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Behavioral Health Clinician – Children’s Intensive Services
Oakland County | Community-Based | Travel Required
Make a difference. Build meaningful connections. Help children and families move forward.
Easterseals MORC is looking for a Behavioral Health Clinician to join our Children’s Intensive Services team serving individuals and families throughout Oakland County.
This is a community-based clinical role focused on providing intensive behavioral health services, stabilization, assessment, therapy, and care coordination to children and families. The position requires travel throughout Oakland County and surrounding areas to meet with individuals in various community settings.
What You’ll Do
As a Behavioral Health Clinician, you will:
- Provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy and intensive stabilization services.
- Complete strength-based assessments to identify behavioral health, substance use, psychiatric, and co-occurring needs.
- Assess for acute needs and risk and provide or coordinate appropriate interventions.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans and evaluate progress toward treatment goals.
- Provide crisis intervention and assist individuals and families with developing crisis and relapse-prevention plans.
- Help individuals identify behavioral, emotional, and environmental triggers and connect them with appropriate supports.
- Collaborate with psychiatrists and other providers regarding medication needs, treatment recommendations, and continuity of care.
- Work collaboratively across disciplines to support individuals with complex behavioral health and Autism Spectrum Disorder needs.
- Provide case management and care coordination as needed, including collaboration with schools, vocational programs, community agencies, and other providers.
- Participate in team huddles to review barriers, progress, and stabilization needs.
- Provide education, consultation, and support to individuals, families, and other members of the care team.
- Complete required clinical documentation in accordance with funding requirements and Easterseals MORC policies and procedures.
- Apply trauma-informed care principles when working with individuals and families.
Where You’ll Work
This is a community-based position, so flexibility and comfort with traveling are important.
- Service Area: Oakland County and surrounding communities
- Travel: Regular travel to various locations to provide individual and family services
- Transportation: Valid Michigan driver’s license and reliable, insured transportation required
- Mileage: Reimbursed in accordance with the applicable IRS mileage rate
What We’re Looking ForRequired Qualifications
- TLLP, LLMSW, or LLPC licensure.
- Must meet the qualifications for a Child Mental Health Professional (CMHP) and/or Mental Health Professional (MHP) under Michigan PIHP/CMHSP Medicaid provider requirements.
- Valid Michigan driver’s license and valid auto insurance.
- Knowledge
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Oakland County, MI (Required)
Work Location: On the road
Benefits:
Health Insurance, 401K Plan, Work From Home