Mental Health Professional Adolescent Services (LMFT, LICSW, or LPCC)
General duties include diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders for adolescent male and female residential chemical dependency clients including but not limited to: Mental health diagnostic assessments, mental health/co-occurring disorder groups, family group therapy, individual therapy, mental health case management services including telephone referral and follow-up, mental health lectures for patients and families, and required documentation. Experience with mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment required.
Supporting primary counselors and family program as a primary member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, demonstrating competency applying methods, techniques, and utilizing and providing materials specific to the assessment, treatment, and diagnosis of mental disorders to the treatment team and patients.
Provide clinical support and clinical coverage with primary counseling and intake/admission staff, addressing specific patient issues related to pre-existing or emergent symptoms of mental illness, provide ongoing evaluation/assessment for symptom identification and management, monitoring of patient pharmacologic compliance, reporting patient communications regarding psychotropic side effects to the medical staff for further evaluation.
Record and document attendance at all clinical activities for assigned daily assessment and group patients and all other clinical functions performed with eligible patients.
Meeting and engaging assigned patients as early as possible to provide excellent internal and external customer service and support, providing education and prevention to referrals, family counselors, and family members, anticipating problems when possible.
Demonstrate knowledge of ASAM based chemical dependency treatment core functions, 12 step support groups, ASAM principles, techniques in assessment, treatment planning, group, individual, family therapies, lectures, and knowledge of mandated reporting requirements for Vulnerable Adults and Child Maltreatment including prenatal exposure to chemicals.
Complete case management duties for patient caseload including, but not limited to; coverage for clinical staff, individualized diagnostic assessments, assessment summaries, clinical charting, treatment plans, determining group rosters, individual counseling sessions, weekly updates/reviews, patient discharge recommendations, continuing care plans, and discharge summaries.