Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Overview

APLA Health Center, Long Beach - Long Beach, CA 90813

Salary Range: $78,940.10 - $ Salary/year

Position Type:
Full Time

Job Shift:
Day

Education Level:
MSW

Travel Percentage :
Up to 25%

Category:
Health Care

Under the direction of the Behavioral Health Services Director, provide the appropriate level of behavioral health and substance use disorder services for clients of APLA Health & Wellness. Staff will provide services identified through a biopsychosocial assessment and promote health and wellness through services, advocacy and education with a focus on the needs of low‑income LGBT adults including but not limited to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Position will also provide community behavioral health services to other clients seeking services at APLA Health & Wellness. In addition staff will be tasked with providing education and consultation to primary care and behavioral health providers on areas of addiction treatment, and seeking to enhance our integrated care model.

• Complete behavioral health intakes, bio‑psychosocial assessments; develop a treatment plan that addresses the collaborative clinical goals of clinician and client and document treatment progress notes; provide treatment termination & case closure.
• Provide crisis counseling/intervention to clients and their social networks (i.e., partners, significant other, spouse, and immediate family member[s]).
• Provide appropriate behavioral health therapy services, building a caseload consisting of 75% direct service (direct patient contact) and 25% indirect service (case management, meetings, other duties as assigned). This would equate to 30 hours of patient contact for a full‑time (40 hour) position, with part‑time positions equivalent proportionately (ie. 15 hours of direct patient contact for 20 hour position).
• Provide behavioral health referrals, advocacy, and service information to clients and their support systems.
• Screen, assess, and plan appropriate interventions to minimize client risk of acquiring or transmitting sexually transmitted infections.
• Provide outreach, patient identification, education, and provider consultation on addiction treatment and enhancing our integrated service delivery model of care.
• Expand the use of substance abuse screening tools into our care delivery systems, including evidence‑based opioid risk assessment into our Electronic Health Record.
• Participate in the collection, development, and deployment of education and outreach materials with a specific focus on issues related to the LGBT population in need of substance use identification and treatment, including opioid misuse information and resources.
• Identify and expand use of community‑based resources and referrals to facilitate higher‑level services for patients with greater need than we are able to provide directly.
• Document services in eClinical
  
  Works and/or other charting and data collection systems as appropriate. Documentation will be performed in a timely and accurate fashion in accordance with program policies and professional standards of care.
• Adhere to all applicable professional, legal, and ethical standards of behavioral health practice in the provision of services, including but not limited to: mandated reporting, provision of effective services, case documentation, client confidentiality/HIPAA regulations, ensuring client safety, and maintaining professional boundaries.
• Attend trainings and case conference meetings as required.
• Prepare monthly reports and statistics as requested.
• Maintain client behavioral health files to ensure completed documentation required by funders and agency Quality Management Plan.

Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

• Training and
  
  Experience:
  
  A Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited university;
  Current California license in good standing as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Ability to be credentialed as a Medicare and Medi‑Cal provider.
• Knowledge of LGBTQ behavioral health issues and effective treatment modalities; HIV behavioral health issues; ability to perform differential diagnosis using the DSM‑V; various…