Mental Health Therapist - Family Safety

Mental Health Therapist - Family Safety - $5,000 Hiring Bonus

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Provide comprehensive clinical assessments and treatment services for patients with behavioral health and substance abuse disorders who are Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian (EBCI) and Indian Health Service (IHS) eligible. Provide clinical screening and comprehensive clinical assessment, treatment plan development, and provision of individual, group and family therapy using evidence-based models. The employee will also provide walk-in assessment, emergency, crisis intervention, 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 children and families but may see adults.

• Provide direct clinical services to EBCI and other eligible persons in all approved locations, including the hospital, child outpatient office, Graham and Cherokee County offices, as well as other satellite locations.
• Clinical services offered will include the following:
• Comprehensive Clinical Assessment – The CCA includes a number of assessments and evaluations that are administered based on the patient's clinical presentation, including general health and behavioral health history, bio-psycho-social history, description of current challenges, strengths, recommendations for services, clinical summary of information/data gathered about the patient, and other needed dimensions of the patient’s life.
• Person Centered Treatment Planning – The planning process will include the patient, and they should be the ones guiding the session. Additionally, it will include input from family members and community supports whenever possible. The planning process will be based on clearly defined problems and needs. Goals in the plan should be based on patients’ needs, strengths, and limitations, and should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-limited.
• Individual Therapy – Therapy sessions will utilize currently accepted models, theories, and/or approaches to therapy.
• Family Therapy – Whenever possible, as much of the patient’s family will be involved in Family Therapy regularly as part of the patient’s treatment.
• Group Therapy – When appropriate and available, the patient will attend group sessions. Group sessions can be accessed in conjunction with and/or replace Individual Therapy, dependent on the patient’s clinical needs.
• Crisis Services – Crisis Services are offered through an On-call warm line.
• The patient will be informed of the number to the warm line. Therapist will share the responsibility of staffing the warm line.
• Referral to clinical services outside of Analenisgi – If/when the patient has needs that are not offered or currently available at Analenisgi, the clinician will support the individual in receiving the needed service by referring them to an agency that offers the service.
• Collaborate with treatment teams, medical staff, and other health professionals to determine the patients’ needs and resources (including both family and community).
• Ensure interdisciplinary teams stay informed of changing therapeutic needs relating to their involvement with the client.
• Ensure documentation of all treatment and clinically significant events in the Electronic Health Record as prescribed by CIHA policies and procedures and quality assurance standards.
• Collaborate with other professionals and agencies to develop a viable therapeutic team network to facilitate patient care, discharge, and follow-up.
• Adhere to all applicable confidentiality policies, procedures, and practices for the maintenance and release of patient records.
• Responsible for completion of intake forms, identification of community resources, patient assessment, provision and coordination of supportive services, and patient advocacy.
• Follows the provisions contained in all applicable privacy/confidentiality policies, procedures, and…