POSITION SUMMARY

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is a key member of the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) team, co-located with the medical and dental departments. This position will work closely with behavioral health, medical, and other health care staff and outside agencies to meet clients’ needs. The priority of this position is to provide direct behavioral health treatment services, in addition to clinical intakes, assessments, medical department consultation, and crisis interventions. This position does not have a supervisory role.

The Behavioral Health Department’s program goals include maximizing the quality of the client experience and clinical outcomes while minimizing costs through an integrated, team-oriented, strengths-based healthcare approach; raising staff and trainees to their highest level of skill; and creating an environment conducive to professional growth and intercultural proficiency, particularly with the local urban Native American and surrounding communities.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide medically necessary, treatment plan driven, and culturally proficient behavioral health treatment services for people presenting with a broad range of psychological conditions. Treatment plans are client driven and strengths-based, and are consistent with recognized best practices.

Conduct clinical intakes and behavioral health assessments in accordance with professional expectations, including biopsychosocial, cultural, diagnostic, and crisis/risk evaluations for the full spectrum of psychological conditions. Includes scheduled appointments, warm handoffs, and walk-in services.

Provide case management and service linkages, including facilitating urgent or emergency service referrals to medical/psychiatric staff/agencies, mobile crisis services, and the police.

Create and regularly review service plans for members served that are client driven, strengths-based, informed by recognized best practices, modified based on clinical need and client priority, and supportive of the integrated health team’s plan of care.

Provide clinical consultation/liaison services and education for staff, projects, and departments.

Support identified non-supervisory clinical training needs, such as brief consultation or didactics, as assigned by supervisor.

Participate in required administrative, clinical, and educational/training meetings, as assigned by supervisor.

Document and track service activities in electronic health record systems, and other data management systems as required. Support all evaluation and data reporting requirements.

Actively contribute to required quality assurance and improvement (QA/QI) projects and initiatives.

Ensure maximal quality of services and compliance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal and state laws and regulations, agency policy and procedure, accreditation standards, applicable professional standards, and supervisor/team expectation and/or assigned duties. This includes maintaining current professional knowledge and skill.

Must maintain compliance with ergonomic safety standards; be mindful of posture and regularly practice ergonomic stretches.

Safely perform all duties; follows required protective protocols to ensure personal safety as well as the safety of others.

Work well under pressure in high-volume situations to meet multiple and competing deadlines.

Complete other duties as assigned.