Intake Therapist
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Job Description
Fair Haven Community Health Care
FHCHC is a forwardthinking dynamic and exciting community health center that provides care for multiple generations at over 143000 office visits in 21 locations.Overseen by a Board of Directors the majority of whom are patients themselves we are proud to offer a wide range of primary and specialty care services as well as evidencebased patient programs to educate patients in healthy lifestyle choices. As we grow and are able to bring highquality health care to more areas that need access we continue to put our patients first in everything we do. The mission of FHCHC is To improve the health and social wellbeing of the communities we serve through equitable high quality patientcentered care that is culturally responsive.
For 53 years we have been a health care leader in our community focused on providing excellent affordable primary care to all patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Fair Haven is proud to have a motivated team of professionals who are constantly seeking ways to enhance and improve the health and wellbeing of all patients.We believe that everyone should have access to highquality medical and dental care regardless of ability to pay.
Job purpose
FHCHC is seeking a qualified and experienced Intake Therapist to help provide crisis emergency care and perform comprehensive psychosocial assessments
Duties and responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of Behavioral Health the Intake Clinician will work in a community behavioral health and addiction setting providing services to individuals experiencing a mental health and/or substance use disorder need. Typical duties include but are not limited to:
- Triages clinical emergencies and implements program specific safety and consultation protocols
- Tasks include telephone triage risk assessments deescalation safety planning working with EMS as needed facilitating referrals to emergency department community mental/substance abuse treatment and other linkages in the community
- Completes crisis assessments of adults and/or children who are in crisis in a comprehensive manner attending to their safety and needs
- Develops treatment plans with and for the person in crisis that utilize communitybased health behavioral health and social services that will ameliorate the presenting crisis
- Completes a diagnostic assessment for voluntary outpatient program and other supporting documentation at first meeting; along with orienting new clients to the different services offered in our outpatient clinic
- If appropriate they will work with the client on making referrals to other services to meet the full spectrum of client needs assessed
- Works closely with our behavioral health patient navigators BH Director and team of clinicians to ensure a smooth transition from enrollment to ongoing treatment
- Completes required evidencebased screening tools such as GAD PHQ9 and CSSR CAGE and social determinates of health (SDOH) among others.
- Completes required administrative documentation consents agreements acknowledgements and enrollment forms
- Completes required documentation in a timely manner meeting regulatory standards
- Collaborates and communicates with the Billing Department in regards to medical insurance issues and payment options
- Works collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
This job requires some evening and Saturday morning hours.
Qualifications
The selected candidate will:
- Be bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Have clinical skills in assessment and diagnoses as well as experience working with a broad range of clinical presentations and age ranges from young children to elders.
- Demonstrate knowledge of psychopathology crisis theory and other behavioral health concerns and primary modalities of psychotherapeutic intervention
- Be able to function independently and be able to seek guidance when necessary
- Have extensive experience working with culturally diverse urban populations a wide age range and a variety of clinical presentations and knowledge of behavioral health child welfare systems and community resources
- Strong diagnostic assessment and treatment skills for individual family and group therapy
- Knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMV)
- Have a Masters Degree in a behavioral health and/or addiction field and be a licensedprofessional or licensed eligible in the state of CT (LCSW LPCLMFT) with a minimum of 2 yeas of experience.
Direct Reports
None
American with Disabilities Requirements:
External and internal applicants as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job specific functions (listed within each job specific responsibility) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case by case basis.
Fair Haven Community Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FHCHC does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity sexual orientation age nondisqualifying physical or mental disability national origin veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
