Clinical Case Manager/Staff Therapist

Title: Clinical Case Manager/Staff Therapist

Position Purpose:

The Clinical Case Manager/Staff Therapist is responsible for working with multiple Bates College departments and community agencies to coordinate services for student care. In addition, they will provide individual and group counseling and psychotherapy alongside the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Clinical Team and under the leadership of its Director.

Job Duties:

Case Management:

• Supports internal referrals for CAPS clients needing specialized or higher levels of care.
• Assists in the coordination of services for students with high-risk behaviors.
• Facilitates referrals for continuity of care for students recently hospitalized.
• Follows up and tracks referrals for students with identified high risk needs.
• Maintains full and accurate case notes for clients within CAPS EMR (Titanium).
• Serves as a liaison between community mental health providers and CAPS.
• Collaborates with the Student Support team on care plans with student consent and compliance.
• Works with students referred to CAPS by the Dean of Students, Student Conduct, and members of the Bates Intervention Team conveying information when appropriate releases of information are in place.

Clinical Work:

• Maintains an active clinical caseload, providing confidential individual and group counseling and psychotherapy to students.
• Provides crisis and ongoing counseling services for students with acute psychological concerns.
• Provides consultation, training, and outreach to students, faculty, staff, and parents.
• Completes clinical documentation in accordance with professional and licensure standards.
• Conducts mental health evaluations, diagnoses and refers patients to appropriate levels of care.
• Participates on the CAPS On Call rotation to ProtoCall, responding to questions or concerns about students in crisis.
• Accesses and conveys relevant clinical information from Titanium and ProtoCall for hospital intake when appropriate and indicated.

Campus Partnership/Education and Outreach:

• In collaboration with the Director of CAPS and campus partners, provide occasional educational and psycho-educational programming to students.
• In collaboration with the Director of CAPS, supports and collaborates with student clubs and organizations on campus regarding programming efforts in their particular areas of interest.
• Participate on the Integrative Wellbeing Team to provide holistic wellbeing support to students grounded in evidence-based practices and relevant theoretical models.
• Develop and implement training modules for professional staff in residence life to facilitate ongoing learning about wellness support. 
• Serves as on-call staff for emergent situations in which the CAPS on-call system (ProtoCall) requires professional consultation.

Other:

• Completes other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor or designee that are consistent with the responsibilities of the position.
• Attends training and professional development opportunities for continuing education credits (CEU) to maintain Maine licensure in good standing.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Advanced degree in Social Work, Clinical or Counseling Psychology required by anticipated start date.
• Must possess valid mental health licensure or have the ability to obtain mental health licensure in Maine within 90 days of anticipated start date. 
• Continued employment is contingent upon obtaining mental health licensure.

Experience

• Clinical experience in college mental health or related area, treating late adolescents and emerging adults.
• Strong clinical, diagnostic, interpersonal, and collaborative skills. 
• Experience working with common presenting concerns of college student such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc.
• Experience working as part of a health care team, inclusive of families and College staff. 
• Experience in current college mental health issues including familiarity with diversity of treatment modalities commonly used with this population.
• Experience developing and leading educational and psycho-educational programs and community outreach efforts.
• Demonstrated success in supporting students from underrepresented groups, including students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, first-generation-to- college students, and low-income students.
• Demonstrated proficiency with crisis assessment, man