Intrepid Clinician

JOB PURPOSE:  The Clinician uses sound professional judgment and best practices to support the mental health, safety and well-being of every resident in care while maintaining compliance with established state and federal standards and requirements. Conducts mental health assessments and provides ongoing individual and group counseling services, screens for human trafficking concerns, and provides crisis intervention services.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support services for general population disaster shelters.
• Will provide mental health emergency assessments and evaluations.
• Crisis response, trauma-informed care, harm reduction principles, acute mental health de-escalation techniques.
• Follow public health protocols as appropriate to the community.
• Provide shelter residents outreach/engagement to ensure stability.
• Prepare goal-oriented psychosocial diagnostic assessments, service plans and progress reports.
• Provide case consultations, one-to-one counseling and/or crisis intervention for children, and family counseling for each family represented.
• Meet all pre-determined deadlines required by program supervisor and federal partners.
• Maintain a caseload in accordance with agency policies and procedures and licensing and contract standards.
• Conduct intake interviews and initial assessments.
• Assess, treat, develop, implement and update therapeutic plans.
• Provide counseling, crisis management, evaluations and other clinical functions as assigned.
• Record relevant clinical data and report clinical information as required.
• Maintain accurate and current records and files.
• Provide data to support staff regarding admission/discharge of residents.
• Facilitate continuity of services for children by the clinical department.
• Meet predetermined deadlines that allow for timely processing and reunification of residents.
• Assist in discharge planning.
• Maintain on-call schedule for the support of residents and staff.
• Maintain current knowledge of community resources.
• Communicate effectively with referral sources and providers.
• Participate in scheduled meetings and participate in team decisions and operations.
• Participate in workshops, seminars, education programs and activities that promote professional growth and development.
• Prepare and maintain assigned reports in accordance with agency policies and procedures and applicable licensing and contract standards.
• Work evenings, weekends and holidays as needed or requested by position supervisor.
• Maintain confidentiality in all areas of the service population and program operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Demonstrate Exceptional customer service, in Everything you do, by placing the child, family, Veteran or client first to support our mission to "Empower people to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities."

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: 

EDUCATION: Must have a Master’s of Social Work with clinical experience in the program; or Master’s degree in psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement; or a Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years clinical employment experience.

EXPERIENCE: Clinician must be licensed LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LPC-I, LMFT-A, or LMSW