowledge of Evidence Based Practices and/or the Recovery Model of treatment.
• Know and comply with Agency policies and procedures, HIPAA, DMH policies and documentation guidelines, and other state, federal regulations relating to quality assurance and improvement.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills. Able to work under stressful situations.
• Be experienced in the types of therapy and case management appropriate to the program.
• Present ideas, information, and viewpoints clearly, both verbally and in writing.
• Efficiently use the personal computer including word processing, spreadsheets, and other related software programs.
• Have strong presentation and media skills.
• Manage employee performance consistent with defined Didi Hirsch processes.
• Utilize analysis, experience, and judgment to make solid business and therapeutic decisions.
• Demonstrate commitment to team objectives and Didi Hirsch philosophies.
• Adapt to changing needs by acquiring new skills and knowledge.
• Current California driver's license and a driving record acceptable to the Agency's insurance carrier.

Our Vision

A future where everyone has equitable access to care and is empowered to achieve optimal mental health and well-being.

Our Mission

Didi Hirsch provides compassionate mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention services to individuals and families, especially in communities where discrimination and injustice limit access.

CORE VALUES

Excellence: We are constantly innovating, learning from the communities we serve, and applying the latest research to advance best practices. We uphold the highest ethical standards to ensure we are providing compassionate and excellent care.
Diversity & Inclusion: We value diversity of background, experience, and ideas, committing to a workforce representative of the communities we serve. We celebrate differences and prioritize creating a sense of belonging.
Equity: We are dedicated to maintaining equitable practices in our healthcare delivery and workplace culture, and we work to dismantle disparities and discrimination within both systems of care and society.
Well Being: We are devoted to the well-being of our staff, volunteers, and communities, and believe healthy teams lead to healthy clients.
Advocacy: We advocate across all levels of government and use our voice to reduce barriers to care, including stigma, systemic racism, and parity across payers, with the goal of access to high quality, integrated healthcare for all.
Community Engagement: We build partnerships in the community and across sectors to create a more inclusive and responsive mental health ecosystem and enhance greater accessibility to care and support.

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