Position Overview

Fourth Street Clinic is seeking a licensed therapist (LCSW or CMHC) or MSW/ACMHC working on licensure (supervision will be provided) who is interested in working in a non-traditional, progressive behavioral health program. FSC's behavioral health services focus on screening, assessments, individual and group counseling. Therapists act as treatment providers and advocates, helping clients gain access to resources while addressing their behavioral health needs, including mental illness and substance use disorders.

This position will be co-located at the Medically Vulnerable People Program (MVP), a transitional program for unhoused individuals over the age of 62 or with significant medical concerns. This role will work closely with FSC's Medical Case Managers, our integrated health care team, partnering teams from The Road Home, other partner agencies, and behavioral healthcare services in Salt Lake County.

Duties & Responsibilities

The following information is intended to be representative of the essential functions performed by incumbents in this position and is not all-inclusive.

• Serve as a member of an integrated team and work to ensure patients have access to whole person care, including medical, pharmaceutical, and dental services.

• Provide behavioral health consultation to co-located FSC staff and partner agency teams.

• Engage in assertive outreach to tenants of MVP. Find creative ways to build rapport and implement therapeutic interventions.

• Work with clients that present in crisis by providing crisis management, assessing safety, and creating safety plans.

• For clients on caseload who are also FSC patients, assist the primary care team in clinic in developing care management processes; such as: the use of guidelines, disease management techniques, case management, and patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.

• Provide individual and group therapy for patients with mental health and substance use

• Provide assessment, consultation, and brief intervention for tenants with mental health concerns.

• Formulate appropriate mental health diagnoses.

• Assure quality of care by adhering to evidence based practice, therapeutic standards, and standards of care set by DOPL.

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all clinical encounters in the clinic's electronic health record. Record social determinants of health data and work to improve these outcomes for each client on caseload.

• Follow HIPAA confidentiality guidelines.

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations.

Culture

• Support and encourage a collaborative culture that values mutual respect, partnership, learning, trust, and fairness.

• Model positive and appropriate professional behavior.

• Demonstrate initiative and help foster this quality in coworkers.

• Participate in professional workgroups as needed.

• Communicate departmental activities, changes and other related activities to appropriate personnel, committees or others as determined

• Other duties as assigned.

Necessary skills/attributes

• Competency in multiple psychotherapy modalities and evidence based theoretical frameworks including but not limited to: harm reduction, trauma informed care (TIC), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), seeking safety, acceptance and commitment therapy(ACT), motivational interviewing, and medication assisted treatment(MAT).

• Ethical and professional behavior

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills

• Desire to work with vulnerable populations

• Interact and collaborate with professionals from many different social service and government agencies

• Demonstrate emotional resilience and stability

• Ability to work quickly when needed and flexibility with scheduling, must be able to remain calm in tense and/or chaotic situations.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited master's program in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling, or equivalent degree, and licensed in the State of Utah

• Must be able to pass a background Check

Must be able to pass a background check, including fingerprints.