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

Job Summary

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

Key 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.
• 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, or Counseling, or 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, LMFT-A, or CADC.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity.
• Is 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.