Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Per Diem)

About the role

The Behavioral Health Counselor provides outpatient psychotherapy treatment to patients including clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, ongoing risk assessment and crisis management.

Responsibilities

• Provides outpatient therapy addressing behavior health issues from mental health to substance abuse for patients across the lifespan.
• Documents patient treatments via EMR computer software.
• Obtains/creates patient's psychosocial history.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical and chronically ill patients.
• Provides clinical consultation to medical staff relative to patient Behavioral Health issues.
• Maintains clinical availability to deliver solution-focused and relationship-based therapy to the population.
• Has the clinical ability to address family and relationship issues as adjunctive to patient care.
• Understands and observes the necessary boundaries of their role.
• Maintains clinical availability to deliver solution-focused and relationship-based therapy to the population.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Documents care provided in the electronic health record of the patients cared for.
• Ensures efficient, smooth and prompt delivery of health care services.

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience in social work or counseling preferred.
• Experience in assessing and treating substance abuse and dependency preferred.
• Listening/comprehension skills, ability to understand patient's voices and unidentified challenges.
• Able to process a variety of information to appropriately diagnose and treat patient's psychiatric symptomology.
• Able to provide case formulation and develop focused, goal-oriented treatment plans related to patient's treatment readiness or developmental level and problem identification.
• Able to collaborate, make appropriate referrals and interface with numerous other professionals, maintaining professional boundaries and patient advocacy.
• Computer experience using Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office software products required.
• Able to provide services to individuals and families with patients of any age group.
• Master's Degree in social work or counseling, or doctorate in psychology, required.
• Licensed practitioner in the State of Maine; maintaining licensing requirements strongly preferred or candidate with conditional license may be considered.
• LMFT or LCPC may be considered.

Benefits

Potential exposure to hazardous and infectious materials, including blood borne pathogens. The Behavioral Health practitioners will practice in the community including home visits, school and other social environments.

Schedule

Work is performed primarily in a typical physician's office environment. Noise level is usually quiet.