The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for ensuring high quality clinical services that are rooted in a trauma-informed, harm reduction philosophy of care are being provided in the program. The Clinical Supervisor provides clinical leadership and supervision, as well as training to the counseling staff in the Recovery Home. The Clinical Supervisor reports to the Clinical Director or their designee for clinical supervision.

Location: Shepherd House in Dorchester, provides residential treatment programs for 39 women with substance use disorder. The program is three-to-nine months long and helps support the residents with co-occurring conditions, such as mental health and chronic health conditions. Shepherd House also serves pregnant and postpartum women, as well as infants, allowing new mothers to continue their focus on recovery. 

Essential Functions:

• Act in accordance with Victory Programs, Inc.’s Standards of Excellence & Philosophy of Care, including maintaining professional ethics, boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Provide regular individual and group supervision to the Substance Use Disorder Counselors, (including training, performance evaluation, and staff development).
• Supervise, direct, train and evaluate assigned staff and any interns or volunteers, and maintain appropriate supervision documentation.
• Maintain accurate documentation and record keeping utilizing an electronic health records system, including but not limited to: bio-psychosocial assessment, individual action plans, re-assessment; progress notes; case management; consent forms; data collection.
• Review and approve documentation completed by the Counselors and ensure accurate and timely completion and submission of data collection.
• Facilitate and support the admission process in collaboration with the Program Director and Intake Coordinator.
• Maintain current working knowledge of referral sources such as housing, medical, outpatient counseling, and dental, legal, HIV/AIDS client services, smoking cessation, overdose prevention, self-help groups and others to provide comprehensive services to clients.
• Create, manage, and regularly update the program’s group meeting schedule.
• Facilitate and/or co-facilitate a minimum of two client groups per week and complete required documentation.
• Provide milieu coverage as needed, including but not limited to: monitoring and assessing the integrity of the program’s therapeutic milieu; empowering clients to act in accordance with the guidelines of the program; assisting clients in self-administration of medications; conducting controlled substance counts; answering phones and front door.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Represent the program in the community and to designated funders, as requested by supervisor.
• Participate and support the agency in program holiday events, State House rallies, fundraising and advocacy events, HIV/AIDS rally and walk, and any additional functions.
• Perform other duties as deemed necessary by your supervisor or their designee.

Required Qualifications:

• A Master's degree in one of the following disciplines or a closely related field: clinical psychology, education-counseling, medicine, mental health, psychology, psychiatric nursing, rehabilitation counseling, social work.
• Proficient computer skills, including the use of Microsoft office.
• Strong organizational, writing and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and drug cultures, age groups, religion, country of origin, disability and economic status.
• Must be CPR certified (may be obtained upon hire)
• Completed TB screening (may be obtained upon hire)
• Three work related professional references; at least 2 from manager or supervisor.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated competence in service coordination and networking with other human service and health care providers.
• 2 years of supervised substance use disorder counseling experience.
• 1 year full time equivalent clinical supervisory experience.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as a member of a professional team.

Position Type: Full-Time Exempt (40 hours weekly) Monday-Friday 11am-7pm

Rate: $73,083.92 Annually

Victory Programs values a diverse workforce, as we collectively seek to create welcoming, inclusive and accessible environments for our employees and the people we serve. We strive to sustain healthy, functioning communities that respect and celebrate different experiences, identities, cultures and ideas.

Victory Programs has helped individuals and families in crisis for over 45 years. Thousands turn to us yearly for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. Most struggle with homelessness, substance use and mental health, and many live with HIV/AIDS. Our team of more than 300 staff across over 30+ programs works with people to develop and execute creative, safe solutions to the very real challenges our clients face.

Our benefit program includes a 75% health and 25% dental employer premium contribution, 100% employer paid disability and life insurance. Victory Programs offers a generous paid time off package to all employees including vacation, sick, and personal time as well as holidays. Upon hire, all staff are entitled to up to: 4 personal days, 160 sick hours, 10 holidays and 3 1/2 weeks of vacation. These figures adjust based on full time or part time status and allocated vacation time increases with length of employment.