AIP Clinical Supervisor
1 day ago
East Orange
Job Description Part-Time On-Site AIP Clinical Supervisor LCSW or LPC Organization: Access Family Services, Inc. Primary Locations: East Orange and Union, New Jersey Employment Type: Part-time, hourly Schedule: Approximately 10–12 hours per week Compensation: $45–$55 per hour, based on qualifications and experience. No benefits. Position Summary Access Family Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced New Jersey-licensed LCSW or LPC to serve as the on-site Clinical Supervisor for its Abuse Intervention Program. The Clinical Supervisor will provide direct clinical leadership, case consultation, staff development, group observation, and support regarding participant risk, treatment interventions, and clinical decision-making. This is a highly focused part-time position. Most working hours will occur on Saturdays, when the majority of AIP groups are conducted at AFS locations in East Orange and Union. The Clinical Supervisor will also participate in the program’s multidisciplinary treatment team meeting on Mondays and provide limited follow-up consultation as needed. This position is not primarily responsible for routine documentation tracking, roster management, curriculum distribution, or administrative quality-control functions. Those responsibilities are handled through a separate clinical quality process. The Clinical Supervisor’s role is to strengthen the quality, consistency, and accountability of the program’s clinical practice. Schedule and Work Location • Approximately 10–12 hours per week., • Consistent Saturday availability is required., • Saturday hours will be divided between program locations in East Orange and Union based on the group schedule and clinical needs., • Participation in the program’s Monday multidisciplinary treatment team meeting is required., • Limited additional time may be scheduled for case consultation, staff follow-up, group preparation, or urgent clinical matters., • The program also operates a Friday afternoon group and a remote Tuesday group. Occasional observation or consultation related to those groups may be requested based on program needs and the candidate’s availability., • This is a primarily on-site position and is not intended to be performed exclusively through remote supervision.Primary ResponsibilitiesCase Consultation, • Conduct structured case consultations with clinicians and group facilitators., • Provide clear guidance regarding participant behavior, engagement, resistance, accountability, treatment progress, and continued intervention needs., • Review difficult cases involving denial, minimization, victim blaming, manipulation, noncompliance, mental-health concerns, substance use, or escalating behavior., • Help staff distinguish between clinical issues, case-management concerns, attendance problems, and administrative noncompliance., • Follow up on significant cases to ensure that clinical recommendations are implemented.Clinical Decision-Making, • Guide decisions involving treatment levels, treatment goals, individual interventions, reassessments, extensions, referrals, and discharge recommendations., • Help staff determine when a participant requires an individual session, updated assessment, treatment-plan modification, increased intervention, or outside referral., • Participate in Monday multidisciplinary treatment team meetings and provide clinical recommendations regarding participant progress and continued needs., • Promote consistent clinical decision-making across program locations and groups., • Escalate significant clinical or safety concerns to program leadership.Staff Development, • Coach clinicians and facilitators on working effectively with mandated and justice-involved participants., • Provide direct and practical feedback that staff can apply during groups, individual sessions, assessments, and treatment planning., • Help staff address denial, minimization, victim blaming, resistance, manipulation, and lack of accountability., • Support newer clinicians and facilitators in developing clinical judgment, interviewing skills, group-management skills, and effective treatment interventions., • Identify recurring clinical issues that require additional staff training., • Assist with the clinical onboarding and orientation of new program staff.Group Observation and Facilitation Support, • Observe AIP groups in East Orange and Union on a regular basis., • Evaluate group structure, facilitator effectiveness, participant engagement, clinical interventions, and adherence to the program model., • Provide timely and constructive feedback to facilitators., • Help facilitators manage disruptive, resistant, dominating, disengaged, or high-risk participants., • Support consistent delivery of the approved curriculum while allowing appropriate clinical responsiveness to issues arising during group., • Co-facilitate or provide direct group support when clinically necessary.Risk and Safety Issues, • Provide clinical guidance regarding threats, escalating behavior, new incidents of abuse, stalking, coercive control, retaliation, suicidal statements, homicidal statements, or other significant safety concerns., • Help staff assess the seriousness and immediacy of identified risks., • Guide decisions