Behavior Health Therapist – Children and Adolescent

Qualifications

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT); 3 years experience post-license.
• Act 33/34 Child Clearances; Act 73 FBI Clearance.
• Experience with child and adolescent populations.
• Ability to work traditional and non-traditional hours.
• Computer literacy.
• Bilingual is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides 1:1 psychosocial counseling for ELFHCC patients.
• Collaborates with other members of ELFHCC’s behavioral health team to provide co-management activities for patients who require additional services.
• Completes a psychosocial assessment that includes social, economic, cultural, and age-related factors, history of the child, elder, or domestic abuse, prior psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, and family and social support systems.
• Develops and implements a comprehensive, interdisciplinary plan of care that includes patient’s preferences.
• Establishes a plan for regular contact with each patient to review progress and assess potential for additional needs.
• Maintains extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local assistance programs and community resources that affect patient’s needs.
• Comfort with telehealth visits.
• Demonstrates expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to patients and families, initiating contact with appropriate resources, and facilitating the patient/family’s ability to accept referrals.
• Arranges, coordinates, and evaluates services to meet patient-specific healthcare needs.
• Communicates with the patient’s treating providers when indicated.
• Provides information to the member/family in a manner that supports and empowers self-management.

Critical Skills/Requirements

• Empathy for working with adolescent children who suffer from trauma, abuse, and mental health concerns.
• Experience working with the healthcare needs of underserved populations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Physical Demands

• Work is performed in a fast-paced office and community setting with local travel required.
• Prolonged sitting/standing and phone use.
• Lifting and carrying PR equipment and supplies (5-10 lbs) may be required.

Compensation

Salary range commensurate with education and experience.