Behavioral Health Therapist I

Position Summary

The Behavioral Health Therapist will provide effective culturally competent behavioral health assessments and therapy to individuals, families, and groups in a community-based, in-person, Primary Care setting, working in concert with an integrated primary care team and promoting integrated behavioral health.

AS A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH CENTER’S INTEGRATED CARE TEAM THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST WILL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF PATIENT-CENTERED, COORDINATED PATIENT CARE:

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to patients' treatment.
• Provide mental health and substance abuse assessments
• Provide Individual, Couples, and family short-term mental health treatment for adults, children, and teens using evidence-based interventions such as CBT, MI, trauma-informed care, and/or Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Conduct substance abuse screenings and brief counseling or referral for addictions treatment.
• Develop and implement treatment plans based on patients’ expressed goals. Complete and maintain client-related records in the EMR (ECW), daily.
• Follow regulations for documentation and billing.
• Collaborate and/or consult with other team members to perform clinical assessments or develop treatment plans.
• Coordinate clinical approaches with the medical team.
• Refer patients or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
• Manage patient crises as needed. Modify treatment activities and documentation to comply with changes in patients’ status for accreditation or regulatory requirements.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, or supporting patients, as appropriate.
• Monitor patients’ use of medications and encourage their collaboration with prescribers.
• Learn about new developments in counseling and health by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, or establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies.
• Coordinate or direct employee workshops, courses, or training about mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment.
• Provide leadership in integrated care team collaboration.
• Successfully meet productivity targets including group therapy or clinical supervision requirements
• Develop cultural competence to work with a diverse population including refugees and asylees.
• Provides office-based appointments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW or LCSW-C), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC), or Licensed Psychologist
• Minimum 2 years providing therapy to children, teens, and adults with mental health needs.
• Excellent team-based communication skills with the primary care team, supervisors, and other CCI staff.
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and process work to completion.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish, Amharic, Pashto) in reading, writing, and speaking, preferred
• Experience in the use of interpreter services.
• Ability to develop therapeutic rapport and engage patients in treatment using clinical skills including motivational interviewing in a culturally-based manner.
• Ability to provide crisis intervention services to patients, and ability to be flexible, use new ideas and operate in a fast-paced health environment
• Prior experience collaborating with physicians and other health care providers, social service agencies, and/or education systems desired
• Enthusiasm for innovation, data-driven decisions, and clinical and financial outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.