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IOP-PHP Clinician

MAIN OFFICE CKC ADMIN - San Marcos, CA 92069

Overview

Salary Range $71,000.00 - $88,000.00 Salary/year Position Type Full Time Education Level Graduate Degree Category Health Care

Description

This position is responsible for providing appropriate specialty mental health services to adults enrolled in Casa de Amparo's combined Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP). Provides assessment, treatment planning, individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, rehabilitation, crisis intervention, case management, therapeutic milieu support, discharge planning, and collaborative treatment planning within the agency and in cooperation with other providers and community partners.

Major Tasks

1. Provide comprehensive therapeutic services including assessments, treatment and care planning, progress notes, transition of care documentation, discharge planning, and other required contract documentation.
2. Provide individual, group, and family therapy, rehabilitation, crisis intervention, case management, collateral services, and therapeutic milieu services as appropriate.
3. Assess client needs, strengths, symptoms, risks, level of functioning, diagnosis, treatment needs, and readiness for transition to a lower level of care.
4. Develop and update client treatment and care plans in accordance with medical necessity, client goals, contract requirements, and documentation standards.
5. Lead and participate in skill building groups, process groups, adjunctive therapeutic activities, community/milieu meetings, and structured therapeutic programming.
6. Support a therapeutic milieu that teaches, models, and reinforces constructive interaction, symptom reduction strategies, adaptive behaviors, and self-management skills.
7. Provide therapeutic services that are knowledgeable and respectful of differing cultures and the norms that exist within various cultures.
8. Consult with the Program Manager, Chief Programs Officer, Consulting Psychiatrist, and other clinical team members regarding assessment, treatment, risk, medication-related concerns, and discharge planning.
9. Collaborate with County representatives, outpatient providers, hospitals, crisis programs, community-based providers, families/support systems, and other partners as appropriate and authorized.
10. Participate in Treatment Team meetings, staff meetings, utilization management activities, case consultation, group supervision, and in-service trainings as required.
11. Assist with crisis assessment, safety planning, behavioral interventions, and linkage to higher level of care when clinically indicated.
12. Begin discharge planning at admission and support warm handoffs to outpatient behavioral health providers and other lower levels of care.
13. Maintain contract productivity, documentation, billing, authorization, and timeliness standards.
14. Provide services to clients not on the regularly assigned caseload, as needed and assigned, and support the program when other clinicians have time off.
15. Perform other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Must be able to be associated with Casa de Amparo through Community Care Licensing (CCL), if applicable to the program/site, which typically includes clearance by FBI, DOJ and CACI.
• Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychology, or related behavioral health field required.
• Licensed preferred as a LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, licensed psychologist, or other County-approved licensed mental health professional in California. BBS registration or applicable licensing board number required.
• Experience providing specialty mental health services, IOP/PHP services, day treatment intensive services, group therapy, crisis intervention, and/or co-occurring capable services preferred.
• Knowledge of adult behavioral health needs, serious mental illness, trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented services, culturally responsive care, and adults stepping down from or at risk of requiring a higher level of care.
• Experience with Medi-Cal, County behavioral health documentation, electronic health records, utilization management, and contract productivity standards preferred.
• Must possess strong interpersonal, time-management, organizational, written/verbal communication skills, and intermediate computer literacy. English proficient/Bilingual Spanish preferred.
• Must have ambulatory, auditory, and visual skills to observe clients and staff.
• Must have the physical ability to participate in activities and perform related physical skills, including, but not limited to, crouching, lifting 50 pounds, crawling on hands and knees, and walking up and down stairs.
• Ability to comply with all employment requirements including, but not limited to CPR/First Aid, physical, TB and drug screen clearance, clear DMV record and approval from insurance carrier to drive agency vehicles. Must provide proof of immunization against influenza, pertussis, and measles.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.