Mental Health Clinician/Team Leader (Manager IV)

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Johnson County Mental Health Department is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the position of team leader for their Adult Services program on the Specialty Court team. The team includes peer support, case management and clinical work (brief therapy, assessments, batterers intervention, competency evaluations). Several members of the team are in grant funded positions through Corrections. The team leader will provide administrative and clinical supervision to a team that provides a range of community based and office based services with adults experiencing a severe mental illness who also have a criminal justice involvement, specifically Overseeing the Mental Health Diversion Program, Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program and Veterans Treatment Court program for the mental health center. The focus is on recovery, primary utilizing the Strengths Based Case Management model of practice in addition to forensic models. The ideal candidate will have experience with community-based services, supervision of staff, plus strong organizational and leadership skills. Application review will begin on April 21st.

Job duties include:

*Provides clinical supervision of Clinicians and Case Managers; meets regularly with staff for clinical supervision sessions to oversee the day to day provision of clinical services; trains Clinicians and Case Managers in skills required for therapy/job tasks; overviews Clinician group and individual and Medicaid/state hospital screens; makes assignment of cases to staff; attends client appointments with Clinicians and Case Managers and provides on-site clinical supervision to employees; attends group supervision to problem solve and provide consultation; and responds to client or collaterals' complaints regarding service delivery.

*Participates in the planning, management, and administration of the program; attends management meetings to help identify goals/means to goals for effective program operation; attends occasional state meetings and trainings to be aware of state expectations and standards of care in community based work; attends regular supervision with program supervisor; assists subordinates so they understand and work toward program's mission, goals and objectives via individual supervisions, and facilitating team meetings; provides orientation of new staff to services and Johnson County Mental Health Center policies and procedures; monitors the quantity and quality of work performance by employees to ensure they meet performance standards; addresses staff performance issues until resolved; completes yearly evaluations of staff and makes pay increase recommendations; identifies and addresses barriers and resolves problems that impact service delivery to clients at a staff, program, and community level; and reviews mileage and miscellaneous expense reimbursement requests of team members.

* Oversees coordination of treatment courts for Behavioral Health Court, Assisted Outpatient Treatment court, and Veterans Treatment court; Oversees coordination of Outpatient Treatment Order monitoring and reports; Oversees coordination of competency evaluations.

*Responds to clinical needs of the program; responds to phone calls during work hours and responds to client crises when assigned worker is unavailable; provides screenings/crisis intervention for clients who are in crisis and may need state hospitalization or intake into services; assesses clients for clinical eligibility for services; provides information regarding program services.

*Facilitates positive working relationships within team, program, agency, and community; leads team meetings; maintains an awareness of other program issues and provide support to the program by assisting other teams with client coverage needs and psycho-social groups; participates in Team Leader Meetings; maintains awareness of the total scope of Mental Health Center programs and program issues, through meetings and consultation with other MHC staff, to assure effective inter-program coordination and problem solving; initiates and maintains liaison relationships with relevant community agencies, through individual contacts and attending meetings to ensure coordination of MHC programs with pertinent community organizations; helps to develop the various local community teams; and volunteers and completes additional tasks and special projects.

*Ensures that documentation follows Center and State guidelines; regularly reviews the written work of staff via chart reviews of clients; ensures that staff address any discrepancies in written documentation and/or timeliness; participates in Quality Assurance process, ensuring that Center client charts meet Medicaid guidelines; oversee staff's gathering of state required statistics (State CSRs/AIMS,etc); ensures that paperwork and intervention meets Strengths Based Case Managment and CCBHS fidelity guidelines and gets processed as necessary; tracks timeliness of initial treatment plans; and completes treatment assessments, plans, reviews and other reports.

This posting is an internal posting as the assignment to supervise this team is temporary until about July 2026. At that time, this Team Leader assignment may be reassigned to another team as needed. As we get closer to July 2026, the Mental Health Center will communicate the assignments based on information at that time.

Job Requirements
Kansas licensure at the Master's level (e.g. LSCSW, LMSW, LPC, LCPC, LMLP, LCP, LCMFT) is required along with one year of supervisory experience and three years of clinical experience working with adults and a good driving record.

Kansas licensure at the Clinical level and one year of experience working in a community based services environment preferred.

Johnson County Government requires reference/background screening for all positions. Specified criteria may vary by Department/Agency.

Physical, Environmental, and Special Working Conditions:
All County employees may be called upon to assist other departments/agencies in a declared emergency situation.