Mental Health Therapist (LCSW)

This job was posted by https://joblink.delaware.gov : For more information, please see: https://joblink.delaware.gov/jobs/1327836 Department: Behavioral Health Department \ Job Title: Mental Health Therapist (LCSW)\ Reports to: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner\ Revised Date: October 28, 2024 Definition: \ The Mental Health Therapist Licensed Clinical Social Worker, reports directly to the\ Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and offers brief counseling and psychotherapy to\ adults, children, adolescents and their families in order to improve psychosocial functioning.\ The therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team that works together with medical providers to\ offer services through an integrated care model. This is a full or part-time position working\ onsite Monday through Friday each week.\ Essential Duties and Responsibilities: \ Provide individual, family and group mental health counseling for patients.\ Deliver individual and small group counseling services using evidence-based or best\ practice models of care.\ Complete required documentation promptly and efficiently, according to organizational\ policy.\ Participate with the HJMC interdisciplinary team to provide mental health care\ recommendations for patients and/or multi-disciplinary team meetings with outside\ agencies.\ Consult with primary care provider, psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, care\ coordinator, and other mental health professionals as needed.\ Make appropriate referrals as needed based on clinical judgment, providing the patient at\ least 2 options for care.\ Maintain professional behavior and relationships with HJMC staff and referral resources.\ Participate in activities that promote professional development and use clinical/\ educational research to enhance therapy services.\ Support and follow the policies and procedures of HJMC.\ Identify psychological, emotional or behavioral issues and diagnose disorders, using\ information obtained from interviews, tests, records, consultations with primary care\ providers and reference materials.\ Support medication therapy prescribed by PCP.\ Attend staff meetings and other meeting as required.\ Perform general administrative/office duties as required, including but not limited to\ copying and filing documents, preparing documents, answering phone, faxing\ information, entering data, maintaining office cleanliness, etc.\ Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated\ forms.\ Provide crisis intervention, emotional support, resources and referrals as needed.\ Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant\ and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patients medical provider.\ Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders.\ Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.\ Utilize registry and tracking systems to collect and collate data and ensure that all\ administration, case recording, written reports etc. are maintained to agreed standards.\ Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in EHR and other required\ systems so as to be shared with medical providers, psychiatric consultant, and other\ treating providers.\ Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in\ consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant and who may need\ more intensive or more specialized mental health care.\ Develop and complete relapse prevention self-management plan with patients who have\ achieved their treatment goals and are soon to be discharged from the caseload.\ Support the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload.\ Closely coordinate care with the patients medical provider and, when appropriate, other\ mental health providers.\ Provide or facilitate in clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial\ treatments (e.g. problem-solving treatment or behavioral activation) as clinically\ indicated.