Leading Thunderbird Lodge is seeking an innovative, professional & culturally knowledgeable individual to temporarily (6-months) fill this senior clinical role. Leading Thunderbird Lodge is a 15 bed residential treatment center located near the Town of Fort Qu'Appelle. Leading Thunderbird Lodge provides First Nation & Inuit male youth with a 12 week culturally based holistic treatment program focusing on mental health & addictions.
Qualifications
- Degree in any of the following skilled disciplines: social work, psychology, counseling, clinical sociology, or substance abuse/addictions treatment.
- Membership in an appropriate professional association or certification body.
- Experience providing therapy & supervisory services for youth
- Familiarity with Aboriginal cultures & contemporary social realities gained through experience working with First Nation youth, communities & organizations
Responsibilities
- Manages overall clinical supervision of the clinical team
- Manages delivery of overall treatment program
- Manages clinical teams performance evaluation process through LTL's competency-based performance evaluation process
- Manages all aspects of youth referral, intake, treatment, discharge & follow-up process
- Manages data input/assessment reporting of AMIS database system
- Manages annual clinical program budget
- Supervises & coaches clinical team in developing knowledge of causality, prevention, diagnosis & treatment of substance use & concurrent disorders, & integrating this new knowledge into their work with youth
- Supervises clinical team in general case management tasks
- Oversees quality assurance of clinical services
- Oversees medication management services within scope of practice
- Approves weekly schedules
- Ensures clinical team meets core competencies of their position description