Make a Difference in Someone’s Life!

At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find at Monarch. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.

Job Highlights:

The Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician must have one of the following qualifications:

• LCSW

• LCMHC

This Opportunity:

The primary responsibilities of the Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician is to provide a clinical assessment to determine the level of behavioral health and substance use services needed for persons of all ages who present and are experiencing psychological and/or substance use difficulties.

What You'll Do:

1. Maintain a therapeutic and safe environment while persons supported receive services and help facilitate appropriate linkage and transition to additional services or into the community upon discharge.

2. Perform interviews with individuals and/or families to aid in identifying presenting problems, assessing mental status and dangerousness, gathering relevant facts of psychosocial history, and assigning accurate diagnoses that will help determine the best intervention to help the individual and his or her family achieve stated goals. Ensure each individual served has an appropriate, clinically based and culturally sensitive assessment which is the basis for all service provision.

3. Maintain necessary medical records in compliance with state, federal, and agency guidelines.

4. Assist individuals and families in meeting other psychosocial needs by referring them to appropriate level of care (such as specialty providers, doctors, social services, and other community resources) and providing information needed within the guidelines of confidentiality standards.

5. Provide crisis assessments, stabilization, and service coordination in order to de-escalate crisis and potential crisis situations in an effort to maintain lowest level of care that promotes safety.

6. Maintain licensure as required by licensing board and attend educational trainings/seminars to remain up to date on current best practices.

7. Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served, including with individuals, families, staff, monitoring and licensing agencies, organizations, funding resources, and other human service agencies.

8. Be an active participant in the ongoing continuous quality improvement activities of the agency.

9. Provide clinical consultation as required or requested by other professionals within Monarch to provide ongoing professional development and to process difficult client situations that may arise.

10. Drive or travel to community locations, various agencies, and other outreach destinations as assigned.

11. Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required.

12. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.

13. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures. Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.

14. Maintain accurate service documentation in a manner consistent with agency and state/federal law.

15. Complete and submit accurate billing information on time; maintain and ensure comprehensive medical records are kept for each person served.

16. Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served, including with individuals, families, team members, other staff, monitoring and licensing agencies, organizations, and funders.

17. Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.

18. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and f