Wellness Clinician-Licensed

About the role

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services is seeking a Wellness Clinician-Licensed, LCSW, LPC, or LMFT to join their team in Union, New Jersey. The position offers a competitive salary range of $70,000-$75,000 annually, permanent full-time status, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Lead team member to complete Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessments (CRNA) in collaboration with the team.
• Complete, monitor, and update individualized rehabilitation plans/Individual Recovery Plans (IRPs) and reviews in collaboration with the team.
• Offer services appropriate to meet the person’s served needs as identified in the CRNA and included in each individual’s IRP.
• Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill and resource development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
• Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
• Oversee the use of Illness Management and Recovery, WRAP, advance directives, and other relevant health and wellness curriculum to ensure overall wellness is a key focus in the individual’s recovery plan.
• Provide mental health education, skill training, and supportive counseling in the home.
• Utilize a clinical skill-set by forging therapeutic relationships with diverse individuals through a trauma-informed and recovery-based lens.
• Ensure staff provide coordination of referrals and linkages to housing, mental health, substance abuse, medical, and various social service providers as needed for the individual.
• Appraise and assess individual’s daily living skills and teach needed skills in areas such as budgeting, cooking, laundry, cleaning, shopping, personal hygiene, community transportation, self-advocacy, and ways to maintain housing.
• Consult and refer to other services beyond the scope of CSS.
• Provide clinical supervision and consultation to team via individually and/or team supervision, and for crisis management.
• Seek out own supervision at least monthly from supervisor.
• Maintain symptom assessment and management, medication monitoring, medication education, and side effects.
• Support team when persons served with acute psychiatric needs require rapid intervention.
• Provide technical assistance and education to members of the team in reference to best clinical practices.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, rehabilitation counseling, or other related behavioral health or counseling program.
• Practitioner of the healing arts licensed in New Jersey required (LCSW or LPC).
• Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, rehabilitation counseling, or other related behavioral health or counseling program.
• One-year experience in a community behavioral health setting or certification as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner (in lieu of the one year of experience in community behavioral health setting).
• Valid driver’s license required with no more than one moving violation in the past twelve months.