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Behavior Health Therapist

REAP Healthcare Agents

Behavior Health Therapist

Richmond, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    The FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) Therapist provides screening, consultation, behavioral intervention, referrals and counseling and therapy to patients within an integrated medical and behavioral health setting. Makes clinical recommendations and refers to appropriate levels of care in a team based setting. Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Psychologist, or PsyD in the State of California and have two years of experience providing direct counseling services. This full time position requires a strong team player and self-starter. The BH Therapist will provide mental health and substance abuse assessment and treatment of patients at our clinic. The BH Therapist is a full-time employee and meets all other clinical and administrative requirements for the position. The BH Therapist promotes patients self-management and empowers patients/families to achieve maximum levels of wellness and independence. The BH Therapist will actively engage in care team huddles, clinical meetings, and quality improvement activities. The BH Therapist will seek opportunities to learn from others, be open to adapting best practices into their work and effectively communicate the areas which they feel uncomfortable or need to improve upon to their supervisors. The BH Therapist will contribute to the orientation and development of new personnel, as well as mentor peers and promote collaborative teamwork. The BH Therapist is committed to the constant pursuit of organizational excellence and improving the health status of the community.

     

    Brighter Beginnings is a progressive federally qualified health center look-alike offering integrated medical and behavioral health care. We have family-focused primary care centers in Richmond and Antioch in Contra Costa County. Benefits include medical/dental/vision health insurance, generous PTO, paid holidays, 403B, short term disability insurance, life insurance and EAP.

     

    Primary Responsibilities:

    1. Clinical patient care
      1. Provide assessment, evaluation and mental health treatment
      2. Provide individual and group therapy to promote overall wellness, in accordance with the treatment plan
      3. Consult with medical providers on psychosocial issues patients bring to their medical appointments
      4. Triage both urgent and routine referrals from medical providers
      5. Collaborate with staff and providers to schedule patients for intake
      6. Engage in care team huddles in primary care departments
      7. Formulate client-centered treatment plans for assigned clients
      8. Undertake case management, advocacy, medication monitoring, emergency services, insurance companies, education referrals and consultation with other agencies as appropriate
      9. Collaborate with primary care, prescribing physician, emergency services, life skills educations and consult other agencies regarding each client
    2. Communication and support
      1. Prepare case presentations when indicated to the multi-disciplinary team
      2. Provide feedback to medical providers on patients referred
      3. Participate in Behavioral Health Department clinical and staff meetings and in other meetings as assigned
      4. Participate in scheduled supervision sessions with clinical and administrative supervisors
    3. Administrative
      1. Maintain professional licensure
      2. Comply with all medical record keeping requirements for assigned caseload
      3. Comply with productivity objectives
      4. Prepare timely submission of all Electronic Health Record (E.H.R.) records required by the health center (i.e. visit notes, billing paperwork and prior authorizations as examples)
      5. Schedule work hours and days in accordance with operational needs
      6. Respond and contribute to data collection and other information gathering activities necessary for programs' evaluation, funding and development

     


     

    QUALIFICATIONS: JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Psychologist or PsyD with two years of related experience and/or training. Bi-lingual in Spanish is highly desired.
    • Two + years of experience in a mental health/medical/social service setting providing assessment counseling/therapy and crisis intervention services
    • Minimum expectations:
      • Demonstrated ability to keep accurate and complete charts, client records, required data forms and processes.
      • Demonstrated ability to perform additional duties such as facilitating client support groups, individual or group counseling, health education, child development activities and/or training.
      • Demonstrated ability to represent the agency in a professional manner with collaborative groups.
      • Demonstrated ability to use cultural humility in working with diverse/low income and immigrant communities.
      • Multi-tasking, ability to manage multiple clients' needs simultaneously
      • Experience with Medi-Cal charting and coding is strongly preferred but not required
      • Experience with Electronic Health Records is strongly preferred but not required
      • Well versed in mandated reporting laws, child development, family systems, integrated behavioral health systems, stages of change, and co-occurring mental health and substance use/abuse conditions