Behavioral Health Senior Clinician – Entry, Assessment Referral

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This position works as a part of our vibrant Front Door Entry and Assessment team. These senior clinician positions serve both adult and youth populations seeking services for mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders, who may also have developmental disabilities, and/or physical illnesses. Works as part of an outpatient assessment team, leading and providing triage and conducting assessments to inform diagnostic impressions, risk assessments, crisis interventions, and referral to services.

Works independently as part of a team that completes complex, comprehensive initial assessments to culturally and socio-economically diverse client populations, including a large Latino population, to determine eligibility for CSB services and offer treatment recommendations.

Duties also include outreach contacts to individuals attempting to link with CSB services and collateral contacts with community partners such as probation and parole, court system, and the Department of Family Services, etc... to support assessment completion.

Applicant must be computer literate and familiar with electronic health records. Timely, electronic documentation that meets state local and federal performance contract expectations essential. A strong commitment to program development with an approach of "nothing is impossible" required. Bi-lingual candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Position may be underfilled as a Behavioral Health Clinician in Residence; the underfill requirements are stated below in the Employment Standards section.

Here are some of the benefits CSB employees enjoy:

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home — including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others . We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity. A foreign language skills stipend of up to $1600/year (full-time) may be given for qualified bi-lingual employees.

The CSB provides clinical supervision for employees who are registered as licensed eligible mental health in one of the following areas:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist.

In addition, to recognize and reinforce the importance of professional development and enhance future recruitment of licensed professionals, if approved, the licensure supervisors will receive a stipend of $1,500 paid out biweekly over a 12-month period whether for one or more Department of Health licensure candidate.

License/Certification Reimbursement
- Reimbursement for job related licenses and/or certifications once per year.

To find out more about the benefits of working with Fairfax County Government, please visit the CSB Careers Page .

(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position description.)

• Performs complex evaluations and makes independent diagnoses using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
• Recommends, monitors, and coordinates clinical care to non-Community Services Board (CSB) clients;
• Consults with professionals on a variety of problems including delivery of needed services for clinically complex cases;
• Provides liaison to community agencies to facilitate communication and service…