School-Based Services Clinical Director

Overview

Function:
The School-Based Services (SBS) Clinical Director is responsible for clinical leadership, oversight, and quality of all school-based behavioral health services. This role ensures that services delivered in school settings are trauma-informed, evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, and fully compliant with federal, state, and agency requirements. This position oversees clinical programming, assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and outcomes for students receiving services in collaboration with school districts and community partners.

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight of all school-based behavioral health services.
• Ensure compliance with CCBHC, Medicaid, Medicare, and Kentucky regulatory requirements, as well as grants and contracts.
• Oversee assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, service delivery, and discharge planning in school settings.
• Supervise and support clinical supervisors and school-based clinicians through regular supervision, coaching, and performance management.
• Ensure trauma-informed, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate practices are implemented consistently.
• Monitor clinical documentation for accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Ensure all necessary records are maintained and kept confidential.
• Provide direct clinical oversight of clients served by therapists under their supervision, including review of assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and clinical decision-making to ensure high-quality, ethical, and effective care.
• Participate in the OP Quality Workgroup for continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Analyze data related to access, utilization, outcomes, and satisfaction; implement improvement strategies as needed.
• Collaborate with school districts, administrators, and staff to coordinate services and address student needs.
• Serve as primary clinical liaison with schools and community partners.
• Support crisis response, safety planning, and coordination of emergency services in school settings as well as assisting with after-hours and weekends on-call schedule.
• Oversee referrals, intakes, and service assignment in collaboration with referral management and supervisors.
• Ensure staff are trained in CCBHC requirements, school-based policies, and evidence-based practices.
• Participate in grant, contract, and reporting requirements related to school-based services, if applicable.
• Support workforce development, recruitment, and retention of school-based clinicians.
• Participate in agency leadership, strategic planning, and policy development.
• Promote culturally responsive, equitable, and family-centered care.
• Ensure school MOUs/MOAs are established and updated annually with local school districts to allow RE to provide school-based services.
• Schedule and facilitate Mental Health Meetings with local schools monthly, or at the discretion of the school.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate school-based programming and service models to address student and school-identified needs, including prevention, early intervention, crisis response, and ongoing therapeutic services.
• Develop and distribute school-based service satisfaction surveys, interpret feedback to assess areas of improvement, and develop a plan with agency leadership to improve service array.
• Promote a positive view of RE to the public and outside agencies.
• Provide individual, group, collateral, and family treatment, as appropriate, to clients based on clinical issues and treatment needs.
• Maintain current therapy notes, treatment reports, and other written documentation and correspondence according to agency policy and within appropriate time frames.
• Attend and participate in all therapist/clinical meetings and assist others in developing appropriate intervention techniques, case consultations, and providing clinical service updates.
• Maintain current licensure and stay within ethical guidelines provided by the licensure board.
• Participate in supervision and consultation regularly.
• Collaborate effectively with other assigned RE services and community partners.
• Assist in crisis intervention efforts to maintain the safety of clients and use crisis as an opportunity for growth.
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