Behavioral Health Therapist

Community Clinic Inc. • Silver Spring, MD

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Therapist will provide effective culturally competent behavioral health assessments and therapy to individuals, families and groups in a community-based and in-person primary care setting. Works flexibly as part of an integrated primary care team and promotes integrated behavioral health.

Requirements

• Must be able to provide proof of independent licensure
• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C)
• Licensed Psychologist
• Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
• Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC)
• Minimum 2 years providing therapy to children, teens and adults with mental health needs.
• Excellent team-based communication skills with primary care team, supervisors and other CCI staff.
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and process work to completion.
• Ability to develop therapeutic rapport and engage patients in treatment using clinical skills including Motivational Interviewing in a culturally based manner.
• Ability to provide crisis intervention services to patients, an ability to be flexible, use new ideas, and operate in a fast-paced health environment.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Bi-lingual (Spanish, Amharic, Pashto) capabilities in reading, writing, and speaking preferred and understanding how to use interpreter services.
• Prior experience collaborating with physicians and other health care providers, social service agencies, and/or education system desired.
• Enthusiasm for innovation, data driven decisions, clinical and financial outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to patients' treatment.
• Provide mental health and substance abuse assessments.
• Provide Individual, Couples and family short-term mental health treatment for adults, children and teens using evidence-based interventions such as CBT, MI, trauma informed care and/or Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Relates to a wide variety of people including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations and is respectful of individual and cultural differences.
• Conduct substance abuse screenings and brief counseling or referral for addictions treatment.
• Develop and implement treatment plans based on patients’ expressed goals. Complete and maintain client- related records in the EMR (ECW), daily.
• Follow regulations for documentation and billing.
• Collaborate and/or consult with other team members to perform clinical assessments or develop treatment plans.
• Coordinate clinical approaches with the medical team.
• Refer patients or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
• Manage patient crises as needed. Modify treatment activities and documentation to comply with changes in patient’s status for accreditation or regulatory requirements.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, or supporting patients, as appropriate.
• Monitor patients’ use of medications and encourage their collaboration with prescribers.
• Learn about new developments in counseling and health by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, or establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies.
• Coordinate or direct employee workshops, courses, or training about mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment.
• Provide leadership in integrated care team collaboration.
• Successfully meet productivity targets including group therapy or clinical supervision requirements
• Develop cultural competence to work with a diverse population including refugees and asylees.
• Provides office-based appointments.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision for you and your family.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), 10 paid holidays, plus mental health days.
• CCI also has a 403B retirement plan with an employer match up to 6%, and tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees