Intensive Outpatient Program Behavioral Health Clinician chez TCH Medical Center

We’re searching for a Behavioral Health Clinician, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will develop, plan and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families. Engages in social work services to assist patients and families in identifying and utilizing health care and community resources optimally.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screenings/assessment, and focused patient/family counseling/therapy in accordance with the patients/families right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality.

• Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients’ social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial and health situations, within authorization periods, as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning.

• Provides evidence based psychotherapy for individual, family, parent and groups to help patients/families reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments,

• Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients.

• Tracks patient progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessment, using reliable and valid measures where available, and adjusts treatment plan in accordance with findings

• Creates and manages individualized and/or family treatment plans to address mental health needs of patient.

• Completes therapy notes for each individual/family therapy session(s) and/or summaries regarding services when needed.

• Assists in maintaining privacy and confidentiality of therapy records

• Complies with all expectations set by licensing board and by TCH compliance/risk management regarding informed consent, confidentiality, and documentation of services provided.

• Coordinates care with other mental health providers to insure selected treatments match the patient’s current diagnosis, symptoms, developmental level, and functioning across environments.

• Actively participates in provider's conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating Plans of Care.

• Assesses and follows-up with provider's recommendations of changes in the patient/family status and/or needs, as appropriate.

• Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive pediatric or adult women's social work care plans.

• Facilitates patient/family use of community resources.

• Pursues Professional Development.

• Provides clinical supervision for LMSWs working LCSW licensure.

Skills & Requirements

• Master's Degree Social Work or related field required
• LCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) Or LPC - Licensed Prof Counselor by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) Or LMFT - Lic Marriage &Family Therapist by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) required
• 2 years social work, professional counseling or marriage/family therapist experience required
• Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling or a field work practicum in health care preferred .