Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician
Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician
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Job Description
Make a Difference in Someones Life!
At Monarch we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team we provide hope promote wellness and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness substance use disorders intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
You Belong at Monarch
You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what youll find at Monarch. Here we care for people including our team members. We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.
Job Highlights:
The Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician must have one of the following qualifications:
LCSW
LCMHC
This Opportunity:
The primary responsibilities of the Behavioral Health Assessment Clinician is to provide a clinical assessment to determine the level of behavioral health and substance use services needed for persons of all ages who present and are experiencing psychological and/or substance use difficulties.What Youll Do:
1. Maintain a therapeutic and safe environment while persons supported receive services and help facilitate appropriate linkage and transition to additional services or into the community upon discharge.
2. Perform interviews with individuals and/or families to aid in identifying presenting problems assessing mental status and dangerousness gathering relevant facts of psychosocial history and assigning accurate diagnoses that will help determine the best intervention to help the individual and his or her family achieve stated goals. Ensure each individual served has an appropriate clinically based and culturally sensitive assessment which is the basis for all service provision.
3. Maintain necessary medical records in compliance with state federal and agency guidelines.
4. Assist individuals and families in meeting other psychosocial needs by referring them to appropriate level of care (such as specialty providers doctors social services and other community resources) and providing information needed within the guidelines of confidentiality standards.
5. Provide crisis assessments stabilization and service coordination in order to de-escalate crisis and potential crisis situations in an effort to maintain lowest level of care that promotes safety.
6. Maintain licensure as required by licensing board and attend educational trainings/seminars to remain up to date on current best practices.
7. Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served including with individuals families staff monitoring and licensing agencies organizations funding resources and other human service agencies.
8. Be an active participant in the ongoing continuous quality improvement activities of the agency.
9. Provide clinical consultation as required or requested by other professionals within Monarch to provide ongoing professional development and to process difficult client situations that may arise.
10. Drive or travel to community locations various agencies and other outreach destinations as assigned.
11. Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required.
12. Maintain certification in all agency state and federal training requirements. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
13. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures. Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.
14. Maintain accurate service documentation in a manner consistent with agency and state/federal law.
15. Complete and submit accurate billing information on time; maintain and ensure comprehensive medical records are kept for each person served.
16. Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served including with individuals families team members other staff monitoring and licensing agencies organizations and funders.
17. Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency state and federal training requirements.
18. Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
19. Implement and follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.
20. Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
21. Driving and travel is required.
Education Were Looking For:
Masters: Social Work (Required)Certifications Were Looking For:
Drivers License (Valid) - USA Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) - State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - State Social Work Certification and Licensure BoardExperience Were Looking For:
Counseling/Therapy Experience Not RequiredSchedule:
Monday - Friday (8:00am - 5:00pm)Target Weekly Hours:
40Monarch is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity.
Monarch does not accept paper person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process should contactor call .
This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch.
Employment Type
Full-Time
