Licensed Clinician; Children

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Licensed Clinician in Children’s Services works within a multidisciplinary team to provide an array of direct (face-to-face) and indirect clinical services to children/adolescents as well as caregivers in a child-centered, family-focused approach utilizing evidenced based practices delivered to fidelity. These services are primarily delivered in a clinic-based setting from multiple CBH clinic locations in San Antonio. The Licensed Clinician (Children’s Services) serves as the Lead Non-Medical Provider on the multi-disciplinary team and is the primary person responsible for ongoing assessment and recovery planning.

• Children’s Services – Outpatient – This position works in the CBH Outpatient programs and among the various CBH facility locations. Services in this program include individual and group outpatient services for children and adolescents which include Crisis Services, Medication Management, Targeted Services, Complex Services, Intensive Family Services, as well as Young Child Services, and Transition-Age Youth Services (TAY).
• Children’s Crisis Services – This position works in the Child and Adolescent Crisis Unit and/or the field via Children’s Mobile Outreach Team (CMOT). Services in the unit include emergency and planned crisis care for children and adolescents ages 3 to 17 who have a behavioral health diagnosis or need. Stabilization and hospital coordination are essential functions.
• Children’s Crisis Respite – This position works in the CBH Crisis-Respite Residential Center. Services in the unit include emergency and planned respite care for children and adolescents ages 5-17 years of age who have a behavioral health diagnosis or need. The program provides daily care for individuals including transportation to and from school, activities, or employment. Other services provided include meals;
  
  medication monitoring; supervised recreation; skills training; community referrals; and 24-hour supervision in a semi-secured environment.
• Hospital Liaison – works within a multidisciplinary team to provide an array of direct (face-to-face) and indirect clinical services to adults in a person-centered trauma-informed, and individualized focus approach. These services can be delivered in a hospital setting with patients in the emergency room and inpatient psychiatric units or in a community setting. To conduct any CHCS intake function to include MCOT, CMOT, Adult Behavioral Health, and Child Behavioral Health, as well as expedited screenings for CHCS private psychiatric bed and state hospital bed access.
  
  Cross‑training: CRRC staff will be cross‑trained to provide services to the Crisis Unit performing many of the duties in Outpatient Services including Crisis Assessments and Hospital Coordination.
• YES, Waiver Wraparound Program – The Wraparound philosophy emphasizes ‘empowering families.’ This is defined through the following value base:
  Building on strengths to meet needs;
  One family – one plan;
  Best fit with culture and preferences;
  Community-based responsiveness; and Increased parent choice and family independence. This position works with the provider community to develop responsive and flexible resources that facilitate community-based interventions and supports that correspond with the needs of the families and their children and youth. The Wraparound philosophy enables timely response to the needs of all family members across several life domains; incorporates formal and informal supports and develops realistic intervention strategies that complement the child’s natural environment.
• MEDCOM – Provides indirect services for consumers and completes associated case management documentation for the clients through the Medical Communication Center, (MEDCOM) the regional trauma transfer communication center. Works within on a team to provide an array of indirect clinical services for children, adolescents, and adults utilizing evidenced‑based practices delivered to fidelity. These services are delivered via MEDCOM which is at the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) building.

Essential functions are the…