Community Health Director jobs in New Britain, CT

Why CMHA?
As a 2022 Hartford Courant Top Workplace and one of the largest behavioral health care providers in Connecticut, we have 40 years of experience in delivering mental health and addiction services to over 7,300 children, adolescents, and adults annually.

We care about our employees by offering Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance packages that help you strike a harmonious work-life balance. Our time off policy offers 9 paid holidays, 2 CHMA/Personal days for you to have the opportunity to celebrate the important traditions of the year with your loved ones and up to 24 days of PTO that increases with years of service. CMHA offers company paid Life Insurance and Long Term Disability. CMHA also provides student loan repayment plans and employee discounts for shopping, travel and entertainment. We also care about your future with a 403(b) retirement plan with CMHA matching starting after 1 year of service.

Internal mobility is a focus at CMHA with 6 members of our leadership team growing from individual contributors to Senior Leaders.

Position Summary: CMHA is looking to hire a Regional Clinical Director to oversee behavioral health programming for children and adults in our Waterbury location. The Regional Clinical Director is responsible for providing clinical and administrative leadership toward the development and effective management of the integrated clinical and community support services at CMHA. The Regional Clinical Director will work collaboratively with clinical/program staff as well as with other members of CMHA leadership, DMHAS, DCF, DOC, Courts, and other external entities to achieve efficient, timely and clinically
indicated care consistent with program goals and agency mission.

• Conveys information and ideas both orally and in writing and listens and responds appropriately to others. Maintains clear lines of communication with a wide range of individuals.
• Engages in clinical assessment and review to determine levels of care consistent with client need and agency resources.
• Gathers information about work activities and external conditions affecting the work, checks on the progress and quality of the work, and evaluates the performance of individuals and the effectiveness of the organizational unit.
• Identifies work-related problems, analyzes problems in a systematic but timely manner, and acts decisively to implement solutions and resolve crises.
• Reviews program effectiveness by conducting and documenting audits that measure objectives, develops, and monitors plans of corrections when those objectives have not been achieved
• Distributes money, people and time according to priorities; determines how to best utilize staff and resources efficiently and effectively to accomplish a task or project; Improve coordination and productivity.
• Represents and promotes CMHA at community functions and required meetings and communicates potential client/community needs to Supervisor that will assist in future program development.
• Manages and utilizes information in the form of Key Performance Indicators and other outcome measures to enhance performance.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in psychology or related field required
• Connecticut Licensure in a Behavioral Health discipline.(LCSW, LPC, LMFT, Etc…)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the delivery of mental health and addiction services with adults, families, children and/or adolescents.
• Minimum of 3 years in a management role
• Beginner to intermediate experience with Microsoft Office products including Word and Outlook.
• Experience in an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system which includes appointment scheduling, authorization tracking, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes and discharge summaries

COMPENSATION RANGE- $95,000-$117,000 a year

Community Mental Health Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer except in the case of a bon fide occupation qualification or as otherwise permitted or required by law, does not discriminate of the basis of race, color, age, disability, sec, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical condition including by not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familiar status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the Company’s Human Resources Department.