LPC)

BRIDGEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES•Union, NJ

6d•$35 - $45•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Wellness Clinician is the lead clinical person for the Supportive Housing team, providing Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessments, skill assessments, rehabilitation planning in conjunction with the team, and clinical supervision for team members. The clinician ensures that interventions are effective, stage-based, and directly tied to each person’s individualized recovery goals. Services promote wellness and recovery through person-first language, respectful documentation, and person-centered planning, while maintaining compliance with applicable policies, regulations, laws, and ethical standards. The role provides community support and rehabilitative services, crisis intervention, service coordination, clinical consultation and supervision, and mental health education, skills training, and supportive counseling in people’s homes. The clinician supports recovery planning and wellness curricula, coordinates referrals and linkages, assesses daily living skills, and helps people develop skills for maintaining housing and pursuing greater independence. The position is per diem, with flexible work hours and days, serving Union County from the Union, New Jersey location.

Requirements

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, rehabilitation counseling, or another related behavioral health or counseling program.
New Jersey healing arts licensure required: LCSW or LPC. The posting also describes eligibility for a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), subject to the stated education and experience or psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner certification conditions.
Valid driver’s license required.
No more than one moving violation in the past twelve months.
Vehicle required.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of experience working with people with mental health disabilities is preferred.
For LMFT applicants, one year of experience in a community behavioral health setting or certification as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner is required in lieu of that experience.

Responsibilities

Lead completion of Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessments in collaboration with the team.
Lead completion, monitoring, and updating of individualized rehabilitation plans/Individual Recovery Plans and reviews with the team.
Provide services that address needs identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment and included in each individual’s recovery plan.
Provide therapeutic rehabilitative skill and resource development in accordance with CSS regulations.
Perform crisis intervention when indicated.
Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
Oversee use of Illness Management and Recovery, WRAP, advance directives, and other relevant health and wellness curricula.
Use appropriate evidence-based practices for community support services, including approaches such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Trauma Informed Care, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR, IDDT, and Career Services.
Provide mental health education, skill training, and supportive counseling in people’s homes.
Build therapeutic relationships with diverse individuals using trauma-informed and recovery-based approaches.
Ensure staff coordinate referrals and linkages to housing, mental health, substance abuse, medical, and social service providers as needed.
Assess daily living skills and teach skills such as budgeting, cooking, laundry, cleaning, shopping, personal hygiene, community transportation, self-advocacy, and maintaining housing.
Consult and refer individuals to services beyond the scope of CSS.
Provide clinical supervision and consultation to the team, individually and/or in team supervision, including for crisis management.
Seek supervision from a supervisor at least monthly.
Monitor symptom assessment and management, medication monitoring, medication education, and side effects.
Support the team when individuals have acute psychiatric needs requiring rapid intervention.
Provide team members with technical assistance and education regarding best clinical practices, and use best-practice materials and strategies for individual and group interventions with the team.
Provide clinical supervision as assigned to provisionally licensed Bridgeway employees working toward full clinical licensure if fully licensed and holding the supervisor credential.
Obtain the supervisor credential if fully licensed, eligible, and not yet credentialed.
Perform other duties as required.