Behavioral Health Clinician - Community Behavioral Health

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

1h•$32 - $55

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Clinician supports the interdisciplinary team in assessing patients, developing treatment plans, providing psychotherapy and counseling, and planning discharges for patients on inpatient behavioral health units. The clinician provides individual, group, and family counseling; completes initial and ongoing assessments; documents patient progress; and collaborates with treatment team members, community providers, patients, and families to coordinate care and transitions between levels of care. The role also assists patients, families, and staff with legal matters related to treatment, helping protect patient rights and ensure care complies with applicable laws. This includes supporting guardianship processes, court proceedings, and required reports of suspected child or elder abuse or neglect. During low census, the clinician may assist with milieu management, admission assessments, and intakes at the direction of the Nurse Manager.

Requirements

Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work.
Current Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Complete Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within three months.
Advanced English reading, writing, and oral communication skills.
Ability to respond appropriately to customers and coworkers and interact with a wide variety of people.
Ability to maintain confidential information and communicate only appropriate facts or decline to disclose information.
Ability to project a professional, friendly, and helpful demeanor.
Basic computer knowledge, including word processing, spreadsheets, email, and web browsers; comfort using Windows and learning new applications.
Knowledge of the Mental Health Code, Confidentiality Act, Mental Health Treatment Preference Act, HIPAA, guardianship and custody laws, advance directive legislation, applicable organizational policies, and elder and child abuse reporting laws.
Ability to use usual and customary equipment needed to perform the essential functions of the position.

Responsibilities

Provide individual, group, and family counseling to help patients and families achieve treatment goals, including counseling stipulated in treatment plans.
Facilitate at least one regularly scheduled group therapy session per week and involve families in treatment at least twice per week.
Use age-appropriate interventions, effective group facilitation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other brief therapies when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing patient assessments, including an initial assessment by the close of the first business day after admission, and document impressions, recommendations, salient factors, and progress toward treatment goals.
Use family members and significant others in initial assessments whenever possible, and assess patients during both formal sessions and informal interactions.
Collaborate with treatment team members and community providers to develop and implement individualized treatment plans, referrals, and discharge plans.
Participate in staffing meetings and community, return-to-work, discharge, and school staffings, contributing knowledge of the patient's strengths, illness, support systems, and history.
Document identified problems, discipline-specific interventions, discharge plans, and goals met on the care path.
Coordinate care and discharge planning daily with psychiatrists, case managers, community providers, patients, and family members.
Begin discharge planning as soon as clinically appropriate, establish a plan before discharge, keep patients and families informed when appropriate, and facilitate transitions between levels of care.
Provide necessary information to providers at the next level of care and use creativity and patient advocacy in discharge planning.
Assist staff, patients, and families with legal issues related to treatment and help ensure patients' and families' rights are protected and treatment complies with applicable law.
Assist patients and families in obtaining temporary or permanent guardianship when needed and help file petitions, certificates, and other documents with the court.
Assist with court proceedings to minimize disruption to the unit and ensure necessary participants and documentation are present.
Contact child and elderly welfare agencies to report abuse or neglect as required.
During low census (fewer than four patients), assist with milieu management, admission assessments, and intakes as directed by the Nurse Manager.
Use Crisis Prevention Institute methods when assisting the team in managing an aggressive or violent patient.
Maintain timely, succinct, legible documentation using the DAIR format where applicable.