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Join Sweetser's established CCBHC team as an outpatient clinician! In the clinic-setting - create and provide Mental Health and Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Recovery treatment interventions to produce positive outcomes in client functioning as a result of treatment.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate leadership in Case-Coordination.
• Create clinical interventions in an Individualized Service Treatment Plan, reflective of industry standards of best-practice and Evidenced-Based Treatment, which accurately demonstrates that the client's presenting symptoms. Clinician will demonstrate that the prescribed intervention, forms measurable functioning outcomes.
• Use quality Collaborative Documentation to maintain insurance required documentation.
• Use the Organization's established tools and procedures, to formulate a Comprehensive Assessment.This includes, but is not limited to, the Level of Care and Risk, Assessment, involving family members, providers and natural supports.
• Demonstrate Trauma-Informed Treatment.
• Provide Integrated Care by including the client's Natural Supports and Providers.
• Coordinate clinical appointments.
• Complete timely, professionally written, documentation.
• Provide a clinical experience for student interns and conditionally licensed therapists, as appropriate.
• Manage insurance authorizations in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Provide customer service within established deadlines, consistent with organizational values, standards, and policies.

General Expectations

• Ability to support and recognize the important role volunteers play. Sweetser employees work with, support, collaborate with volunteers, and promote opportunities for volunteer engagement.
• Fulfill job function by participating as an active member in all training and participating on organization task forces.
• Promote the organization by understanding services available through Sweetser and informing clients and community representatives of these services.
• Maintain historical records by documenting treatment events and ensuring the timely completion of all programmatic paperwork.
• Assure quality service for clients by enforcing rules, regulations, and legal requirements with clients.
• Assure quality in work performed to facilitate the delivery of quality services.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Adhere to professional code of ethics.
• Reports accidents and injuries in a timely fashion, demonstrates safe housekeeping practices, notifies supervisor of potential health and safety concerns immediately, participates in health and safety training as required, understands and follows all Sweetser health and safety policies.
• Contribute to the clinical profession by actively participating in meetings, conferences, and internal trainings; consulting with other professionals; and advocating professional values.
• Be commited to the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Maintain organization credibility by establishing working relationships with sponsoring advisory and related service agencies.
• Work collaboratively as a member of a team with various groups of staff, depending on the issue addressed.
• Contribute to team effort by working with others to meet expected service outcomes.

Education

• Master's degree in Social Work or Counseling, with a concentration in clinical practice from an accredited graduate school. Other specific training or experience may be required based on the community needs at the time of each specific hiring episode.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required

• Appropriate licensing certification (LCSW, LCPC) preferred.