LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

JOB CLASSIFICATION: exempt

JOB SUMMARY

The LCSW is responsible for providing a range of moderately complex clinical services with children, adolescents, and adults in various settings and modalities. The LCSW is responsible for treatment plans, short-term crisis intervention, evidence-based service models will be used, complete assessments as required by state rules, provide individual, group, and family therapy, and develop a plan of crisis, safety, and behavioral management for clients.

RESPONSIBLITIES AND AUTHORITY

1. Provide a range of moderately complex clinical services with children, adolescents, and adults. This will include diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and individual, family, and group therapy accordingly.
2. Develop a treatment program with specifics with documented treatment/ service plans and provide identified behavioral services to meet the need of the clientele and /or program.
3. Provide short-term crisis intervention as needed/identified. Will follow intensive, evidence-based service models based on Family Wellness and other Trauma Informed approaches. Services are provided at the level of frequency, intensity and duration appropriate to the program /service design with a focus on meeting treatment goals. Services provided are tailored to each client’s needs, problems, strengths, life style, and culture.
4. Develop/maintain consultative and liaison relationships with catchments area caregivers (e.g., schools, human services agencies, etc.) to cultivate work relations, provide consultative services and/ or promote the coordination and development of mental health services. Establish mutually respectful rapport and implement interventions necessary to meet needs of client/collaterals; appropriately set limits and maintain helping role as a Mental Health practitioner.
5. Complete assessments as required by state rules, agency policy, and/or contract requirements. Assessments may include psychosocial assessments, Diagnostic Assessment Forms, and other assessments as necessary.
6. Prepare all required clinical documentation per established time frames involving all appropriate parties as required by policy and regulations of the state/program/contract/SAFY policy and COA standards.
7. Administer and/or interpret moderate level psychometric assessment tools.
8. Provide individual, group, and family therapy.
9. Develop, manage, and maintain all safety and behavioral management plans.
10. Timely documents outcome of office visits, support sessions, interaction with parties involved in the client’s care and incidents as required by policy, regulations, and contract requirements. Prepare and submit timely all required company, RFP, program, referral agency and regulatory reports and progress notes.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS

Current LCSW license

Minimum (2) years’ experience required

Previous electronic medical record experience preferred

Demonstrated organizational and problem-solving abilities

Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent situations

Understanding of patient motivations and reactions in order to work effectively with patients & family

Ability to educate patients/families and to provide instructions at the patient’s level of understanding

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Work is performed in a typical outpatient, medical setting. Requires manual dexterity to input patient data into electronic medical record. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires working with patients of various ages and medical conditions.

JOB RELATIONSHIPS

Supervised By: CMO/COO

Employees Supervised: May supervise other Behavioral Health Staff