Assistant Director of Community Transition Program

ENVISION UNLIMITED
 

Are you looking to make a difference in people’s lives? Do you want to learn and grow professionally while experiencing meaningful work?

Join our community mental health and wellness program and help people achieve success every day. Envision is a premier provider of recovery based mental health services in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. We inspire hope, inspiration and resiliency to hundreds of people each year.
 

General Functions: Assistant Director will be responsible for providing oversight and care management of the entire process for clients with serious mental illness who are transitioning from State Operated mental health facilities into community-based settings. Responsibilities include providing oversight of the evaluation process, treatment planning, resource development and any other task needed to ensure adequate supports are in place post-transition so clients will remain safely and successfully in the community. Assistant Directors will manage a team of direct service staff who engage in mental health assessments, treatment planning, and individual and group counseling, case management and skill building activities. In addition, supervision will be provided to two outreach and engagement specialists (people with lived experience) who engage clients both pre and post transition. The Assistant Director will coordinate with other staff to ensure completion of quality improvement activities, data collection, outcome measures, management, monthly reporting, financial tracking and budgeting. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for participating in decision making on an administrative level in conjunction with the Director.
• Responsible for assisting with the development of policies and procedures, program planning, implementation and evaluation
• AD will facilitate interviewing, hiring, and coordinating, and/or directly training, new staff members.
• AD will carry out progressive disciplinary action with staff members as needed.
• Responsible for designing individual and group training opportunities for staff based on needs of program and identified development needs for staff.
• Responsible for maintaining Key Performance Indicators as specified by the funder and completing quarterly funder reports
• AD will serve as liaison to the funder
• Responsible for proving direct supervision and training to Direct service staff. Documentation on coaching logs required for each staff member
• Ensure all services provided are in accordance with client’s individual treatment plan.
• Will ensure the completion and compliance maintenance for staff in all clinical documentation related to span of control.
• Ensure assigned staff complete required productivity targets and documentation on a timely basis, including assessments, treatment plans and other clinical documentation.
• AD may serve as the LPHA reviewing and signing off on MHA’s and ITP’s developed by other staff for program clients receiving Medicaid services.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling and related Field. Clinical Licensure (LPHAs-LCSW/LCPCs/LMFT),  required. Five+ years’ experience working with clients who have serious and persistent mental illness required. Experience with Substance use disorders, trauma, and/or medically complex needs preferred. Knowledge of Medicaid (rule 132/140) a plus.   

ABOUT ENVISION UNLIMITED:

Envision Unlimited is a large, non-profit agency with locations across the Chicago Metropolitan Areas. We have decades of experience working with clients who experience developmental disabilities or severe, and persistent mental health challenges. We provide psychiatry, outpatient mental health, residential and day treatment within our mental health division.

Envision Unlimited offers competitive salaries and a generous benefit package to our professionals:

Flexible Schedule

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Coverage: HMO, PPO

Dental and Vision Insurance Options 

Company paid Life Insurance

12 Paid Holidays + Birthday Off

Paid vacation, sick time and personal days

401K plan

In house training and CEU’s

Employee Assistance Network

Support for pursuing clinical licensure (financial and time off)

Opportunity for career growth & development