CCI Health Services’ mission is to deliver high quality, accessible care to our community members, leading the way to a more equitable health care system for everyone.
Position Summary
Provide effective culturally competent behavioral health assessments and therapy to individuals, families and groups in a community-based in-person Primary Care setting. Works flexibly as part of an integrated primary care team and promotes integrated behavioral health.

Key Functions and Responsibilities

• 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
• Relates to a wide variety of people including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations and is respectful of individual and cultural differences.
• 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 patient’s 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.

Founded in 1972, CCI Health Services is a diverse and inclusive workplace grounded in community. Located in the Washington, DC Metro Area, each year CCI cares for more than 60,000 individuals in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. As a non-profit, CCI is committed to improving health equity through the provision of affordable primary care for all, across all stages of life. Visit ccicares.org for more information.