Clinician ; Behavioral Health

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The Clinician I serves in a professional counseling capacity to deliver behavioral health services on behalf of the agency for the clients that are enrolled, while integrating evidence-based and best practices and strategies associated with neuroscience, trauma informed care, dual generation practices and resiliency, while ensuring that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency.

The Clinician I carries a full clinical caseload with the appropriate case mix of shorter and longer term cases, accompanied by regular supervision. Counseling program services are provided in the client’s home, office and/or in various community-based locations.

This position is year round.

• Ensures that clients have access, as needed, to all five pillars of the social determinants of health with a trauma informed lens through Agency services and/or community partners.
• Achieve a minimum of 62% direct service productivity standards based on an agency definition of Direct Service while carrying either a full caseload with no additional duties or a modified caseload when assigned other duties such as community visibilities, stakeholder meetings, community collaborations and/or agency related initiatives.
• Assists with scheduling appointments and on call responses (as applicable): inputting into scheduling systems, assisting with intake referrals, scheduling regular ongoing client sessions aligned with service plan goals.
• Completes clinical assessments – standardized, family, and/or biopsychosocial assessments.
• Creates behavioral, intervention, service or treatment plans to include comprehensive measurable goal setting and tracking progress, completes appropriate ongoing documentation, completes case closure and other required forms.
• A minimum 70% of clients on assigned caseload at initial to end of performance period will demonstrate improvement using standardized testing (pre and post).
• Carries out plans working directly with clients (individuals), family, groups, couples, or teachers/providers, caregivers by providing clinical services (office, home, classroom, and other settings), AND providing psychoeducation, case management support, and crisis counseling to include intervention and stabilization based on crisis evaluation(s), and making referrals as needed with follow‑up.
• Maintains clinical records and documentation in accordance with agency standards and contract requirements and achieve 80% Quality Assurance Compliance at initial review and a minimum of 90% post review.
• Receives monthly supervision with assigned supervisor and reviews/staffs cases with clinical supervisors and/or other clinicians (keeping supervisor informed of updates to help track progress and modify interventions on a quarterly basis.
• Enters required data into appropriate system (database – ex: client track, compulink, Childplus, including billing and scheduling, etc.) ensuring compliance with full utilization and with agency and to contract standards and expectations at all times.
• Maintains ongoing clinical training (workshops, in‑service, conferences, consultations) industry personal licensures/certifications.
• Provides court ordered documents and/or testimony as subpoenaed and following agency protocol.
• Provide professional and information presentations to community collaborators and as requested.
• Integrates best and evidence‑based practices as applicable and/or as required by contracts and complies with agency and clinical professional practice and standards.
• Provides supervision of interns working on graduate degree, if applicable.
• Participates in various internal and external meetings, staffings and consultations e.g. child protective services, school, contractual, peer consultations, multidisciplinary staffings, and/or ARD meetings, and/or.
• Maintain good relationships with stakeholders (including current and potential clients, community and co‑workers), focusing on providing excellent and…