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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Joining UMass Memorial Health Community Healthlink (CHL) makes you part of a team doing work that is often life changing for those we serve. We provide highquality behavioral health care services to individuals couples and families that is fulfilling both professionally and personally. CHL has been a leader in central and north Worcester County for over four decades in providing care to those facing mental illness homelessness and substance use and recovery.

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At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.

The Program Director of the Youth and Family Outpatient Services team in Worcester provides management and clinical leadership to a school and office based clinical program consisting of a dedicated team of masters level clinicians psychologists and psychiatrists. This full time 12month position offers the opportunity to direct an exciting and vibrant program a chance to collaborate with local and regional schools in helping improve the functioning of students and school personnel and help parents to interact more effectively with their children.

The Program Director is responsible for managing the daytoday operations at our Outpatient Clinic. Led by the Program Director outpatient and schoolbased clinicians develop creative strength based and individualized strategies to help at risk clients address the challenges that interfere with optimal functioning and progress in school and at home. Community Healthlink staff use nurturing culturally sensitive evidencebased and disciplined approaches to help at risk youth. We encourage our staff to work collaboratively with school staff community providers and families to support youth achieve their goals.

Together with the Assistant Program Director the Program Director also oversees the work of School based clinicians. These clinicians work with students parents and educators in several public and private schools within multiple school districts in Central Massachusetts. The goal of the School Support Services program is to provide therapy to students and consultation training and support to professionals and parents as they learn to interact more effectively with children who are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties.

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• Oversee the operation of the Outpatient clinic and SchoolBased program. Provide direct oversight consistent with the administrative programmatic and clinical polices of Community Healthlink Inc.

• Manage the daily operations of the program in a manner consistent with the mission values and policies of the organization.

• Provide culturally competent clinical leadership to the program

• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to staff and evaluate the performance of the staff.

• Represent the program both within and outside the organization

• Manage the programs case assignment flow and system for clinical review of cases.

• Assist the Director of Childrens Outpatient Services in the recruitment of staff management of the program budget and monitoring staff productivity

• Monitor staffs clinical and case management documentation

• Liaise with the schools where school clinicians are assigned to ensure smooth operations

• Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors

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