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Houston - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Description

We are looking for aBehavioral Health Clinician for TCP Westwood someone to develops plans and delivers evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families. Engages in social work services to assist patients and families in identifying and utilizing health care and community resources today to learn more about these opportunities in our Pediatric Clinic!

Minimum Qualifications

  • Masters degree in social work or related field
  • 2yrs Social Work professional counseling or marriage/family therapist counseling

License Required

  • LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker (TBHEC) OR
  • LPC - Licensed Prof Counselor (TBHEC) OR
  • LMFT - Licensed Marriage &Family Therapist (TBHEC)

Preferred

  • employment in healthcare a health care specialization in schooling or a field work practicum in health care

Knowledge and Skills

  • Knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial models theories and interventions; medical social work; and community resources.
  • Ability to provide evidence-based assessment and therapeutic interventions tailored to the patients presenting symptoms and goals.
  • Ability to conduct a thorough psychosocial assessment and develop implement and evaluate a plan of care.
  • Ability to conceptualize the psychosocial needs presented by the assigned patient population to intervene with patient/family behavior to coordinate community resources and to handle crises and complex psychosocial situations.
  • Ability to handle grief.
  • Ability to demonstrate initiative good judgment and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent professional listening and communication skills.

Specific Duties

  • Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients social emotional/psychological developmental/educational/vocational environmental financial and health situations within authorization periods as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning.
  • Provides evidence-based psychotherapy for individual family parent and groups to help patients/families reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients.
  • Tracks patient progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessment using reliable and valid measures where available and adjusts treatment plan in accordance with findings
  • Coordinates care with other mental health providers to insure selected treatments match the patients current diagnosis symptoms developmental level and functioning across environments.
  • Actively participates in providers conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating Plans of Care.
  • Assesses and follows-up with providers recommendations of changes in the patient/family status and/or needs as appropriate.
  • Conducts patient/family needs assessments identifies and assesses patients/families knowledge and utilization of community resources and provides information about additional appropriate community resources.
  • Assesses patients/families understanding of the referral information provided and their ability to access the recommended resources.
  • Demonstrates awareness of required competencies for provision of evidence-based assessment therapy services specific to the population and setting where services are to be provided.
  • Seeks specific consultation supervision didactic training or education in areas of competency to be developed.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.



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