What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavorial Health Clinician LICSW position at Family Health Center?
This is a fulltime onsite position for the Family Health Center of Worcester. Worcester Health Care for the Homeless located at 199 Chandler Street, Worcester.
Position Summary:
The Behavioral Health Clinician provides comprehensive, culturally responsive behavioral health services within an integrated health care for the homeless practice. This role includes conducting assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, supporting crisis intervention efforts, and ensuring timely documentation and compliance with agency standards.
Program Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Direct clinical work with individuals is required.
Conduct culturally sensitive, strength-based biopsychosocial assessments and deliver continued and/or short-term therapeutic care as appropriate.
Create a welcoming and understanding environment for diverse backgrounds, utilizing interpretation services when indicated.
Utilize evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), behavioral interventions, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
Offer therapeutic modalities that support wellness, improved quality of life and behavior change such as behavioral and cognitive behavioral modalities, solution-focused brief therapy, motivational interviewing, etc.
Develop and facilitate group therapy sessions.
Offer patient education, ongoing guidance, and follow-up support through both in-person and telephone contact.
Deliver crisis intervention services, including psychiatric emergency consultation, comprehensive risk assessments, and development of safety plans to support client stability.
Provide ongoing therapeutic support, patient education, and follow-up care (in person and by phone) to promote wellness, improved quality of life, and behavior change.
Assist in staff and provider training in integrated behavioral health-primary care model.
Collaborate closely with primary care providers and interdisciplinary team members in an integrated care setting, offering real-time consultation and contributing to treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring.
Participate in behavioral health quality improvement activities.
Participate in group supervision and seek peer consultation as needed.
Close all charts within forty-eight (48) hours of visit - ability to do concurrent/concordant charting/typing, including assessments, progress notes, and billing.
Continually evaluates service and maintains a productivity level that adequately meets the goals of the department and ensures access to the clients seeking services.
Keeps abreast of all insurance requirements and submits paperwork accordingly.
Any and all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
One of the following combinations of education and employment experience must be met to be considered for the position:
Professional Independent Licensure required: LICSW
A minimum of two years of post-graduate clinical experience required.
Experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and homelessness is strongly preferred.
Monday-Friday; 8:30am-5:00pm.
Salary : $90,000 - $127,000
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