Mental Health Therapist - FIT Team

Mental Health Therapist - FIT Team - $5,000 Hiring Bonus

Primary Function

Provide comprehensive clinical assessments and treatment services for patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders who are Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian (EBCI) and Indian Health Services (IHS) eligible. Provide clinical screening and comprehensive clinical assessment, treatment plan development, and provision of individual, group, and family therapy using evidence-based models. Employee will also provide referral/facilitation to higher levels of care, walk-in assessment, emergency, crisis intervention, and consultation and education services as needed.

Serve individuals in various locations in the community as assigned. If assigned to a specific population or agency location, the employee will follow policies and procedures developed for that unit. This position will primarily serve adults but may see children and families.

• Provide services to EBCI and other eligible persons, including comprehensive clinical assessments, treatment planning, individual, group, and family therapy, and case management
• Provide group therapy, which may include: SAT, SAIOP, MAT Groups, Seeking Safety, Trauma Groups, Grief Group, DBT, CBT, EFT, DV groups, and other groups related to client needs.
• Working in collaboration with the treatment team, conduct a comprehensive clinical assessment to determine patients' needs and resources (both family and community support/resources).
• Collaborate with the medical staff and other health professionals/agencies in developing a viable therapeutic team network to facilitate and establish patterns of cooperative efforts and to facilitate patient care, discharge, and follow-up.
• Provide counseling to patients and their families in matters directly related to patient care.
• Develop and implement discharge plans, follow-up care, and transfers to other behavioral health facilities
• Responsible for comprehensive clinical assessment, development of treatment plan, recommendations for intervention, supervision of treatment plan implementation, and case management referral.
• Participate in clinical treatment team meetings to review data and adjust treatment plans as needed for client care.
• Responsible for conducting individual and family therapy sessions for identified behavioral health and substance use issues.
• Provide walk-in access to services. Triage clients to determine priority, emergent, urgent, routine, and work with the team to ensure the client is served promptly.
• Adhering to ASAM criteria when referring a client to the appropriate level of care for substance use services.
• Depending upon location of services, maintain knowledge of all policies and procedures relevant to respective location; i.e., Cherokee Tribal Justice Center, Snowbird and Murphy Clinics, Analenisgi Inpatient, Analenisgi Outpatient, and Primary Care clinic.
• When appropriate, participate as a member of the Cherokee Tribal Drug Court Team and provide updates, reports, and recommendations to the Drug Court team.
• Assists with observed urine drug screens as outlined in Analenisgi's policies and procedures.
• Attend supervision sessions relevant to specific certifications, credentials, and/or licensure, such as but not limited to: LCSW, LCMHC, CDAC, LCAS, CCS.
• Collaborate with other agencies as advocates for clients. Such programs may include the Family Safety Program, Tribal Court, Probation and Parole, and Drug Court.
• Follows the provisions contained in all applicable privacy/confidentiality policies, procedures, and practices for maintenance and release of patient records and clinical information, including EBCI, CIHA, IHS, DHHS, HIPAA, JCAHO, 42
  
  CFR, or other licensing bodies.
• Responsible for attending clinical staffing as an integral component of a treatment team, facilitating the discussion of patient data, and formulating changes to the treatment plan.
• Development of individual treatment plans. Treatment plans must be consistent with the patient's diagnosis, agency quality assurance guidelines, and level of care policies.
• Assists in attaining and maintaining accreditation by the Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations.
• Participates in department/program meetings to review and identify opportunities to improve the program and treatment provided, and recommends changes when problems are identified. This includes assisting with changes in policy and procedure, which would improve the care of service delivery.
• Assist and/or make direct referrals to a higher level of care.
• Develop partnerships with community agencies and outside organizations to coordinate patient care.
• Timely record all treatment and clinically significant events in the medical record according to CIHA policies and procedures.
• Provides written, telephonic, and face-to-face consultation services to various persons and organizations involved in the patient’s care. These include schools, courts, probation officers, physicians, hospitals, medical care providers, law enforcement…