State Service Clinician

POSITION SUMMARY

The State Service Clinician is responsible for facilitating individual, family, or parent therapy sessions and assessments as determined by and according to program standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

· Providing home-based individual therapy, family therapy, and case management to adolescence and their families.

· Creating and updating treatment plans, skills development plans, progressive independent living plans or any other plan mutually agreed upon by the referring agency such as Juvenile Justice or DCYF.

· Complete clinical documentation as required by state and insurance contracts, referring agencies, program requirements. All clients will be tracked through SYS’ electronic medical records with the expectation that records are kept current. These records include but are not limited to:

- Intake packages and assessments

- Treatment plans

- Progress notes

- Contact logs

- Weekly Reports

- Court Reports

- 30-60-90-day updates

- Discharge summaries

· Collaborate with stakeholders including partner social workers, family networks, referring agencies, therapists, guidance counselors, case workers, and probation officers.

· Attend weekly team meetings and discussion of cases.

· Facilitate monthly team meetings with referral source and the family

· Daily driving/transportation

· Attend court as needed

· Participate in an on-call rotation providing emergency services for clients, according to established on call procedures.

· Perform other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

· Current license in the state of employment preferred (LMFT, LICSW, LCMHC) or working to become license eligible

· One year of clinical experience preferred

· Exhibits passion for our clients, values, and organization

· Demonstrates excellent clinical customer service using therapeutic communication skills to build strong client relationships and improve outcomes

· Participates in providing clinically competent care by self/staff/team through education, role modeling, teambuilding, clinical documentation, and quality monitoring

· Uses leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships within and across system

· Engages in self-evaluation process, seeking feedback regarding own practice, from clients, peers, professional colleagues, and others

· A valid driver's license with insured transportation is a requirement of this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

NOTE

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.