CCBHC Mental Health Practitioner

About the role

Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Founded in 1857, we are the engine of change that positively impacts communities.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive, in-depth assessment and clinical formulation, development of accurate diagnosis and strengths-based treatment plans for CCBHC services.
• Provides individual/group therapy, crisis intervention, and case management services, adhering to CCBHC and MRO/Medicaid rehabilitation service models.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions, advocacy, skill-building, and related services.
• Learns and utilizes agency and community resources.
• Assesses community conditions that affect clients to identify resource gaps and problems.
• Works with multidisciplinary professionals including psychiatrists, nurses and community agencies to provide a continuum of coordinated care to meet the complex needs of clients.
• Provides on-call or in-person crisis intervention services when necessary.
• Recommends financial assistance and other benefits the client may be entitled to.
• Serves on regional or agency-wide committees.
• Maintains timely and accurate client records and any necessary agency and CCBHC required reporting.
• Participates in agency and site based required meetings and trainings.
• Works effectively with diverse staff and service population.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field from an accredited college or university, required.
• Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), required.
• Must obtain and maintain IM+CANS certification, required.
• 2+ years of post-graduate social work experience at an intermediate skill level, preferred.
• Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) or experience working with clients experiencing substance use preferred.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), preferred.
• IM+CANS certification, preferred.
• ASAM certified, preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screenings and criminal background checks.
• Driving for work required with a personally owned vehicle.

Physical Demands

• Sit and stand for sustained periods of time.
• Frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle, and operate objects or controls.
• Occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Pay

The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $59,000-$70,000 annually. $2,500 Sign-on Bonus for first-time employees with MFS! ($1,250 on the first paycheck and $1,250 after 6 months of employment).

Benefits

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Highlights Include:

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
• Free General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.