Job Information
Lifeline for ME, LLC Mental Health Clinician in Livermore Falls, Maine
This job was posted by https://joblink.maine.gov : For more information, please see: https://joblink.maine.gov/jobs/1142329
Objectives
- Provides all aspects of mental health and co-occurring disorder treatment based on established laws, regulations, standards, and policies
- Demonstrates competency in all procedures within the scope of practice, as appropriate to client needs, a knowledge and understanding of the range and treatment needed by the client
- Provide accurate billing information
- Maintains adequate paper and/or electronic medical record
- Maintains continuing education and supervision as required by licensure
- Maintains licensure and/or certification as required by regulations
- Maintains adequate knowledge of policies, procedures, and regulations at the agency, local, state, and federal levels
- Maintain adequate understanding of client rights, confidentiality, and privacy and follows regulations
- Treat clients and peers with dignity and respect
- Establish a strong clinical relationship with clients to positively engage client and facilitate recovery
- Always acts in the best interests of the program and company; honors, supports, and protects the proprietary data and rights of the company
Qualifications \| Education \| Certification
- LCPC-c, LCSW-c, LMFT-c, or LMSW-cc minimally required
- LCPC or LCSW licensure preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, listening, and communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize continually changing tasks
- Be dependable and reliable
- Basic mathematics skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Provide high-quality, compassionate care
- Independence in decision-making and collaboration with supervisors expected
- Must be able to work under conditions involving emotionally stressful situations
Job Functions
- Provide individual and group counseling services as scheduled; may co-facilitate group sessions
- Conducts screenings to determine a persons appropriateness and eligibility for admissions to treatment
- Complete all intakes, admissions, reinstatements, discharges, and transfer paperwork
- Complete comprehensive assessment and assessment updates as required and in a timely manner, meeting deadlines, to identify strengths, weaknesses, needs, barriers, problems, and to identify a diagnosis
- Work with patient to establish agreed upon immediate, short-term, and long-term goals and prepare initial treatment plan and complete plan reviews/updates as required and in a timely manner, meeting deadlines
- Identify treatment methods and resources necessary to address needs and achieve goals
- Complete documentation including progress notes as required and in a timely manner, meeting deadlines
- Plan, oversee, facilitate, evaluate, and document patients progress during therapy
- Coordinate all services throughout treatment and provide referrals as needed
- Collaborate as needed with all internal and external service providers
- Assist the client in using their support systems and available community resources
- Plan for aftercare
- Reports patient abuse, neglect and exploitation as required
- Reports patient grievances as required
- Educates patient in all aspects of treatment, corresponding health issues and steps to recovery
- Participates in all staff meetings and supervisions as scheduled
- Performs other related duties as determined by supervisor