Licensed Mental Health Professional Supervisor - LPC - Lcsw

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do.

We are seeking Licensed Mental Health Professional Supervisor to join our team in our Baton Rouge, LA location.

Earn: $40.87/hour + $7,500 yearly mileage stipend

Position Details

This position is a management level position, responsible for clinical and administrative oversight of assigned regions. The LMHP supervisor is in charge of overseeing coordination and delivering of care management operations to the DOJ target population including members with mental health diagnoses, complex medical conditions, and/or social-economic and co-morbidities.

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Trains, instructs, and evaluates workers and makes work assignments.

• Effectively communicates program, administrative, and clinical direction to subordinate staff.

• Discusses cases with case managers and makes suggestions and recommendations.

• Reviews case records for completeness, consistency, and quality of case management services provided including application of proper techniques; ensures compliance with state and federal mandates.

• Consults with individual case managers to promote staff development and to suggest solutions to problem cases.

• Studies and makes suggestions and recommendations on special, complicated, or problem cases.

• Assists in planning, developing, and implementing mandatory and discretionary mental health programs in accordance with applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations by determining type and level of services to be provided; measures of quality-assurance to be employed; and formulating and carrying out policies and procedures.

• Keeps informed of new developments in the field of psychiatric social work or marriage and family therapy.

• Identifies staff training and development requirements and provides training and guidance to administrative and clinical staff to ensure mental health services delivery effectiveness.

• May carry a caseload that includes the more complicated or emergency casework assignments as required.

• May review and/or approve treatment authorization requests from hospitals, contracted network and/or legal entity community-based providers/programs and recommend approval or denial of requests per specified state and Department of Mental Health contract compliance requirements.

Benefits

Merakey offers medical, dental - vision insurance plans, competitive compensation plans and more!

• DailyPay

• Work/Life Balance

• Flexible Schedules

• Cell Phone Discount Plans

• Employee Referral Bonuses

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Care.com Membership

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Master's degree in human services/related field

• 2 years of clinical experience working with adults with severe mental illness

• 2 years of experience in a supervisory role.

• Valid LA Driver's License and appropriate state and federal clearances.

• LPC or LCSW with a current unrestricted license to practice in the state of Louisiana.