SKILLS REQUIRED

Clinical and Leadership Skills:

• Oversee and provide regular clinical supervision to Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Board-Certified Behaviour Analysts in conjunction with Directors and Program Managers.

• Provide clinical consultation to Program Managers, teams and program staff, as accessed through the Clinical Consultation Pathway.

• Chair LCC’s Clinical Community of Practice.

• Identify, develop, implement, and support professional training and development programs to enhance knowledge and skill development of staff.

• Drive program development, enhancement and the integration of all clinical services.

• Attend program team meetings as necessary/required, providing clinical direction to more complex and challenging clients.

• Represent and promote clinical services, programs and issues with external sponsors, community partners and government.

• Maintain up-to-date contemporaneous clinical consultation notes in client EHR’s.

• Engage in regular supervision.

• Provide after hours administrative support on a rotational basis to ensure uninterrupted service to clients.

• Participate in all mandatory agency and program training and in-service processes.

• Assume responsibility for their own professional development, including keeping up to date with new developments in the field and acquiring new skills to best serve the children/youth and families within the organization.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Positive and highly effective interpersonal, consultation, advisory, and leadership skills.

• Highly developed written and oral communication skills with an ability to gather information from others and advance and disseminate new information throughout the organization.

• Present information to various internal and external audiences in an organized, logical, easily understood, concise manner, that is suitable to the format and audience.

• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with internal and external parties.

• Utilize effective conflict management strategies in navigating contentious issues.

Organization, Written, and Professionalism Skills:

• Prioritize duties and tasks and utilize computer software to schedule work/appointments.

• Meet deadlines and accomplish assigned volume of work within allocated work time .

• Utilize computer databases, forms and templates to document consultation service interactions and service reporting.

• Complete all documentation in an organized, logical, easily understood, concise manner, that is suitable to the audience.

• Demonstrate personal and professional boundaries and maintain the privacy and confidentiality of staff and client information.

• Employ an ethical framework as prescribed by policy and procedures.

• Represent the LCC both internally and externally reflecting agency values and core principles.