Clinician - Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care

LICENSURE DETERMINES RATE

General Description

Provide Mental Health Treatment and Psychotherapy, Case management, and treatment planning for Youth and Families receiving Intensive Community Services.

Essential Job Functions

• Complete diagnostic mental health/substance abuse assessment and provide treatment in individual, family and group.
• Deliver treatment on an outreach basis to families and youth in the families’ home
• Deliver treatment in sub-contractors facilities
• Maintain client records, completing all necessary paperwork in a timely manner including required State documents and authorizations
• Coordinate treatment components and communicate with all collateral agents and all sub-contractors
• Provide treatment within guidelines established by the Brien Center
• Follow all policies or the Brien Center and its sub-contractors
• Provide consultation to community agencies on mental health/substance abuse issues upon request
• Consult to sub-contractors on treatment planning
• Provide Wraparound care planning for all youth and families

Other Responsibilities

• Maintain client records, completing all necessary paperwork in a timely manner
• Maintain required productivity level
• Participate in regularly scheduled supervision
• Consultation and supervision to BA level staff and/or graduate or undergraduate students
• Attend required meetings and agency trainings
• Availability required for on-call rotation
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in social work, psychology, counseling or other clinical concentration; LCSW, LICSW or LMHC preferred.
• LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, LADC I, IT or RN required within 6 months of eligibility date.
• Diagnostic and treatment knowledge and skill
• Extensive knowledge of the dynamics of mental health/substance abuse treatment, intervention and education
• Experience in providing individual and group mental health/substance abuse and family counseling
• Knowledge of community resources

Skills

• Excellent oral & presentation skills
• Leadership talent and the ability to delegate effectively
• Working knowledge of computers
• Ability to work on interdisciplinary team