Clinician (LMSW, LPCA, LMFTA) - Child/Adolescent PHP

Location: Natchaug Hospital, Mansfield, CT

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM during the school year and 8:00 AM–4:30 PM during summer.

About the Role

Behavioral Health Clinician works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence-based clinical services in the Child/Adolescent Partial Hospitalization (PHP) department. Clinical services include individual, group, and family therapy.

Program Summary

Natchaug’s Joshua Center Programs treat children as young as six and as old as seventeen who are struggling with psychiatric or substance abuse issues but do not require inpatient care. Services include:

• Comprehensive assessment
• Comprehensive aftercare planning
• Family, group, and individual therapy
• Occupational and creative rehabilitation therapy

Natchaug Hospital provides transportation from school to the Joshua Center Program and then to the student’s home.

Responsibilities

• Conducts a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment and establishes a care plan, as appropriate.
• Provides direct patient care that may include case management, care coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration for care transition needs, crisis intervention/safety planning, counseling, and emotional support to patients and families coping with illness, trauma, or end-of-life care, referral, and discharge planning.
• Refers patient to appropriate levels of care and available resources that promote the individualized care plan.
• Maintains timely patient-centered documentation that reflects the patient and client systems’ pertinent information for assessment, interventions, and outcomes in accordance with regulatory licensing requirements and third-party agencies.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or related human service field.
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting required, preferably working with a mental health and/or chemical dependency population.
• Current Connecticut LMSW, LPC-A, or LMFT-A.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity.
• Cognizant of health-related social needs and cultural competence; recognizes and addresses health disparities, inequalities, and injustices directed toward clients related to access to care and provision of health services.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus up to $2,500 (in accordance with program guidelines).
• Supervision toward licensure and cost reimbursement.
• Federal loan forgiveness program.
• Medical and dental benefits.
• 401(k) plan with employer match up to 7%.
• Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire.
• Discounts on services, products, and optional coverages (e.g., movie tickets, pet insurance, travel).