Licensed Social Worker - LPC; REGIONS

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Yale Behavioral Health is a program established under the aegis of the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. Designed to meet the clinical, managerial, training, and consultative needs of state and city governments, hospitals, and community behavioral health organizations. Yale Behavioral Health programs provide evidence-based interventions in environments that place enormous emphasis on the value, dignity, and rights of the individuals being served.

We are seeking a Licensed Mental Health Clinician to join its Juvenile Justice Mental Health Program in Hamden, Connecticut. This position provides clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment services to court-involved adolescent and emerging adult males participating in the REGIONS program.

The clinician will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based behavioral health services, with a particular emphasis on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). The role also includes providing training and consultation to clinical and residential staff to support consistent implementation of the DBT treatment model.

Occasional schedule flexibility may be required based on clinical needs and at the discretion of the Program Director.

Schedule:

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Flexibility is required to work shifts between the hours of 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM. Work during recess periods is required.

• Ability to provide clinical assessment and diagnosis for adolescents using the DSM 5.
• Ability to complete detailed psychosocial assessments and multi-disciplinary treatment plans and document within an electronic medical record.
• Ability to assess and treat adolescents with mental health, substance use and/or behavioral problems using evidence-based and best practices, with an emphasis on improving an adolescent’s well-being through the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
• Ability to provide training and consultation to clinical and residential staff in accordance with the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) model.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.

• Master’s degree in social work or related field and two years of experience in a psychiatric care setting or the equivalent combination of experience and education.

• Plans and coordinates services for family and group therapy programs, parent groups and discharge programs.
• Provides direct psychotherapeutic treatment to severely ill individuals and families and supervises other assigned staff members.
• Completes psychosocial assessments, mental status examinations, and diagnostic assessments and translates this information into medically necessary, multidisciplinary treatment plans.
• Provides individual and group therapy consistent with evidence-based practice protocols for primary mental health, addiction, and co-occurring populations.
• Develops new techniques for family treatment and clinical supervision of students. Anticipates problems and determines priorities.
• Evaluates treatment progress and presents findings and recommendations for change at treatment team meetings.
• Coordinates and provides clinical case management services, including referrals to appropriate levels of care.
• Provides crisis intervention and clinical triage to facilitate necessary services, such as…