Licensed Mental Health Clinician (53500)

Westcare • Miami, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Mental Health Clinician delivers individual, group, and family counseling and completes documentation for clinical records, including Individual Service Plans, psychosocial assessments, daily notes, and weekly reviews. The clinician provides crisis intervention and de-escalation, assesses the severity of crisis situations, and recommends appropriate responses to direct care staff to promote safety and consistent care.

The role includes responding to community calls within 60 minutes, including on a 24/7 basis; completing safety planning through a dedicated crisis phone line; orienting patients and families to the facility, services, limitations, and patient rights; participating in individualized care planning; and completing assessments, evaluations, and Baker Acts when appropriate. The clinician also supports patients’ and families’ social and psychological well-being, coordinates referrals and provider visits, conducts risk assessments, mediates issues, and plans appropriate discharges or transfers to support continuity of care.

The clinician collaborates with facility staff on psychosocial needs and clinical staffing decisions, completes duties and documentation within required timelines and procedures, and supports WestCare’s mission and goals. Work is primarily performed in a professional office or residential setting, with some outdoor activities and travel. The role may involve responding to physically or verbally abusive situations using approved de-escalation techniques.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Adherence to high ethical standards, particularly confidentiality standards.
• Professional appearance and demeanor.
• Ability to obtain and maintain clearance from DCF.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Creole language ability is required.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain and maintain WestCare vehicle insurance.
• Two years of experience in behavioral health crisis services.
• Graduation from an accredited master’s program with a degree in Addiction Counseling, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
• Current, good-standing licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, or Licensed Marriage Family Therapist.
• Ability to meet potential new requirements, including vaccinations, issued by local, state, federal, or funding entities with which WestCare must comply.
• Ability to perform the essential duties with or without accommodation, including mobility and physical activity in office, residential, and outdoor settings; standing, walking on even and uneven surfaces, sitting for extended periods, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, and occasional lifting and carrying of up to 10 pounds.
• Ability to use computer and telephone systems, including typing, writing, and working with files.
• Ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive situations using approved physical de-escalation techniques.
• Ability to speak, hear, and see as needed to communicate information, receive detailed oral communication, complete paperwork, and observe client behavior and activities.
• Ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
• Ability to cooperate and exchange ideas, information, instructions, and opinions with clients, coworkers, managers, the public, and employees at all levels.
• Ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings and use approved mental/verbal de-escalation techniques in abusive situations.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals is preferred.
• Familiarity with Miami-Dade County.

Responsibilities

• Develop social histories and psychosocial assessments that address patients’ problems, strengths, preferences, and cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds and their implications for care plans.
• Respond to calls in the community within 60 minutes, 24/7.
• Orient patients and families to the facility, services, service limitations, and patients’ rights.
• Complete safety planning through a dedicated crisis phone line.
• Participate in developing individualized patient care plans.
• Complete required assessments and evaluations and complete Baker Acts when appropriate.
• Complete mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable regulations.
• Facilitate the social and psychological well-being of patients and their families.
• Mediate issues among patients, families, and staff.
• Coordinate visits by facility mental health providers and make resident referrals.
• Plan discharges and transfers to support appropriateness and continuity of care.
• Conduct risk assessments.
• Involve the facility in meeting patients’ psychosocial needs.
• Complete shift duties promptly and in accordance with WestCare procedures.
• Participate in clinical staffing decisions regarding patients’ strengths, resources, and need for additional resources.
• Assist other WestCare staff collaboratively and professionally.
• Embrace and embody WestCare Foundation’s mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision, and goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level