Clinician II

About the role

This position works out of the University Place Pediatric Clinic, 1033 Regents Blvd., Fircrest, WA 98466. Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health provides family-oriented behavioral health care for children, youth, and families, primarily in their own home and community. Clinical teams deliver individualized, creative, and flexible services infused with evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies to help children and youth remain safely at home, restore hope, provide intensive mental health services, and strengthen family unity. The organization operates across multiple sites in Washington and Oregon, employs nearly 800 staff, and values compassion, diversity, strength-based approach, social justice, and its staff.

This professional role provides therapeutic interventions to children, youth, and families with community-based intensive behavioral health, crisis response, and community safety needs. The Clinician II is the primary behavioral health treatment provider assigned to a child, youth, and family, serving as lead clinical support to complete intake/assessment, prescribe mental health treatment, and identify strategies and services. All services must be allowable (billable) through Medicaid or private insurance and documented per federal Medicaid requirements in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and medical EHRs of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Behavioral Health Organizations (BHOs), or others per contract.

Pay

• Starting salary range: $81,889.60 – $91,083.20 per year
• Licensure pay: $250.00 per pay period (twice per month)
• Additional pay/ability to earn additional pay

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays plus 1 personal holiday each year
• 3 weeks' vacation per year
• 12 sick days per year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance (1 times annual salary)
• Retirement plans: 403(b) Employee Savings Plan and Employer Contribution Pension
• Collaborative supervision
• Extensive training in multiple clinical approaches and other areas
• Daily and weekly supervision and support with Clinical Supervisor, as needed

Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment, Engagement of Child/Youth/Family and Community

• Utilize clinical assessment and engagement skills to meet with child, youth, and family primarily in the office setting to gather demographic, clinical/situational information and perform initial assessment and clinical diagnosis based on assessed service need and intensity
• Complete behavioral health clinical assessment tools as clinically implicated or per contract requirements as part of the clinical intake process
• Demonstrate familiarity with DSM criteria for clinical mental health diagnoses and formulate a clinical diagnosis based on client background and presenting behavioral health issues
• Gather information from medical, behavioral health, and other community providers for children/youth referred to support intake diagnosis and access to ongoing services
• Engage the family during the clinical intake session, assessing for immediate safety needs and concerns, gather and clinically summarize client history and presenting issues prioritizing urgent safety considerations
• Use Electronic Health Record, Provider One, and incorporate Medicaid/insurance eligibility determination into intake service authorization
• Complete all Medicaid and WAC required intake documentation and client enrollment information, ensuring appropriate Medicaid coding and entering information into EHR as required by funder and WAC timeframes
• Demonstrate flexibility and organization to respond to referrals and child needs timely
• Maintain knowledge of community behavioral health and other support services to link children and families to helping resources in their local communities
• Complete complex clinical intake documentation as required by funders, tracking client enrollment and referral documentation in clinical dashboard for system-wide behavioral health outcome reports
• Listen to and analyze the family's story, and with them, identify strengths, needs, preferences, and goals for behavioral health intervention and treatment planning
• Provide and/or arrange necessary crisis response and stabilization services, completing and communicating the safety/crisis plan with family and others from day 1 of initial assignment
• Orient and prepare the child/youth and family to behavioral health services and next steps (e.g., team development, planning process, natural supports)
• Analyze and align the family's position and agency mission using methods of respect, communication, and conflict resolution
• Utilize site and FBH QI tracking processes to monitor compliance of intake response/process, case assignment, and intake documentation completion requirements
• Understand and comply with all mandated reporting and HIPAA requirements outlined in WAC, CCS policy, and service contracts
• Represent Family Behavioral Health Services in the community through outreach and collaboration
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with funders, behavioral health and medical providers, Children's Administration, Juvenile Justice, community organizations, and other referral sources

Individualized Service Planning and Implementation

• Provide intensive, strength-based therapeutic behavioral health services and supports including: assessing for safety and stabilization needs, treatment plan development, safety and crisis planning, ongoing assessment and evaluation of current treatment planning strategies, goals, and outcomes
• Prescribe and implement behavioral health strategies and treatment plans, modeling and teaching social behavior, self-protection skills, awareness, and developmentally appropriate coping and social interaction skills
• Provide skill-building support enhancing a youth's ability to function effectively and safely in the community addressing therapeutic issues such as anger management, alternatives to aggression, frustration tolerance, and socialization
• Demonstrate understanding of behavioral health treatment competencies and their role in wellness and recovery by communicating role, responsibility, and agency philosophy to assure mutual respect, confidence, and trust
• Meet and engage the family communicating compassion, support, respect, and enthusiasm for their recovery journey
• Complete all required ongoing behavioral health treatment documentation including treatment plans, safety crisis plans, CANS assessments, updating client information, ensuring appropriate Medicaid coding and entering information into EHR as required by funder and WAC timeframes
• Accurately complete session documentation per required timeframes for entry into the Electronic Health Record
• Deliver direct therapeutic services including Evidence-Based and Promising Practices (e.g., Cognitive Behavioral Therapies) customized to each child, youth, and family's uniqueness, personality, culture, interests, and treatment goals as identified in their Individualized Treatment Plan
• Deliver prescribed behavioral health services, continuing to evaluate effectiveness of the Treatment Plan and Safety Plan, and recommend changes as needed
• Modify and adjust individual intervention techniques for each situation without changing the direction of the plan
• Facilitate the child and family team to: identify and prioritize goals and needs; communicate and translate information so everyone can hear, especially the family's position; brainstorm and negotiate strategies that build on child and family strengths
• Healthcare Coordination: work in collaboration with youth's primary care physicians and healthcare specialists to support coordination of medical and behavioral health services
• Encourage, welcome, and embrace child/youth, parent/family expertise in problem solving around specific treatment and support needs
• Maintain focus on strengths, needs, and creative solutions and inspire others to follow this format in problem solving

Transitioning Services to Natural and Other Community Supports

• Inspire confidence in the child, family, and other team members about their strengths and ability to transition successfully
• Arrange and negotiate a process for ongoing formal and informal services and supports
• Create and practice a plan for aftercare supports and response post CCS involvement

HIPAA

• Responsible for upholding a culture of privacy and security in a highly confidential work environment (HIPAA covered entity service area)
• Comply with all CCSWW policies and procedures involving access to and safeguarding of client Protected Health Information (all forms)

Qualifications

Required

• Current LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, or LASW credential
• One year experience serving children and/or families (mental health, social services, education, etc.)
• 21 years or older
• First Aid/CPR certified or ability to become certified within 1 month of employment
• Proof of negative TB test within past 12 months or ability to test within first six months of employment
• Successfully pass required background checks prior to offer of employment
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Demonstrates necessary attitudes, knowledge, and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations
• Support and uphold the mission, beliefs, and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services

Preferred

• Mental Health Professional (as defined by WAC 388-865)