What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lic MH Clinician position at CFG Health Network?
Reports to Program Director
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in psychology, social work or other recognized mental health discipline
- Experience in work with mental health/case management/ youth services or other transferable experience.
- LAC, LSW, LPC, or LCSW Required.
- Involved in continuing education activities to further his/her own professional development.
- Able to work independently and as a member of a diverse team.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
Responsibilities:
- Provides direct care and management of patient population in the form of individual, family and group therapy and development of patient’s individualized treatment plan.
- Performs case management activities for all individuals in their caseload.
- Completes the comprehensive intake assessment and other assessment tools as indicated to provide a complete diagnostic picture.
- Maintains an active leadership role on the multi-disciplinary treatment team and provides relevant clinical information and updates to the treatment team to allow for the highest level of care and understanding.
- Accurately records patient progress in the clinical record.
- Participates in treatment team meeting, clinical rounds, monthly clinical in-services, and program staff meetings.
- Acts as a liaison between child/family and external organizations, providing professional representation of program to both internal and external organizations, participates on committees and forums when appropriate.
- Serves as an advocate for those clients or groups of clients whose needs are not being met by available programs or by a specific agency.
- Maintain familiarity with professional and self-help systems in the community and will assist the client in using those services when necessary.
- Provide supervision to student interns, if applicable.
- Provides coverage in case of absences/vacations, and other day-to-day issues related to the daily operation of the program.
- Participate in weekly clinical supervision with Assistant Director of Clinical Services.
- Able to maintain strict confidentiality and professional/ethical standards required by state and federal statutes and by those standards accepted for counseling and social work practice.
