Clinical Therapist III HealthySteps Community Health Clinics

Responsibilities:

Preventive and Responsive Care

Promotes HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers

Conducts team-based well-child visits before during or following the primary care provider Visits focus on monitoring development social-emotional functioning and relational health and providing anticipatory guidance

Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep positive parenting picky eating etc.

Maintains a child development support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time

Participates in reflective supervision meetings

May facilitate parent/caregiver groups

Referrals and Community Collaborations

Creates and maintains community resource directory/database. Provides referrals and tracks follow-up as appropriate to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.

Reaches out to community providers within the first 6 months in a position to share about HealthySteps and their role and receive information to support referrals warm handoffs and ensure appropriate referral criteria are met.

Participates (when appropriate) in community-wide early childhood and/or mental health meetings.

Team-Based Care

Is an active member of the HS Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings

Works with the front office administrative staff to ensure the scheduling of the HS Specialists time in coordination with provider visits (i.e. well-child visits)

Engages in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to ensure the HealthySteps model is delivered with fidelity

Collaborates with HealthySteps implementation team to implement all eight Core Components including universal screenings making positive parenting and early learning guidance information available and adjusting workflows for optimal efficiency

Maintains open communication with all members of the primary care team

Works closely with pediatric primary providers around care coordination goal setting coaching and education about key aspects of a childs development

Provides consultation and/or facilitates training to medical professionals and all practice staff re: early childhood development early relational health/infant early childhood mental health and trauma-informed practice

Caseload Tracking Record Keeping and Reporting

Maintains extensive databases required to meet HealthySteps fidelity metrics including both internal and external referrals.

Collaborates with the HealthySteps Implementation Team to complete required annual site reporting to the HealthySteps National Office at ZERO TO THREE which may include analysis of both external database files and EHR data reports.

Documents all patient clinical activity and care coordination in EHR.

Tracks caseload to ensure capacity to deliver the HS services within the risk-stratified service delivery model. This includes ensuring exit criteria is met and that families and children are elevated to higher levels of care or referred to community providers if needed.

Professional Development Activities

Participates in HealthySteps training (Virtual HealthySteps Institute)

Participates in administrative and clinical/reflective supervision meetings

The Clinical Therapist I is the unlicensed entry-level of the Clinical Therapist series. This series includes the registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW). Through education and supervised clinical experience on the job incumbents in this classification develop advanced diagnostic and treatment skills while gaining qualifying experience for which state licensure is required.

The Clinical Therapist I is required to obtain a license issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker within one year from the date of hire. Clinical Therapist I is a natural progression underfill for the class of Clinical Therapist II. Incumbents will be promoted to Clinical Therapist II after obtaining a satisfactory performance evaluation and upon providing proof of licensure.

Interview consumers relatives and other involved persons to gather personal and social data relevant to assessing mental or emotional disorders.

Develop service plans with consumers; evaluate psychological economic vocational educational physical health socialization and housing needs.

Coordinate with other staff members (psychiatrists psychologists and other program staff) and community agencies in carrying out and designing treatment or rehabilitation plans.

Assist consumers and other concerned individuals in understanding the nature of major psychological illnesses and their psychosocial effects.

Assist consumers and their families in understanding and choosing options of mental health treatment.

Initiate and conduct individual collateral group and family therapy sessions.

Establish and maintain effective contact with local area mental health resources including community members parents schools residential facilities and other agencies/organizations.

Perform specialized tasks including involuntary hospitalization procedures (5150) and Tarasoff assessments.

Participate in mental health conferences and local area committees.

Prepare reports and write correspondence.

May provide guidance to volunteers and staff.

Act as a casework consultant to other clinical therapists and other departmental staff.

Licensed level within the scope of licensure may provide clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians.

Coordinate clinical decisions in response to operational demands.

Conduct clinical discussions regarding complex or difficult cases.

Respond to emergencies within licensure which may occur on the unit.

Coordinate the flow of information and clinical data to ensure continuity in treatment or shift.

Serve as liaison with other sections units services and agencies.

To review which position you qualify for please click on the links provided below.

For this recruitment some positions are eligible for a 10% DTR differential that is applied to hours worked. At any time this differential can be removed.

Click here to reviewClinical Therapist Ijob qualifications.
Salary:$30.69 - $44.31 HourlyHourly

Click here to reviewClinical Therapist IIjob qualifications.
Salary:$35.35 - $50.33Hourly

Education:Possession of a Masters degree from an accredited college or university in counseling or social work.

AND

Certificate:
Clinical Therapist I: must have possession of a valid certificate of registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences and be near completion of Supervised Hours.

Clinical Therapist II: must have possession of a valid certificate of registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences.

License: Possession of a valid California Drivers License is required for this position.

For questions regarding this recruitment contact the recruiter Jeremy Holforty :
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APPLICATION INFORMATION

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General Information
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