Human Service Clinician

DAYMARK RECOVERY SERVICES INC•Asheville, NC

8d•$55,000 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission-driven community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services. The Human Service Clinician provides, oversees, and/or administers psychosocial evaluations and assessments, diagnostic services, counseling and therapy, and crisis intervention in a clinical environment requiring independent decision-making. Most work involves clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention for mental health consumers receiving individual, family, and/or group therapy in an outpatient setting. Case management and supportive services that help determine case disposition are also core functions. The position is based at Buncombe Child FBC in Asheville, North Carolina. Face-to-face clinical assessments are scheduled within seven days of an assessment request. The clinician is expected to meet productivity and documentation requirements so that assessments, intakes, evaluations, screenings, assertive outreach, and case support can be billed when appropriate. The stated minimum productivity standard is 25 units.

Requirements

Doctorate degree in Psychology, or a master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, counseling, or marriage and family therapy from an accredited college or university.
Must be licensed eligible or provisionally licensed in the applicable professional field.
Strong evaluative and clinical assessment skills.
Ability to collaborate with other professionals, multiple providers, community agencies, and community stakeholders.
Ability to gather information, assess consumers, build rapport with consumers and families, make sound decisions in emergency situations, and provide evidence-based clinical interventions.
LCSW and LCAS staff must complete first evaluation training and provide first evaluations in the community; psychologist staff must provide first evaluations in the community.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical psychosocial assessments and treatment services to consumers with mental health problems.
Schedule and provide face-to-face clinical assessments within seven days of an assessment request, using appropriate clinical skills and meeting regulatory requirements for reimbursement.
Provide evidence-based, clinically effective treatment services.
Provide individual, family, and/or group therapy and crisis intervention services as appropriate.
Coordinate services and transitions with community stakeholders, providers, referral sources, law enforcement, family members, and support networks when clinically appropriate.
Provide indirect services, including case management and supportive services, to coordinate transitions to or from other providers or agencies.
Consult by telephone with local providers and referral sources as needed to coordinate and transition services.
Collect the information necessary for reimbursement and submit appropriate paperwork for billable assessments, intakes, evaluations, screenings, assertive outreach, and case support.
Meet the minimum productivity standard of 25 units.
LCSW and LCAS staff are expected to complete first evaluation training and provide first evaluations in the community; psychologist staff are expected to provide first evaluations in the community.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.