Qualfied Mental Health Professional

Description

For over 50 years,
Duane Dean Behavioral Health Center has provided substance use treatment, intervention and prevention services to adults who reside in Kankakee, Iroquois counties and throughout east-central Illinois. Working in collaboration with our management organization, Rincon Family Services, since 2017, we have expanded our services to include violence intervention, workforce development, mental health and welcome center services.

The QMHP will work in a learning environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing mental health therapy, counseling, integrated dual diagnosis treatment, case management and referrals. Their team work collaboratively to address the holistic needs of our clients, including crisis management, substance use, medication management, physical health, mental health, accessing benefits and entitlements, case management and other supportive services, either internally or through referrals to community partners.

• The partnership between the Board and staff and their commitment to the agency and its clients. Board members and staff are open, ethical, responsive, accountable, fiscally responsible and dedicated to the people we serve.
• A commitment to comprehensive services, which underlies each activity and every action. We believe that every individual possesses inherent worth and value. We understand the importance of teamwork and work collaboratively to operate more effectively and efficiently.
• A quality of care that is accountable, fair and consistent that encourages initiative, creativity and problem solving at both individual and community levels.
• Working cooperatively with our clients as we encourage them to move towards becoming self-sufficient and productive.
• Family, culturally and gender focused and sensitive services to meet the needs and unique strengths of individuals and families including children.
• Providing services that are result-oriented and measured by outcome-based criteria.
• A focus on prevention and treatment of substance use and the disease of addiction, family preservation, and therapy, counseling, education and community involvement.

With these values in mind, we promote a culture that fosters professional development and agency success. Many of our employees span an extended tenure, and we pride ourselves on developing dedicated and supported team members.

• Conduct and document a holistic, trauma informed, relevant and compliant Integrated Assessment (e.g. IM+CANS), which may include a mental status exam, LOCUS and supporting assessment tools/metrics that lead to a recommended diagnosis, to be confirmed by an appropriately licensed individual.
• Evaluate clients for risk of harm and respond appropriately, including through development of safety plans.
• Utilize and/or assist clients in completing other metric-based evaluations to assess symptomology.
• In collaboration with the client and their identified support network, develop and document an integrated, individualized treatment plan based on the assessment to recommend appropriate services to move the client toward their identified goals.
• Based on client need or in compliance with regulations, review client’s Integrated Assessment and Treatment Plan (IATP).

• Provide appropriate evidence based behavioral health approaches, including for co-occurring substance use disorders and crisis intervention, in different formats, (individual, family, group), as indicated on each client’s Integrated Assessment & Treatment Plan (IATP), staying within the scope of your practice.
• Services and support are to be provided in ways that respect each client’s dignity and are compliant with payer, licensing or accreditation billing procedures, or any other requirements.
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