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Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center · 6 hours ago

Program Director - FCTP

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center’s Conditional Release Program is seeking a Program Director for its Forensic Community Treatment Program. The Program Director will oversee operational, clinical, and fiscal aspects of the program, ensuring compliance with standards while providing leadership and supervision to the treatment team.

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Responsibilities

Provides administrative, clinical, and fiscal oversight to the Program

Administrates overall program goals and responsibilities, ensuring set standards are achieved

Oversees clinical decision-making, with a focus on assessing and mitigating risk of dangerousness

Facilitates treatment team meetings, clinical supervision, and annual staffing, as well as any other team meetings that arise

Maintains detailed knowledge of program paperwork, documentation, record keeping, and billing procedures, ensuring quality assurance standards are met

Maintains an understanding of the client’s treatment and supervision needs and guides the treatment team in incorporating these factors

Oversees interventions as emergent and emergency clinical matters arise

Oversees treatment team meetings and contributes pertinent information; responsible for establishing consensus and direction for treatment and supervision matters

Collaborates with the Clinical Director and other Program Directors within CONREP; keeps the Community Program Director appraised of all pertinent matters as they arise

Develops, maintains, and evaluates policies and procedures; assures adherence to standards consistent with program policy and professional standards of practice

Writes, reviews, and edits reports as required

Ensures compliance with all DSH and Penal Code requirements (e.g., timely submission of court reports)

Provides verbal and written testimony in court and similar settings

Acts as a liaison to stakeholders, including DSH, court personnel, community stakeholders, and local law enforcement

Provides on-call coverage as required

Keeps program personnel informed of professional & community trends, issues, concerns, and requests

Maintains knowledge of current trends in the field of forensic psychology

Assists other programs as necessary

Arrives at sound conclusions after getting and analyzing all pertinent facts

Works independently

Responds appropriately to difficult or emergency situations

Maintains job interest and technical skills

Addresses conflict by privately acknowledging it, appropriately listening to others’ views, and speaking without blaming

Performs other additional tasks as directed

Qualification

Licensed PsychologistForensic mental health managementClinical supervisionViolence risk assessmentCourt report writingCommunity collaborationPolicy developmentLeadership presenceOrganizational skillsVerbal communicationWritten communication