involving reassessment, safety-related intervention, referral, reporting, treatment modification, or discharge., • Ensure that significant risk and safety issues are communicated through the appropriate program channels., • Maintain a victim-safety-centered approach to participant intervention and clinical decision-making.Treatment Interventions, • Help clinicians and facilitators select interventions appropriate to participant risks, needs, behavior, and engagement., • Assist staff in translating assessment findings into meaningful treatment goals and interventions., • Support the use of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral interventions, structured accountability exercises, and other evidence-informed practices., • Help staff directly address abusive behavior, power and control, entitlement, coercion, accountability, and behavior change., • Recommend changes when an intervention is ineffective or a participant is not demonstrating meaningful progress., • Support appropriate referrals for mental-health, substance-use, psychiatric, cognitive, or other services outside the scope of the AIP.Clinical Accountability, • Establish clear expectations for clinical practice, case consultation, professional boundaries, and implementation of recommendations., • Ensure that significant participant issues are raised and addressed rather than ignored, minimized, or handled informally., • Hold clinicians and facilitators accountable for following through on clinical decisions and assigned interventions., • Address patterns of weak clinical judgment, ineffective interventions, or failure to escalate significant concerns., • Work with program leadership when additional training, corrective guidance, or performance intervention is necessary., • Promote a culture in which staff seek clinical consultation early and respond directly to participant concerns.Required Qualifications, • Active New Jersey license as a:, • Licensed Clinical Social Worker — LCSW; or, • Licensed Professional Counselor — LPC., • Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a closely related behavioral-health field., • Experience providing clinical supervision, case consultation, staff coaching, or clinical leadership., • Strong clinical judgment and the ability to make clear, supportable recommendations., • Experience working with adults in behavioral-health, domestic-violence, forensic, correctional, substance-use, or other structured intervention settings., • Ability to work effectively with court-mandated, probation-referred, parole-referred, child-welfare-involved, or otherwise involuntary participants., • Ability to provide direct and constructive feedback to clinicians and facilitators., • Strong understanding of professional boundaries, confidentiality, clinical risk, and escalation procedures., • Consistent Saturday availability., • Ability to work on-site and travel between East Orange and Union., • Availability to participate in the Monday multidisciplinary treatment team meeting.Strongly Preferred Qualifications, • Professional fluency in both Spanish and English., • Ability to observe Spanish-language groups and provide clinical consultation to bilingual staff., • Experience in an Abuse Intervention Program, Batterer Intervention Program, domestic-violence program, forensic behavioral-health program, or correctional setting., • Experience supervising clinicians or facilitators working with justice-involved populations., • Knowledge of domestic-violence dynamics, power and control, coercive behavior, victim safety, and participant accountability., • Experience with structured risk assessment and treatment-level decision-making., • Training or experience in motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral interventions, Risk-Needs-Responsivity principles, and group-based interventions., • Completion of an approved 40-hour domestic-violence training.Compensation The position pays $45–$55 per hour, based on the candidate’s credentials, clinical-supervision experience, experience with justice-involved or mandated populations, domestic-violence expertise, and Spanish-language proficiency. The position is expected to involve approximately 10–12 hours per week, primarily on Saturdays, together with participation in the Monday multidisciplinary treatment team meeting and limited clinical follow-up. Successful Candidate Profile The successful candidate will be visible, accessible, and actively engaged with staff at both program locations. This position is not appropriate for someone seeking to provide supervision exclusively through remote meetings or occasional general discussions. The strongest candidate will be able to observe a group, identify what is working and what is not, isolate the actual clinical issue, and give staff clear direction regarding what should happen next. Professional Spanish-English fluency would be a significant advantage because it would allow the Clinical Supervisor to directly observe and support Spanish-language groups without relying on secondhand descriptions. The candidate must be comfortable challenging weak clinical reasoning, developing staff, addressing difficult participant behavior, and holding the clinical team accountable for following through on clinical recommendations.