Licensed Clinician, Behavioral Health And Wellness Department

About the role

Adoption Rhode Island is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to create safety, belonging and permanency for adopted and foster children, vulnerable youth, and families through compassionate services, advocacy, and education. This position is for a Licensed Clinician within the Behavioral Health & Wellness department, reporting to the Clinical Director. This is an independent contractor, part-time, hourly role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain client confidentiality and conduct self in accordance with professional and ethical standards.
• Assist the agency in assessing and providing effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural beliefs and practices, preferred languages, mental and behavioral health literacy, and other communication needs.
• Promote coordination and collaboration of service delivery, both internally across agency programs and departments, as well as externally, with community partners and contractors.
• Contribute to and participate in agency community outreach activities, as well as additional support programming, as assigned.
• Carry active caseload, providing permanency-competent, trauma-informed individual, family and group counseling in an office setting, utilizing evidence-based and evidence-informed service models.
• Assist in the ongoing development and implementation of program service delivery, including supportive activities for legacy foster and adoptive young adults that provide hope, normalcy, and an opportunity to connect with other Adoption Rhode Island and community-based offerings.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation/client records, including but not limited to releases and authorization forms, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, and external reports.
• Actively participate in regularly scheduled individual supervision.
• Actively participate in monthly BHW Team meetings.
• Attend agency staff meetings, and other agency forums, when available.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a mental health discipline required.
• Licensure, with corresponding liability coverage required.
• At least five years of professional experience in the mental health, child welfare, or human services fields required.
• Trauma-informed and permanency competence.
• Experience in service provision of trauma-informed care, permanency practice, and educational needs of child welfare population.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated experience with best practices and state and federal laws related to foster care, youth permanency, homelessness and housing, mental health, education and health for at-risk populations.
• Ability to assess, deliver, and evaluate direct service programming.
• Strong organizational, system building & strategic decision-making abilities.
• Must pass Background Criminal Investigation (BCI) check.
• Must pass Child Protection Services (CPS) background checks for RI as well as any additional states, per Adam Walsh Act of 2006.
• Compliance with I-9 verification.
• Must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends.
• Access to reliable transportation.
• Hold an active license with the RI Department of Health (RIDOH) for applicable positions.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of (1) sitting at a desk/meeting table and (2) working on a computer.
• Ability to self-transport to client and agency-related meetings and work within the RI community.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) of strength level category: Sedentary to Light work.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable staff to perform the essential duties.