Licensed Clinician - CDCP Program

County of Mecklenburg, NC•Charlotte, NC

1d•$63,080 - $82,793•Onsite

About The Position

Performs licensed clinical activities for an assigned Mecklenburg County program including criminal justice services, domestic violence, substance abuse, homelessness, child development, children and family violence or trauma exposures, and jail diversions. This position, under minimal supervision, may be responsible for performing diagnosis, assessment, and evaluation, and psychological testing; providing immediate clinical trauma response and intervention, providing direct counseling/therapy; performing treatment planning; conducting home visits; providing referrals, conducting training and preparing progress reports.

Requirements

Minimum of two years of experience providing clinical services in the area assigned.
Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related human services field.
Depending on the area of assignment NC Professional Licensure is required in one of the following areas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician (LCMHC). Candidate MUST have Provisional OR Full Licensure in the Mental Health Field.
Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
Requires County Driving Privileges
Annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check required
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 patient care data and identify key issues and relationships in the management of patient care; understanding the relationships among assessments, interventions, and patient 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 Patient Education/Health Promotion: Supporting, explaining, and instructing patient and patient’s family (significant other, care giver, etc.) in understanding the clinical procedures and equipment used to facilitate optimum health status; promoting the lifestyle changes required of the patient and the patient’s family to achieve optimum health status
Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Bilingual – Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

For assignment in Child Development – Community Policing:
Partner with law enforcement to provide acute trauma intervention for children and their families to include: crisis intervention and immediate safety needs addressed, acute trauma symptom identification, determining appropriate brief clinical interventions/strategies; determine the needed frequency of interventions; ongoing assessment of child/family progress and needs; and/or, performing other related activities including psychoeducation and any needed referrals for clinical and/or non-clinical services.
Respond to crime scenes, children’s homes, hospitals, and other community locations to provide immediate clinical intervention and prevention services to children exposed to violence 24/7/365, to include nights, weekends, and holiday on-call acute response rotation.
Document child trauma symptoms and corresponding clinical interventions, including information gathered by observation, parent or caregiver interviews, and case history, records progress, makes clinical recommendations; attends case staffing as-needed and/or, performing other related clinical activities.
Collaborate with child protective service workers on all cases where child abuse, neglect, or dependency is a factor.
Provide clinical treatment or assessments for clients (individuals, 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.
Document clinical treatments and evaluations, which includes: synthesizing information gathered by observation, interviews, and record reviews; records reviews and writes summary-style reports; and/or, performing other related activities.
Conduct biopsychosocial and social emotional evaluations, developmental assessments, and psychological testing on clients as appropriate to program assignment.
Participate in multidisciplinary staffing’s 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 caregivers.
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.