Therapy Program Associate Director

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account 
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Assists the Director of Therapy services with therapy program statewide to include commercial/self-pay therapy program. Has direct oversight of therapist internship program statewide while maintaining a current caseload. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops, coordinates and maintains the therapy internship program statewide. 
• Maintains direct communication with all sites statewide to ensure consistency and continuity for all interns. 
• Develops and maintains relationships with all the schools to include familiarity with requirements for each school. 
• Supports Director of Therapy services in pursuit of consistency of protocols statewide and acts as back up to Director of Therapy on as needed basis. 
• Promotes and maintains integrity of the therapist career ladder to ensure longevity of interns though employment and licensure. 
• Oversees and processes incoming therapy referrals, including a comprehensive review of corresponding clinical documentation and follow up with the referral source as needed. 
• Assists with marketing efforts for therapy referrals for self pay and commercial team. 
• Assesses the member’s behavioral health needs to develop therapy treatment goals and recommendations for follow-up support and services. 
• Administers screeners and standardized testing based on clinical need. 
• Schedules therapy sessions with members and obtains required consents for treatment and licensure. 
• Meets productivity requirements for Clinical lead. 
• Provide a broad range of administrative and supervisory functions. Supervises assigned staff in accordance with EBF personnel practices including recruitment, training, performance evaluations, and day to day scheduling. Participates in the process of ongoing professional development. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision. 
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:  Master’s Degree in social work, counseling or marriage and family therapy AND must be independently licensed (LCSW, LPC or LMFT through the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners (AZBBHE)). Must be approved clinical supervisor by the AZBBHE.

Regulatory 

• Must be at least 21 years of age. 
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).
• Initial and current negative TB test result (Employer provides).
• Ability to obtain and maintain CPR, First, Aid, Article IX, and Prevention & Supports certification (paid training). 
• Crisis Prevention Certification (Employer provides).

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguis