Behavioral Health Clinician - (LMFT or LCSW or LPCC)

Full Time / $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 DOE

Does your passion for clinical care get derailed by documentation and billing demands? We have a fabulous position that prioritizes client-centered clinical care with simplified documentation and no billing requirements!

• Oversee the daily treatment experience of each of his/her clients.
• Maintain appropriate documentation as required.
• Conduct assessments of clients at the time of admission and re-assessments as required.
• Conduct mental status examinations.
• Provide appropriate treatment recommendations based on a review of the clients history, signs, and symptoms.
• Provide individual, couple/family, and group psychotherapy as needed.
• Ability to demonstrate respect for cultural and lifestyle diversity of clients and staff.
• Crisis intervention services.
• Treatment Planning.
• Complete Additional Sessions Requests forms as required.
• Participates in treatment planning meetings and communicate updates with a multidisciplinary team.
• Assist with monthly written progress notes in the record written by members of the staff providing services, the notes shall be specific to the needs of each client and the program objectives and plans.
• Assistance with reassessment and summary of the progress of the clients, the appropriateness of program objectives and the success of the plan.
• Help with initial evaluation and assessment by facility staff of their medical, nursing, dietetic, social, and physical needs within 15 days of admission unless evaluation has been completed by referring agency within 30 days prior to admission.
• Ensure individual clients admitted will had a psychological evaluation and assessment by appropriate discipline within 45 days of admission.
• Ensure patients/clients rights, program requirements, treatment services and staff are maintained as required.

• Licensed clinician (LMFT, LCSW, or LPCC) or nearly licensed.
• Two years’ experience or training in a mental health setting, one year of which shall include experience or training with persons with severe and persistent mental disabilities. In-patient mental health setting experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DSM-5, psycho-social rehabilitation and recovery principles and best practices.
• Familiar with DBT and WRAP.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
• Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel.
• Possess knowledge of direct resident care services which ensures the safety, comfort, and protection of residents.
• Knowledge of current legal standards pertaining to professional practice, reporting requirements, professional boundaries, and related issues.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents.
• Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing practices.
• Must be able to relate information concerning a resident's condition.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health and/or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
• This position requires the successful completion of a background check, pre-employment physical, and drug screening as part of the hiring process.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.