* Formulates and conducts educational therapeutic and/or support group.
* Conducts individual couples and family therapy.
* Communicates effectively with patients families health care team members and community providers regarding patient status and progress.
* Develops an effective working relationship with the patient and participating family members.
* Ensures the psycho-social assessment or update is completed within 48 hours of admission.
* Ensures that the treatment plan has specific measurable goals objectives and interventions that are unique to the patients problems and strengths.
* Participates in and effectively contributes to patient care conferences interdisciplinary treatment planning and case staffing.
* Ensures that interventions designated in the patients treatment plan are carried out.
* Evaluates and documents the effectiveness of interventions and patient response in a timely manner.
* Responds to requests for case management services in a timely manner.
* Interacts and communicates with community agencies in the assessment of and service to patients.
* Provides liaison and referral services to community agencies and appears in court when requested or subpoenaed.
* Assesses patients for behaviors consistent with the developmental stages and makes note of any deviations in behavior.
* Demonstrates working knowledge of psychopathology most current DSM and appropriate treatment techniques and incorporates knowledge into treatment planning.
* Maintains knowledge of the Adult/Adolescent program rules protocols and handbooks.
* Attends facility in-services staff development clinical supervision and department staff meetings. Meets regularly with supervisor.
* Strives to maintain and improve professional competence and provides documentation for personnel file.