CSS Licensed Clinician (Part Time) - Intimate Partner Violence Services

County of Mecklenburg, NC•Charlotte, NC

2d•$37 - $46•Onsite

About The Position

Follow Your Calling, Find Your Career!! Please apply by: Open until filled. Salary Range: $36.70 to $45.87 per hour. This is a part time position. Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant’s salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job. At Mecklenburg County, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. We’re counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. Community Support Services (CSS) transforms lives and community by supporting veterans, ending homelessness, treating substance use, and preventing and intervening in community and domestic violence. As a department in Mecklenburg County’s Health and Human Services Agency, CSS maximizes community partnerships and collaborative opportunities to improve access to services and advocate for the needs of special populations. Position Specific Information Part time, regular position working up to 20 hours per week. Primary work location is onsite at the Battered Women’s Shelter. Position will provide services to both adult victims and child witnesses of intimate partner violence. Services may be provided in-person or via telehealth from the office. Work schedule is onsite Monday - Friday, and the hours will be set up based on availability, with one evening per week required. Position Summary Performs licensed clinical activities for an assigned Mecklenburg County program including domestic violence (Adult victims & Child witnesses of intimate partner violence), children and family violence, or trauma exposures. This position, under minimal supervision, may be responsible for performing diagnosis, and psychological assessment; providing immediate clinical trauma response and intervention, providing direct counseling/therapy; performing treatment planning; providing referrals, conducting training and preparing progress reports.

Requirements

Experience: Minimum of two years of experience providing clinical services in the area assigned.
Education: Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related human services field.
Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted? Yes
Licenses and Certifications: Depending on the area of assignment NC Professional Licensure is required in one of the following areas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Psychological Associate (LPA), or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician (LCMHC)
Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
Requires County Driving Privileges
Annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check required
This position may perform key job functions at a community partner work site. Employment in this position is conditional upon following all policies and procedures of the community partner host agency and adhering to all requirements that the community partner agency has established to grant and maintain physical and/or virtual access to the work site. If access is revoked, employment will be terminated.
Knowledge of Ethical standards of practice
Knowledge of Typical and Atypical human development
Knowledge of Family dynamics
Knowledge of Family dysfunction
Knowledge of Adult and child psychiatric disorders
Knowledge of Child-caregiver attachment issues
Knowledge of Individual and parent-child treatment modalities
Knowledge of Community resources
Knowledge of Multidisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment
Skills Assessing typical and atypical human development, psychiatric disorders, family dynamics, family dysfunction, and child-caregiver attachment issues
Skills Implementing treatments for various individual and parent-child modalities
Skills Assessing community resources
Skills Integrating client social emotional needs into treatment plans
Skills Using a computer and related software applications
Skills Providing customer service
Abilities Care Management: Having the knowledge and skills to secure relevant client care data and identify key issues and relationships in the management of client care; understanding the relationships among assessments, interventions, and client responses; skilled in documentation of assessments and adjusting physical and cognitive prescriptions as needed
Abilities Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships
Abilities Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
Abilities Client Education/Health Promotion: Supporting, explaining, and instructing client and client’s family (significant other, caregiver, etc.) in understanding the clinical procedures used to facilitate optimum health status; promoting the lifestyle changes required of the client and the client’s family to achieve optimum health status
Computer Skills Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Professional knowledge of or previous work experience with intimate partner violence populations, programs, and services highly preferred.
Associate licensure may be considered including LCSW-A, LCMHC-A, LMFT-A, etc.
Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply (Spanish / English verbal and written). Per County policy, if selected for hire a Bilingual Assessment evaluation is required for potential additional premium pay (if applicable).

Responsibilities

Provide clinical treatment or assessments for clients (individuals, groups, children, and/or families), which includes: determining appropriate intervention/therapies; frequency of interventions; ongoing assessment of progress and needs; and modifying therapeutic plans as required.
Provide crisis intervention and addresses immediate safety needs, acute trauma symptom identification, determining appropriate brief clinical interventions/strategies; determine the needed frequency of interventions; ongoing assessment of client/family progress and needs; and/or performing other related activities including psychoeducation and any needed referrals for clinical and/or non-clinical services.
Document clinical treatments and evaluations, which includes: synthesizing information gathered by observation, interviews, and record reviews; records review and writes summary-style reports; and/or performing other related activities.
Conduct biopsychosocial assessments, comprehensive assessments, and social emotional evaluations on clients as appropriate to program assignment.
Participate in multidisciplinary staffings regarding clients before and after evaluations, which includes: gathering and synthesizing extensive information to make decisions with the evaluation team regarding evaluation tools and assessment methods; participating in client’s level of overall functioning, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations; and/or performing other related activities.
Facilitate case consultations with other staff to address the client’s social emotional issues and/or problems.
Participate in revising service plans and interprets evaluation results for clients and/or families.
Offer guidance/subject matter expertise about relevant programs and funding streams.
Collect program evaluation data.
Enter and access clinical data in the electronic data base system.
Correspond and collaborate with interested/involved collaterals, community resources and service providers.
May be required to staff shelters in the event of a disaster.