Position Summary

Provide therapeutic health services, counseling and case management for the patients including high risk and low-income individuals and families. The LCSW will be working as part of our multidisciplinary team with an emphasis on our chronic patients, with conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, substance abuse and depression. May include traveling to our various sites. 

Essential Job Functions and Requirements:

• Our therapists provide individual and group counseling services for adults, children and family therapy. This includes but is not limited to:
• Participating in interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Evaluating data to identify causes of problem of individuals and to determine advisability of counseling or may refer to other specialist or institutions
• Counseling or therapeutic interviewing to assist individual to gain insight into personal problems, define goals, and plan action reflecting interest, abilities and need
• Following up on results of counseling to determine reliability and validity of treatment used
• Documenting in medical record according to requirements of company and regulatory agencies
• Providing crisis intervention consultation

Other areas in which our therapists participate:

• Providing consultation/education to community service clubs, organizations, human services agencies, hospitals, and various county departments
• Program development and staff in-services
• Performing administrative functions consistent with the needs of the program
• Participating in staff meetings as required
• Meet monthly productivity requirement and assigned goals
• Provide the best customer care possible, and the ability to be reliable working a flexible schedule as needed
• Identify and build upon the strengths of consumers, coworkers, and the communities we serve
• Support consumers’ steps towards recovery and wellness
• Create an organizational culture that respects and celebrates the diversity of our consumers
• Value learning as an ongoing process that enables us to better serve our communities
• Research and utilize our industry’s best practices and analyze our own services to ensure the best possible outcomes

Involvement in the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program

Our Medication Assisted Treatment Program assists people with attaining and maintaining recovery from opioid dependence. When appropriate, we prescribe Suboxone to provide Opioid dependence treatment for patients with chronic pain disorders or for patients whom are dependent on Opioids and have been chronically treated for pain with Opioids. This involves a team approach with the staff at Aria Community Health Center supporting each patient’s recovery or therapy for dependence or both through use of prescription medications, counseling, group sessions, case management services and other services to provide a whole patient approach. These treatments work together to assist patients in reducing the cravings and the other symptoms related to withdrawal. management of your substance use disorder and the responsibility to follow the agreed-upon treatment plan.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s in Social Work from an accredited college or university and must be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the state of California.

Organized, self-driven, team player with technical skills.

An understanding of the cultural sensitivities in this type of work and the use of cultural appropriate methods is important.

Spanish speaking is preferred but not required.

Experience working with farm worker communities and under-served populations is a plus.

Benefits

Paid CE (Continuing Education)

National Health Service Corps

ACHC is a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) certified site that offers tax-free loan repayment assistance to support qualified health care providers who choose to take their skills where they are most needed. As a participant employer, licensed health care providers may earn up to $50,000 toward student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment at an NHSC loan repayment program via this link: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/loanrepaymentprogram.html

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Hearing: Adequate to perform job duties in person and over the telephone.

Speaking: Must be able to communicate clearly to patients in person and over the telephone.

Vision: Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties, including reading information from printed sources and computer screens.

Other: Requires occasional lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 pounds unassisted. Requires frequent bending, reaching, and repetitive hand movements (specifically keyboarding and writing), standing, walking, squatting and sitting, with some lifting, pushing and pulling exerted regularly throughout a regular work shift. 

Avenal (Aria) Community Health Center participates in E-Verify.

Avenal (Aria) Community Health Center is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.