Brightpoint invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.
The Clinical Supervisor (Adoption Support and Preservation) provides clinical leadership and oversight for services supporting adoptive and subsidized guardianship families experiencing challenges that may impact family stability and permanency. This position oversees the authorization and management of services delivered by internal clinical service providers and supports the ongoing clinical development of community-based clinical program staff.
The Clinical Supervisor ensures the delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed, family-centered services designed to strengthen relationships, promote healing, and reduce the risk of out-of-home placement. Services may include individual and family therapy, caregiver education and support, advocacy, support groups, assistance with basic needs, and connections to community resources. Services are rooted in trauma-informed practices, including Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) principles.
This role also helps ensure ongoing referral sources and develops and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support program goals and the needs of children and families.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:
- Responsible for the development and implementation of program plans, ensuring on-going compliance with all licensing regulations, funding performance requirements, billing and contract requirements, and accreditation standards.
- Ensures timely assignment and coordination of appropriate level and type of evidence based clinical services provided by clinical service providers, proactively addressing concerns with all internal and external parties to support service delivery, and the well-being and safety of program participants.
- Responsible for the implementation of the agency's personnel policies and practices for staff within control unit. This includes hiring, appraisals, leaves, promotions, salary changes, terminations, documentation of all personnel actions.
- Supervises and evaluates assigned staff and the performance of their duties on a regular basis.
- Provides clinical supervision to unlicensed staff (which may include staff outside control unit) in individual or group setting.
- May maintain a caseload of community-based clinical services clients, providing comprehensive case management and a range of therapeutic services, for up to 10 program participants and their families.
- Ensures timely completion of accurate and compliant clinical reports, funder and program reports, and data entry that meets internal and external monitoring, funding, and accreditation requirements.
- Meets all Medicaid billing requirements for services provided, as applicable.
- Writes and maintains complete documentation of clinical supervision for each case in paper and/or digital form and meets all program record-keeping requirements.
- Provides individual and team case consultation.
- Responsible for monitoring and implementing the program’s continuous quality improvement process including reporting and tracking outcome measures, monthly statistics, ensuring documentation compliance, and accurate and timely reporting for external monitoring entities.
- Develops methods to enhance the quality of services and improve the ability of the programs to identify and address specific individual training and consultation needs.
- Works collaboratively across departments to ensure service delivery and funding and contract requirements.
- May provide mental health consultation to other Brightpoint staff members, as well as other agencies, systems, and community providers to coordinate services, make recommendations, and meet the needs of the participant(s).
- May engage in community outreach activities, attend community events, and/or facilitate community collaboration meetings.
- May respond to crisis calls and provide clinical management of the crises.
- Reports any suspected abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services per the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
- Adheres to funding and regulatory guidelines including preparation and participation in site visits as requested.
- May facilitate clinical trainings for internal and external partners.
- May supervise an intern.
- May transport program participants(s) as needed for program activities.
Candidate qualifications:
- Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or related clinical field required.
- Current clinical licensure in the state of Illinois (LCSW, LCPC or LMFT) required.
- At least two years’ experience providing clinical services with mandated clients and/or children and families in a managed care or community-based setting required.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of trauma on individuals and families required.
- Training and experience in utilizing evidence-based treatment to address the immediate and long-term impact of single episode and complex trauma required.
- Experience in public speaking/training preferred.
- Knowledge of family systems issues including domestic violence, child welfare, substance abuse and psychiatric care required.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, current auto insurance and access to a reliable vehicle to execute the position’s responsibilities.
Job details:
- Compensation: Salary Range $72,125-$73,500; offers are commensurate with experience. The salary range provided represents our current estimate for this role at the time of posting and is subject to change. The final salary will be determined based on a range of factors, including but not limited to, a candidate's relevant experience, education, qualifications, skills, certifications, and alignment with organizational needs. We are dedicated to fair and equitable compensation practices and are committed to fostering a diverse workforce while providing equal opportunities for all candidates.
- Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here (https://brightpointbenefits.com/)).
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- Location: Hybrid (remote/community/home office); Home office location (Western (https://www.google.com/maps/place/100%20North%20Western%20Avenue+2nd%20Floor+Chicago+IL+60612)); Occasional overnight travel for conferences or other meetings.
- Schedule: Full-time, salaried position with general business hours. Flexibility is required to support occasional evening, weekend, and holiday program needs. This position also participates in a supervisor on-call rotation, providing after-hours guidance and support to Therapists as needed.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: Provides direct supervision and clinical oversight to a team of 4 Therapists and 1 Clinical Case Manager. Team size and supervisory responsibilities may expand in the future based on program growth and evolving service needs.
- We don’t just hire talent—we grow it: Emerging Leaders will have access to leadership development opportunities and one-on-one mentorship.
- Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service)
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