Mohawk Opportunities

Clinical Program Director

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAlbany, NY, USA$85k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential is required.
Three years of experience working with individuals with serious mental illness.
Experience with the criminal justice system and an understanding of its impact on service recipients.
A valid and insurable New York State driver's license and a personal vehicle for business purposes are required.
A strong commitment to the rights and decision-making ability of people living with mental illness, including the ability to establish supportive and trusting relationships, uphold clients' rights and treatment preferences, and treat everyone with respect and dignity.
Candidates must be able to complete background checks successfully for an employment offer.

Responsibilities

Establish, administer, and direct the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Program, a self-contained clinical team providing treatment, rehabilitation, and support to 68 clients with serious mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system.
Oversee daily clinical operations, including staff scheduling, morning meetings, staff coordination, and evaluation of treatment activities to meet clients' changing needs and ensure quality care.
Hire, supervise, and evaluate a multidisciplinary team, and function as a practicing clinician on the team.
Supervise program documentation and case-record management for compliance; regularly review staff assessments, service plans, progress notes, and other records.
Provide clinical treatment and rehabilitative support services, including home, community, and office visits, crisis intervention, clinical documentation, and participation in on-call duties.
Operationalize evidence-based practices using harm-reduction, person-centered, and recovery-based approaches.
Promote effective communication among coworkers, providers, external providers, regulators, and funders.
Ensure services comply with agency procedures and applicable state and federal regulations, including requirements of the New York State Office of Mental Health, Department of Health, and Medicaid.
Ensure medication processes and procedures are followed.
Participate in developing the annual budget, monitor expenditures, adhere to budget guidelines, and complete monthly service billing.
Transport clients when necessary; employees must be approved to drive agency and personal vehicles for business purposes.

Desired Qualifications

Experience working on an Assertive Community Treatment or Forensic Assertive Community Treatment team is preferred.
Three years of supervisory and management experience in a clinical setting and experience providing community-based clinical treatment, such as mobile crisis or FACT, are preferred; a combination of strong supervisory skills and clinical experience may be considered.

Clinical Program Director

Mohawk Opportunities Inc. · Albany, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-09

Salary: USD 85,000–85,000

Workplace: on_site

Description

Clinical Program Director

Make a difference and work for an agency where you matter!

The Clinical Program Director establishes, administers, and directs the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Program, a self-contained clinical team that provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to sixty-eight clients with serious mental illness and who are involved with the criminal justice system. Duties include:

Overseeing the direct day-to-day clinical operations including staff scheduling, morning meetings, coordination among staff members, and evaluation of treatment activities to ensure excellence of care to meet the individuals ever changing needs.
Hires, supervises, and evaluates a multidisciplinary team ensuring high quality psychiatric treatment that is goal-directed, respectful, meaningful and client driven. Also functions as a practicing clinician as part of the team.
Supervising program documentation and case record management assuring compliance. Regularly reviewing assessments, service plans, progress notes, and other records kept and written by staff.
Providing the full spectrum of clinical treatment and rehabilitative support services to individuals served by the team. This includes home, community and office visits, crisis intervention, completing clinical documentation, and participating in on-call duties.
Operationalizing evidence-based practices including using a harm reduction, person-centered, recovery-based approach while instilling hope in those served.
Promoting effective and collaborative communication between co-workers, providers, external providers, regulators, and funders.
Ensuring all services are delivered in a manner consistent with agency procedures and all related State and Federal regulations (NYS Office of Mental Health, Department of Health, and Medicaid).
Ensuring all medication processes and procedures are followed.
Participating in the development of an annual budget, monitoring expenditures, and adhering to budgetary guidelines. Completing monthly billing for services.
Providing transportation to clients when necessary. In addition, an employee must be approved to drive agency and personal vehicles for business purposes.

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications for the Forensic Clinical Program Director include:

NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor required.
Three years’ experience working with individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Experience working on an ACT or FACT Team, preferred.
Experience with the criminal justice systems and an understanding of how the service recipients are impacted.
Three years of supervisory and management experience in a clinical setting and experience providing community-based clinical treatment, preferred (e.g., mobile crisis, FACT, etc.). A combination of strong supervisory skills and clinical experience will be considered.
Must have a strong commitment to the rights and ability of each person living with a mental illness to make their own decisions. Must be able to effectively work with all people and demonstrate skills and competence to establish supportive and trusting relationships with all individuals. Must uphold clients’ rights, personal preferences in treatment and treat everyone with respect and dignity.
A valid and insurable NYS driver’s license. Must have own vehicle to use for business purposes. Agency vehicles are available for individual transportation.

Benefits

Salary and Schedule of the Clinical Program Director:

$85,000/annual equivalent, $3,269.24/biweekly.
40 hours per week. Monday-Friday. DAY TIME HOURS. Compensated on-call hours on a rotating schedule.
Excellent benefits, staff training, generous paid time off, and 30-minute paid lunch.
Supportive work environment.
Culture of Caring.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

All offers for employment will be contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed background checks.

Mohawk Opportunities is committed to helping individuals living with mental illness achieve stable community living and independence. Our goal is to provide services and supports that assist individuals living with mental illness to thrive and achieve their full potential for a happy, independent life in the community of their choice.

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