Licensed Clinician

Licensed Clinician provides trauma-informed clinical counseling and positive behavioral support services for individuals served by The Arc Baltimore. To model and teach staff how to use proactive approaches to challenging situations. To assist individuals with developmental disabilities in developing problem-solving and coping skills through positive identity development. To assist individuals with developmental disabilities in advocating for their wants and needs.

The Arc Baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Since 1949, The Arc Baltimore has been an indispensable resource, providing employment training and support, day and residential services, family support and education, treatment foster care, assistive technology services, respite care, public policy advocacy, and information and referrals.

The Arc Baltimore’s full and part-time employees provide services at people's homes, places of employment, day centers, and neighborhoods.

A generous benefits package including:

• 8 Holidays, 17 Vacation days, 9 Sick and Safe Leave days
• Single and family medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Voluntary Accident and Hospital Indemnity insurance
• Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Life insurance (Employee, Spouse, Children)
• 403(b) plan with employer match available after 1 year
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Health and Wellness package
• Legal Assistance and Pet plans
  
  Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Program

• Demonstrates support and advocacy for the agency’s policies, goals, values, and mission.
• Support the Person Centered Planning process by active participation in team meetings. This includes making appropriate clinical recommendations, advocacy, and modeling of mediation and listening skills and ensuring comprehensive and ongoing communication with team members related to support needs and staff collaboration.
• Routinely consult with individuals and agency stakeholders on issues related to positive behavioral support, functional assessment, trauma-informed care, co-occurring disorders, anger management, and anything related to the psychological well-being of an individual.
• Collaborate with other Arc Baltimore staff and the Holistic Support Managers to identify the mental health support needs of individuals. Assist in the creation of all funding plans for submission to the DDA to ensure needed therapeutic supports are funded.
• Complete thorough Psychosocial/Behavioral Assessments, using language consistent with the MANDT system.
• Deliver quality trauma informed therapeutic supports falling under the Behavioral Support Services umbrella (Behavioral Assessment, Behavioral Consultation, Behavioral Support Implementation Services) to meet an individual’s mental health needs. Develop and write individualized Behavior Support Plans.
• Monitor and document ongoing Behavior Support Plans, Behavioral Consultation, and complete annual revisions/updates, or more frequently as needed.
• Collect behavioral data monthly, complete an analysis and a monthly summary of the results.
• Collaborate with and aid in the training of all Clinical Services team members (Clinicians, Coordinator of Clinical Services) as needed.
• Assess for training opportunities, develop and facilitate group trainings for staff and supported individuals.
• Train staff on both implementation of supportive mental health interventions as outlined in the Behavior Support Plans and needed data collection.
• Document any and all interventions, even those not meeting the service descriptions falling under the…