Intensive In-Home Team Lead

Coastal Horizons Center•Jacksonville, NC

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. is seeking an Intensive In-Home Team Lead to provide clinical leadership and behavioral health services to youth and families with complex needs. This position coordinates comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, therapy, crisis intervention, and care coordination while supporting the Intensive In-Home team in delivering 24/7 community-based services throughout Onslow and Duplin Counties.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited program with a Master�s degree in a human services or related field and two years of progressive substance abuse and/or mental health counseling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Possession of North Carolina licensure (or associate licensure) as one of the following: Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Psychological Associate, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Responsibilities

Provides independent diagnostic and psycho-social evaluations and therapy services which focus on complicated mental health issues, family issues, parenting issues, adolescent issues and substance abuse and addiction issues and their impact on daily living and individual and family relationships.
Evaluates the client and family situation and their ability to deal with their problems; conducts an in-depth comprehensive clinical interview to determine psycho-social, mental health, substance use, and medical needs and documents diagnoses and recommendations; develops a person-centered plan based on this assessment; provides ongoing monitoring, assessment and updates to the Person-Centered and Crisis Plans.
Provides in-depth therapy which can range from crisis intervention to treatment of complex co-occurring mental health and personality disorders.
Provides individual, group and family counseling and activities adapted or specifically designed for persons with physical disabilities or persons with co-occurring disorders or mental illness and substance abuse/dependence or mental retardation/developmental disability and substance abuse/dependence.
The caseload is characterized as complex with a variety of participants including families and consumers with co-occurring disorders and/or criminal justice involvement. The counseling is best characterized as individual, group and family, utilizing Best Practices and Promising Practices methods for mental health and substance abuse treatment, and is individualized depending on the needs of the clients.
Provides case management type services to arrange, link or integrate multiple services as well as assessment and reassessment of the client�s need for services.
Informs the client about benefits, community resources, and services; arranges for clients to receive benefits and services; and monitors the provision of services.
Works with emergency referrals, conducts community educational workshops, provides professional services to referrals from the judicial system and statewide institutions.
Provides First Responder functions and services; develops and updates Crisis Plans; and responds telephonically or, when needed, face-to-face to crisis situations.
Responsible for coordinating the initial Intensive In-Home assessment and developing the youth�s Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
Provide interventions, with the Intensive In-Home team, 24-hour coverage, 7 days per week, intervening as one (1) organizational unit.
Coordinating and providing treatment for the youth and other family members served by the Intensive In-Home team.
Provide Intensive In-Home services in a wide range of settings including the community, the recipient�s home, school, homeless shelters, libraries, etc.
Intensive In-Home services will also include telephone time with the individual recipient and collateral contact with people who assist the recipient in meeting their goals specified in their Person-Centered Plan.