Heritage Behavioral Health Center currently has the following positions available on our Clinical Leadership Team.

Community Support Team - Team Lead

This leadership position will serve as the lead for our Community Support Team (CST). This team provides recovery and resiliency oriented, intensive, community-based rehabilitation and outreach service for adult with mental health, and co-occurring disorders. It is team-based approach and consists of mental health rehabilitation interventions and supports necessary to assist the client in achieving and maintaining rehabilitative, resiliency and recovery goals. The Team Lead is the clinical and administrative supervisor of the team and also functions as a practicing clinician on the team. Services are provided in an array of Heritage locations, both on-site and off-site including but not limited to individuals served home, the community, healthcare locations and other social service agencies.

Coordinator, School Based Services

This full-time position will provide clinical and administrative supervision to staff who provide clinical services for children and adolescents in a school setting. This working leader must have clinical expertise in behavioral health concerns for youth and adolescents, with experience navigating school settings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: on-site clinical supervision in a school setting, navigating electronic referral system, collaborating with school faculty to ensure behavioral health needs are met and addressed, and identifying sustainable workflow for school-based clinical staff using a fee-for-service model.

Program Manager, Community Support Services

This position will serve as the lead for our community support services team. This team provides recovery and resiliency oriented, intensive, community-based rehabilitation and outreach services for adults with mental health and co-occurring disorders. Responsibilities include mental health rehabilitation interventions and supports necessary to assist the client in achieving and maintaining rehabilitation, resiliency and recovery goals. The Program Manager is the clinical and administrative supervisor of the team and also functions as a practicing clinician for the team. Services are provided in an array of Heritage locations, both on-site and off-site including but not limited to individuals served in their homes, the community, healthcare locations and other social service agencies.

Program Manager, Assertive Community Treatment

This position will provide leadership and managerial oversight for an Assertive Community Treatment team. The ACT team is a multidisciplinary team that provides a wide array of services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and dual disorders. An array of ACT services are provided in the community and include but are not limited to mental health counseling, substance use counseling, skill building, medication management, budgeting, healthcare practices, and accessing community services.

Team Lead, First.IL Program

Heritage is seeking a full-time Team Lead for the First.IL-First Episode Psychosis Program. This program is a specialized treatment approach that helps individuals who are between the ages of 14-40 and who have had a treated or untreated psychotic illness for no more than 18 months. This program promotes early identification and provides best treatment practices as soon as possible.

Program Manager, Crisis Care Services

This position on the leadership team provides clinical and administrative leadership to clinical programs providing crisis response, support, and accessing services. Heritage responds to individuals seeking help with depression, anxiety, substance use, and/or other distressing symptoms by providing a supportive response, counseling, and linkage to ongoing supportive services. The program will provide support to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.

Core Responsibilities for all Leadership Positions Include:

• Provide team and individual supervision.
• Complete supervisor tracking to monitor quality measures and standards
• Provide direct services to individuals assigned to the team, at least 60% off-site during times and locations most convenient to the individual served, in accordance with the individual's service plan.
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with staff to ensure coordinated care, and to provide referrals for individual served no longer needing this level of care.
• Maintain open and effective communication with agency and provider staff, family, and others in response to individual served identified needs, client assistance/service needs, and treatment plan follow-up, and input on adaptations needed to enhance progress toward goals.
• Ensure that all clinical activities performed by the team are compliant with standards, policies and procedures of the organization
• Assist in ensuring referral and linkage to the programs are addressed in a timely manner.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to engage individuals and decrease barriers to accessing treatment
• Knowledge of behavioral health diagnoses and use of the DSM-5
• Knowledge of co-occurring diagnoses and evidence-based treatment approaches
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team-based environment
• Strong customer service skills
• Flexibility
• Ability to navigate electronic health record
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

Education and Experience:

The successful applicants will possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a Human Services Field; a Master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology or related field. Licensure as LSW, LCSW, LPC or LCPC is highly recommended. Ideal candidates will have previous leadership experience working, as well as direct clinical services to individuals with a mental health or substance use diagnoses.

A valid driver's license, reliable means of transportation, and proof of current automobile insurance are required for this position.

Heritage also offers the following with these positions:

• NEW - Wellness Days - Every other Friday off PAID- 26 days per year
• Access to Federal Student Loan Forgiveness - Heritage is a National Health Service Corp Site, which provides federal student loan forgiveness for eligible licensed counselors, nurses, social workers, and substance use professionals approved through the program. Additional information is available at nhsc.hrsa.gov.
• Clinical supervision to assist in obtaining licensure
• In-house training and Continuing Education Opportunities
• Tuition Assistance Programs
• Generous vacation (5 days first year; increases with tenure), sick (12 days per year) and personal leave (4 days per year)
• Paid holidays - 9 days in 2024
• Health club/fitness reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Agency provided life insurance and short-term disability policies
• Retirement plan (403(b))
• Optional insurance benefits, including health, dental, vision, and additional life insurance (health insurance benefit includes substantial agency contribution towards this cost)
• Direct deposit of payroll check