Mental Health Senior Practitioner

About the role

Position functions as a member of a clinical team which directs, coordinates and provides treatment to children, adults and families who may have mental health, intellectual/developmental and/or substance use disorders. Positions include child and family therapists, and substance use and mental health counselors.

Responsibilities

• Independently conducts individualized comprehensive clinical assessments by interviewing the consumer and family.
• Independently directs and provides clinical services for assigned caseload to include, but not limited to, short-term and long-term individual, group and family therapies.
• Independently acts as coordinator of treatment for assigned caseload.
• Develops, monitors, updates and evaluates treatment plans and consumer outcomes; has responsibility for authorization and utilization management; identifies, facilitates and utilizes system of care concepts across all aspects of treatment.
• Independently participates fully in the multidisciplinary treatment process and assumes shared accountability for all aspects of consumer care for assigned team caseload.
• Independently organizes, composes and submits documentation required for all aspects of consumer care by completing internal/external reports/records/summaries.
• Independently coordinates, develops, facilitates and participates in the provision of the full range of crisis intervention services for assigned caseload.
• Provides consultation and training for Child Protective Services professionals and foster parents.
• Provides psychoeducation and parent skills training using an evidenced-based curriculum and facilitate therapeutic visits at the Parent Visitation Center.
• Provides capacity evaluations for individuals involved with Adult Protective Services.
• Provides substance use screening and assessment for Food and Nutrition Services applicants and Work First participants with a history of drug related legal charges.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related human services field with two years of professional MH/IDD/SU experience, and licensure in related discipline. License/Certification: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Psychological Associate. Valid NC Driver’s License prior to hire.

Qualifications

Knowledge: Considerable background in essential areas of psychiatric, substance abuse, rehabilitation, vocational and child development treatment; familiarity with a variety of treatment models; and considerable knowledge of special clinical/rehabilitation/vocational interventions. Thorough knowledge of the characteristics/needs of individuals/families of all ages/racial/ethnic/cultural, in order to complete assessments/evaluations/plans at intake and throughout the care coordination, treatment planning and service provision process. Experience and practice of the System of Care Core Values and Guiding Principles in order to practice cultural competency and responsiveness and provide community-based consumer-driven/individualized and family-involved treatment planning and implementation. Understanding of the organization’s technical and administrative systems including; quality improvement, utilization management, relative fiscal issues and appropriate use of resources in order to complete documentation, track data/outcomes/productivity and monitor costs/authorizations and utilization of resources.

Skills

• Advanced assessment, interviewing, diagnosis and treatment planning skills in order to complete assessments/ evaluations and plans at intake and throughout the case coordination process.
• Advanced group facilitation skills in order to conduct treatment planning sessions, staff meetings, group supervision, and group/family sessions.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills.
• Advanced conflict resolution skills.
• Advanced ability to facilitate and complete bio/psycho/social/spiritual and rehabilitation/vocational assessments.
• Advanced ability to identify, prevent, intervene and stabilize crisis situations as needed.
• Advanced ability to coordinate/manage a caseload of MI/DD/SA consumers of all ages and their families.
• Advanced ability to consult and share professional expertise in a comprehensive manner across all agency/ community systems.
• Ability to treat or consult on more complex cases.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.