Fee-For-Service Intensive In-Home Behavioral Health Services Clinician

Wheeler•Waterbury, CT

About The Position

The Intensive In-Home Behavioral Health Services (IIBHS) Clinician provides assessment, treatment, crisis intervention, and case management services for children ages 4 through 24. The Clinician fosters positive working relationships with clients, families, providers, educators, and other key stakeholders. The role delivers services in accordance with model standards and uses a strength-based, solution-focused model of care. Services are provided in community settings, including homes, schools, hospitals, institutions, and other locations defined by the program. The position is statewide and offers a full-time flexible schedule.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, or Social Work; alternatively, a doctoral degree in Psychology.
Must be licensed or license-eligible as an LPCA, LMFTA, LPC, LMFT, or Psychologist.
Applicants with an MSW must have an LMSW permit or license, or an LCSW, to begin employment.

Responsibilities

Conduct program-specific screening and evaluation and formulate diagnoses in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
Develop and document clear clinical formulations, crisis plans, and individualized, measurable treatment plans in collaboration with clients, families, and others as relevant.
Apply knowledge of psychopathology, behavioral health concerns, and primary modalities of psychotherapeutic intervention.
Triage clinical emergencies and implement program-specific safety and consultation protocols.
Use best practices and evidence-based practice models where appropriate, and adhere to applicable model and program expectations.
Provide clinical services in community settings outside the office, such as homes, schools, hospitals, institutions, and other program-defined community locations.
Transport clients to appointments or linkages when appropriate.
Use knowledge of internal and external levels of care, referral processes, and resources.
Make timely, clinically appropriate referrals for identified service needs.
Meet direct service productivity goals defined by the program.
Communicate positively and effectively with clients, families, and internal and external providers.
Attend required meetings, trainings, and quarterly meetings.
Follow program, department, and agency goals and target outcomes, practice standards, and data collection and reporting protocols.
Document client-related information in compliance with agency policy and contractor requirements.
Attend and prepare for scheduled team supervision and weekly rounds, if applicable.
Seek additional supervision or consultation as needed and follow supervisory directives.
Continue developing knowledge and understanding of the history, traditions, values, family systems, and artistic expression of groups served, and use culturally informed methodological approaches, skills, and techniques.