Mental Health Clinician Case Manager - LADC

About the role

Join a team of addiction professionals dedicated to providing high-quality, person-centered care at the Addiction Treatment Center (ATC) within The University of Vermont Medical Center. This role blends frontline clinical care with research, education, and professional development in an academic environment. As part of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and peers, you will deliver evidence-based outpatient services to individuals with primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, including individual counseling, intensive group-based therapy, psychiatric assessment, and medication management.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new patients and diagnose substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders in accordance with the DSM and ICD.
• Assess appropriate level of care using ASAM criteria.
• Provide direct patient care, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and co-facilitate an intensive outpatient program.
• Consult with primary care and other referring providers in the community.
• Present cases at weekly clinical rounds.
• Coordinate clinical services with internal and external providers, including the ED, crisis, inpatient medicine and psychiatry, outpatient counselors, primary care providers, and peer support services.
• Formulate, update, and coordinate the plan of care for patients while in the program.
• Develop continued care and discharge plans, including scheduling appointments with addiction, mental health, medical, and peer support providers to support long-term sobriety.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a behavioral health or related field required.
• Active Drug and Alcohol Counselor License (LADC) in the State of Vermont or ability to acquire licensure within one year required.
• Active additional licensure as either a clinical social worker, clinical mental health counselor, or marriage and family therapist in the State of Vermont strongly preferred.
• Training or certification may be required in specific areas: case management, group therapy, cognitive therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of direct clinical experience post-licensure providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
• Experience with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders and complex diagnostic presentations.
• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Familiarity with psychotropic medications and their role in treatment.
• Training and experience in CBT/DBT approaches to mental health symptom reduction or alleviation.
• Experience working with individuals at different stages of change and training in motivational interviewing.
• Training in acute crisis intervention.
• Training in suicide risk assessment and symptom reduction.

About UVM Medical Center

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