POSITION SUMMARY

Clinician position within a CCBHC integrated care location located at the Institute for Hispanic Families in Hartford, CT. Clinicians work within a multi-disciplinary treatment team that involves physical health and mental health leadership. This position directly reports the IHF Clinical Director. Clinicians will be assigned as the primary clinician for a case load of adults and/or child clients and their caretakers. Clinicians may be assigned open access biopsychosocial evaluations, present cases to an integrated treatment team, develop individualized integrated treatment plans, provide therapeutic services of individual, group, and/or family services, refer cases for case management or community based services, connect clients to medication assisted therapy (MAT), and coordinate discharge planning at time of goal achievement. The clinician is expected to embrace the co-occurring treatment philosophy which integrates a strength based, child/family centered, trauma informed, culturally competent, and recovery oriented philosophy.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide quality clinical services using CBT, DBT, MI, EMDR, Solution-Focused, or other interventions to treat an urban client population.

Successfully engage clients in services as demonstrated by client treatment completion rates, increased client functioning and client achievement of treatment plan goals and objectives.

Conduct biopsychosocial evaluations, diagnose, create clinical formulations, and create individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the client.

Demonstrate competence with behavior modification, family systems, substance abuse, co-occurring disorders and appropriate therapeutic techniques.

Provide treatment services appropriate to the personal and cultural identity and language of the client.

Consistently evaluates and update client progress using standardized assessment measures. 

Present, document, and relay case presentations to a multi-disciplinary treatment team that includes medical and psychiatric providers and agency leadership.

Adhere to professional ethical and behavioral standards of conduct to maintain professional standards and safeguard the client.

Provide advocacy services on behalf of client when appropriate.

Demonstrate respect and nonjudgmental attitudes toward clients in all contacts with clients, community professionals and agencies.

Document within a EMR system all client services within required timeframes according to agency policy and procedures.

Attend staff meetings, client team meetings, supervision, and appropriate training sessions as scheduled.

Maintain clinical licensure if Clinician II and work towards licensure if Clinician I.

Accept and carry out other related duties upon request.

QUALIFICATIONS

Clinician II-State of Connecticut Professional License issued by the Department of Public Health related to behavioral health (LCSW, LPC, and LMFT.), master’s degree in the human services field and two plus years post graduate work.

Clinician I-State of Connecticut Department of Public Health Associate credential required (LPC-A, LMFT-A) or LMSW to practice.

Candidate must meet certification and licensure standards established by the State of Connecticut and the Council on Accreditation.

This position offers Bonus over a period of time.