Behavioral Health Clinician HIV-LCSW/LMFT

About the role

This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by providing high-quality behavioral health services to underserved individuals living with HIV. This Licensed position (LCSW or LMFT) will conduct assessments, provide crisis intervention, and deliver short- and long-term counseling services to support positive health outcomes and comprehensive patient care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and HIV-focused programs, including AOM, D2C, PSS, MCC, and Testing, the selected candidate will play an integral role in advancing patient-centered services and addressing the behavioral health needs of our community. This position is based on-site at our Vermont Clinic and includes Saturday coverage, with limited tele-health services provided as appropriate. The position includes adherence to all JWCH and BBS standards, contribute to patient satisfaction and program goals, and may provide clinical supervision to ASW's pursuing licensure, if eligible under BBS requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conducts bio-psychosocial assessments to identify non-medical needs (i.e., social, emotional, or economic factors) that may interfere with regular HIV medical care utilization, including medical co-morbidities, sexual risk behaviors, non-compliance, substance use history, mental health status, housing instability, transportation barriers, and related factors.
• Work with an HIV multidisciplinary team to ensure that the patient’s clinical treatment goals and behavioral health needs are met by attending case conferences, chronic disease management meetings, staff consultations, and individual meetings with staff to ensure quality of care.
• Conducts functional and strengths-based assessments along with comprehensive diagnosis for mental health, substance use, trauma, and psychosocial needs.
• Delivers patient education, counseling, and other brief interventions to improve HIV knowledge and reduce patient risk for transmitting HIV and/or acquiring other sexually transmitted infections.
• Develops care plans that are coordinated and integrated with a comprehensive range of medical and psychosocial services to address social, emotional, and practical needs.
• Provides in-person and, on occasion, remote (via HIPAA-compliant software) psychotherapy, counseling, and psychoeducation specific to HIV, utilizing individual, family, and group modalities. Uses evidence-based interventions for patients and their significant others that include social, emotional, and practical life skills to support coping, distress tolerance, stress reduction