Lead Social Work/Psychology Clinician

In this position, you will assist the Senior Psychologist – School Based in providing clinical leadership and guidance to social workers, psychologists, and LCAT’s. Ensure implementation of best practices in early childhood mental health, behavior management, and social-emotional development. Serve as a resource for complex behavioral and mental health cases. Promote a program-wide commitment to Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Positive Behavioral Supports (PBS) and provide supervision, mentoring, and coaching to clinical staff within the department. Guide, advise, coach, and serve as an integral part of our employee clinical support system. Serve as an accountability partner, who will assist in setting clinical goals for department members, and encourage responsibility and commitment. Offer support and encouragement and serve as a role model. Clinical guidance, support & mentorship to include

Case consultation
Fidelity monitoring
New staff onboarding
Support with IEP goal implementation in the classrooms/therapy sessions
Teach/Coach/Supervise clinical staff (Psychologists/Social Workers)

Requirements

Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree in: School Psychology or Clinical Psychology
Appropriate state certification and/or licensure.
Minimum of 5 years of experience working with young children with disabilities
Minimum 2 years of experience supervising staff.
Must be physically able to handle all aspects of the supervision of the day-to-day activities of preschoolers which may include, but not limited to, running, bending, and lifting up to 25

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Experience supervising clinical staff
Training or certification in behavioral frameworks such as The Pyramid Model
Certified Safety Care Trainer (preferred)
Strong Leadership and team-building skills
Knowledge of trauma-informed care and early childhood mental health practices
Experience working in multidisciplinary preschool special education settings
Commitment to Positive Behavioral Supports and strengths-based practices
Professional integrity and ethical clinical practice

Essential Functions

Provide supervision, mentoring, and coaching to clinical staff.
Support onboarding and ongoing professional development of social work and psychology personnel
Provide coaching, and resources related to social-emotional learning and behavior support
Work collaboratively with educational leadership, teachers, related service professionals and families
Serve as a member of the multidisciplinary team
Analyze service delivery effectiveness through data
Make sound clinical and administrative decisions
Conduct Staff performance evaluations
Provide professional development
Promote shared responsibility for student social-emotional development
Provide leadership in selecting and implementing behavioral strategies and interventions
Build staff capacity to support student social and emotional development
Support department leadership in maintaining quality and service integrity
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
Training and support to ensure accurate documentation and appropriate service delivery
Contribute to ongoing program improvement and quality assurance efforts
Interpret assessment data and assist in the development of treatment recommendations
Conduct social-emotional and behavioral assessments.
Participate in crisis prevention, intervention, and de-escalation planning.
Attend team and departmental meetings
Partner with parents and caregivers to promote consistency between home and school behavioral supports
Provide parent training, coaching, and resources related to social-emotional learning and behavior support
Other duties and functions as determined by Leadership Administration

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:45 am - 3:15 pm.

Apply online at www.acld.org or text us for more information at 516-853-0156

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Requisition #5301

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