Job Summary
The Professional IV-Behavioral Health Therapist participates in the clinical team by providing care and care coordination to individuals with mental health needs. Provides integrated care by ensuring that whole persons health needs are met including primary and behavioral healthcare as well as substance abuse services. Works collaboratively with other team members. Uses care coordination skills with individuals, their families, and both internal and external providers to ensure seamless care.
Links client to health promotion and wellness activities and helps to make linkage to community services. Maintains a therapeutic relationship with clients on his/her team in meeting the biopsychosocial needs of the client.
Job Qualifications
Must have:
The ability and desire to work closely with other team members.
The ability to form effective therapeutic relationships to engage clients in the mutual assessment of problems and goal setting and to help coordinate care plans from initial contact through end of service.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
The ability to make sound decisions under stressful conditions.
Demonstrated clinical skills and an ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
An awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the populations served.
Preferred:
Using creativity and a drive for results act as a liaison for the client to receive community resources.
The ability to understand and accept a team approach to service delivery and agency and program philosophy and goals.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
Provides mental health assessments and assessment updates which will include screening measures for level of care, drug and alcohol treatment needs, and long-term counseling needs.
Provides ongoing advanced practice mental health counseling and psychotherapy through the use of evidence-based practices for individuals, groups, and/or families who manifest a wide spectrum of presenting problems including but not limited to:
Provides community psychiatric support and care coordination which includes health promotion, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family support, and referral linkage and advocacy relative to community resources.
Conducts level of care assessment.
Provides services to clients as related to social determinants of health including but not limited to:
Regularly monitors client status and service utilization to ensure that an appropriate level of care is maintained.
Works with clients to develop individualized treatment plans and performs treatment plan reviews and updates.
Communicates vital treatment information from external providers to The Centers treatment team in order to coordinate client care.
Works on a multidisciplinary service team in collaboration with Nurses, Physicians, and Pharmacists to achieve positive client health outcomes.
Actively assists clients in obtaining and maintaining comprehensive healthcare.
Attends medical appointments with clients as needed.
Transports and/or accompanies clients to appointments as needed.
Provides ongoing communication to client healthcare teams and clients support network to ensure follow-up and coordinated treatment.
Performs basic administrative tasks related to the job which includes but not limited to:
Policy P207.00:
Performs other duties as assigned.
About The Centers
The Centers, through healing, teaching, and inspiring, helps individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.
Wellbeing and Benefits
Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staffs wellbeing. Thats why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.
The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.