Job Description
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Assessment Clinician will deliver care according to The Healing Place philosophy to clients suffering from addictive disease disorders, related substance abuse or chemical dependency problems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential functions include but are not limited to the following :
- Perform psychosocial assessments and determine provisional diagnoses as appropriate for both the men and women’s Outpatient Department
- Recommend level of care according to assessment and ASAM criteria
- Provide direct to client clinical services to include but not limited to providing treatment therapist using a variety of modalities to include CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Modification, and Crisis Intervention to adult men and women
- Facilitate Individual Services, including Intake, Assessment, Treatment Planning, Counseling, and Discharge Planning
- Interact with family members and involve them in recovery process
- Consult regularly with Treatment Team and other clinical staff on the status of each client
- Perform clinical admissions including but not limited to screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, and discharge planning
- Intervene and assist as needed with crisis prevention, crisis intervention and crisis management for clients and staff
- Responsible for ensuring that clinical documentation is current and accurate and meets all regulatory and other industry standards
- Participate in clinical team meetings including weekly consultation, quarterly utilization review, and other related Healing Place agency meetings and trainings
- Performs all clinical documentation in a timely fashion (within forty-eight hours of client contact) and ensure that it is accurate and meets all regulatory and other industry standards
- Facilitate other clinical services as needed
SKILLS
- Excellent written / oral / interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to project a professional image
- Precise attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, people and processes
- Comfortable communicating with individuals with a diversity of backgrounds, income levels, and influence
- Organized with strong time management skills
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
- Master’s Degree required
- Actively licensed in Kentucky as a CSW, LPCA, LPCC, LCADC
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Working knowledge of EHR system.
- A valid Driver’s License.
30+ days ago