Director of IPV Clinical Services (Safe Way Forward) *Sign-On Bonus Eligible*

Overview

Children’s Aid provides comprehensive community services to children of all ages and their families residing in underserved communities. An array of services supports families from cradle to college to alleviate societal challenges that can interrupt a child, adolescent or young adults’ abilities to thrive and maximize their potential.

Children’s Aid offers a continuum of short -term interventions of varying levels of intensity, in five boroughs. The prevention services continuum consists of Family Support, therapeutic and Family Assessment Program (FAP) program services as well as the Safe Way Forward Program for families impacted by Domestic Violence. Our prevention service interventions are charged with the responsibility to avert current, future or repeat involvement child welfare or juvenile justice systems.

SWF (A Safeway Forward) is a therapeutic program in our Prevention continuum of services. It is a home-based intensive model for families in the Bronx where Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has put the family at risk of having their children placed outside the home. The model works with both the person causing harm and the survivor and provides both child-welfare prevention services and clinical therapeutic intervention services to all members of the family, using a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, to help families establish long-term safety and heal from the trauma of emotional and physical abuse. 

Position Summary:  The Safe Way Forward (SWF) Director of IPV Clinical Services will supervise three clinical supervisors and be responsible for ensuring that all SWF staff receive the required training and clinical support to deliver IPV services. The SWF Director of IPV Clinical Services will manage the delivery of clinical services at two separate sites, one for survivors and their children, and the other for the persons causing harm (PCH). 

Responsibilities: 

• Provide weekly coaching, trauma informed supervision and professional development to 3 clinical supervisors.
• Implement the SWF clinical programming for all staff, including coaching and developing clinician practice skills in accordance with a trauma-informed, client-centered, and anti-racist approach
• Identify and schedule trainings to grow skill and understanding of working with the intersection of child welfare and IPV services
• Arrange and coordinate external and internal training.
• Ensure scheduling of and compliance with Workforce Institute training mandates for all staff.
• Oversee and coordinate trauma-informed individual, parent-child dyadic, and group clinical intervention services to survivors, children, and the PCH at two separate sites in the Bronx – one site for the person causing harm, the other site for the survivor and children;
• Collaborate with Director of IPV Prevention and Intervention Services to develop and implement all aspects of program start-up, including staff hiring, staff training, development of protocols and case/record documentation;
• Manage all referrals to clinical staff and ensure families seeking clinical services are outreached in a timely way
• Promote self-care and healthy work-life balance activities. Maintain positive work environment to support productivity and staff retention.
• Develop the SWF clinical programming, including coaching and developing clinician practice skills in accordance with a trauma-informed, client-centered, and anti-racist approach; identify and schedule trainings on evidence-based treatment models and validated trauma screens, as well as opportunities for specialized modality certification;
• Collaborate with Director of IPV Prevention and Intervention Services and Prevention Program Director to inform aspects of program start-up such as hiring of clinical staff, staff training, development of clinician assessment and trauma screening tools, service coordination protocols, clinical supervision, and clinical case note documentation;
• Work closely with the Director of IPV Prevention and Intervention Services to develop and implement the persons causing harm intervention/accountability services component of the program, including comprehensive case management services, and a 26-week trauma-informed accountability group curriculum designed for fathers who have used abuse in their intimate partner relationships;
• Collaborate with the Director of IPV Prevention and Intervention services to develop and implement trauma-informed, evidence-informed group curricula designed for both survivors of IPV and for children exposed to IPV;
• Attend implementation meetings as scheduled with ACS’ Division of Prevention Services throughout program development;
• Manage and ensure timely submission of clinical case note documentation in real time and record keeping in accordance with HIPAA, OCFS, ACS compliance standards;
• Ensure a culture of strength-based, respectful, anti-oppressive, and culturally relevant service delivery to a diverse group of primarily low income, child welfare system-involved families;
• Work closely with the Prevention Program Director on case assignment of new referrals to programs;
• Participate in all regularly scheduled staff, supervision, case review, administrative, and agency meetings;
• Collaborate with Prevention Program Director and CQI Specialist to conduct random review of case records and clinical case files, Supervisor Monthly Reviews, and PROMIS and CONNX entries, to ensure compliance and best practice.
• Collaborate with Prevention Program Director to coordinate and provide regularly scheduled all staff meetings
• Attend meetings and network in the community to obtain referrals, build linkages and strengthen interagency collaborations
• Attend required ACS meetings, such as the quarterly Prevention Directors meetings, COFCCA meetings as indicated. CA internal meetings including Administrative meetings, Regional Cabinets, Executive Outcomes meetings, etc., and budget meetings as indicated.
• Ensure timely and accurate usage of time keeping system by program staff at the site.  
• Ensure that all staff demonstrate ICREATE competencies in the execution of daily responsibilities, comply with TMHR conditions of employment as delineated in the Employee Handbook and that staff meet performance and behavior standards of Code of Conduct and Anti-harassment policies. Utilize progressive disciplinary process when indicated.
• Familiarize self and staff with agency and Division Objectives and Strategic Priorities which are integrated into practice that enhance overall agency operations and improve outcomes. Contribute to Monthly CWFS Report.
• Collaborate with Division Recruitment Specialist to identify appropriate candidates to fill program vacancies in a timely fashion. Ensure that new hires receive a comprehensive onboarding.
• Accept tasks as assigned by Director of IPV Prevention and Intervention services and/or Deputy Division Director of Prevention Services

Qualifications:  

Required:

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling or a related field required; License required and LCSW preferred;
• Minimum of 5 years post Master’s degree experience, clinical counseling experience in mental health, victim services, and/or social service fields;
• Minimum of 3 years supervisory clinical experience required;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and management skills;
• Ability to work evenings as needed and maintain a flexible work schedule;
• Ability to multitask, prioritize(already listed above);
• Strong computer literacy and database management skills.

 Preferred:

• Minimum of 4 years’ work experience providing domestic violence prevention and intervention services to underserved families, including survivors, children/teens exposed to abuse, and persons causing harm using a client-centered, trauma-informed practice approach strongly recommended.
• Prior experience working with adults who have caused harm in their relationships and/or experience working with batterer intervention programming (BIP), strongly recommended.
• Experience in utilizing clinical treatment modalities for survivors of domestic violence and their families including: CBT, TF-CBT, Motivational Interviewing, IFS, Child-Parent Psychotherapy etc.
• Knowledge of the intersection of child welfare and domestic violence service systems strongly recommended;