CommunityBehavioralHealthCenterClinician

**POSITION SUMMARY:** This position will work within the Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) providing urgent assessment/intake services as well as maintaining a panel of patients receiving evidence-informed ongoing care. The CBHC Clinician works as part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team to assess patient needs, develop treatment plans, and provide services and supports in line with patient preferences and clinical necessity. Utilizing clinical social work techniques and theory in an urgent care setting providing short term, solution-focused treatment. Clinician will consult on, assesses, and intervene with high-risk patients and their families regarding the impact/amelioration of emotional and social problems. Duties also include, but are not limited to, conducting outpatient individual therapy conducting psychosocial assessments, making a psychosocial diagnosis, planning and implementing effective treatments, evaluation, education, supervision, coaching and mentoring of the patient (client) and family members. The position consults with, collaborates and communicates with a wide range of social, governmental and legal agencies, courts, schools, clinics, other hospitals, physicians and other sources in the overall care of the patient. **Position:** Community Behavioral Health Center Clinician **Department:** Bridge Clinic **Schedule:** Full Time **ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:** * Assesses patient to ascertain those emotional and social problems. Utilizes the department’s psychosocial assessment tool as a guideline. * Identifies those issues which must be addressed during the patient’s care, and formulates plan. * Identifies need to involve patient’s family through the initial assessment process and attempts contact on same day, if indicated. * Consults and collaborates with healthcare team members to insure that patient’s emotional and social needs are addressed. * Provides for psychotherapeutic treatment and/or psychosocial support to patient to