Bilingual English​/Spanish Licensed Clinician - Adult Services

Bilingual English/Spanish Licensed Clinician - Adult Services

The Village was one of the first agencies in the country toprovide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission “to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children” by providing a full range of behavioral health, early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.

Named a Connecticut Top Workplace for six consecutive years with national distinction for workplace culture and diversity, equity and inclusion practices, you can be sureyou’re joining an organization that’s just as committed to your success as we are to those we serve.

• Continuing Education Units through Healthstream and beyond
• Professional License Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Program

Enhance your career with these opportunities:

Clinician, Adult Services: Half time in our Adult Outpatient Clinic providing individual, group and case management services to adults. Half time providing services off site for Acute Community Support Team (ACST) is a higher level of care intended to treat, stabilize, and support clients with Severe and Persistent Mental/Emotional Illness whose symptoms tend to be barriers and interfere with access to treatment. We are based off SAMHSA's ACTservices.

Clients may have co-morbidity with that of Substance Use.

Its overarching main goal is to support clients access to treatment,which means we may meet in the community (in-home, in-shelter), help clients attend appointments through arranging transportation, and whenit makes sense to, to bring them to appointments. We work to stabilize with the hope of eventual return to outpatient care after stabilizing,as well as help them build a better quality of life through access to care.
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Clinician, Adult Services: Half time in our Adult Outpatient Clinic providing individual, group and case management services to adults. Half time providing services off site at acontracted location. The clinician in this role will work 20 hoursoff site with 16-to-24-year-old females who have experienced extensive trauma. Some clients may be involved in the criminal justice systemor other state agencies, some may have no formal or sustained employment history and are likely young parents.

The main goal in thisrole is to support clients access to treatment, which may involve meeting in the community (in-home, in-shelter) to build trust and rapport and work with clients on their behavioral health needs. Care coordination and collaboration with program staff is a key component of the position to engage these youth in services and supports.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct services may include, but not limited to:
• Conducts (comprehensive) clinical assessments and engagement
• Determines DSM V Diagnosis in consultation with supervisor,Medical Director, Psychiatrist, medical provider or designee as needed.
• Develops treatment plans and contracts for services
• Implements treatment plans, modifying it as appropriate duringthe course of treatment.
• Discharge planning, which may include linkages to community support services
• Provides case management services
• Completes clinical documentation required by agency and program policies, HIPAA regulations, and funding sources
• Maintains productivity targets determined by service
• Participates and presents in Peer Consultation and Quality Assurance Reviews.
• Fosters collaboration with other clinical and administrative staffto respond to client and programmatic needs, including the implementation of agency policies, procedures, and initiatives.
• Partners with other program or clinical staff to identify and develop approaches to address clients’…