Company:
Jordan Valley Community Health Center
Location: Springfield
Closing Date: 29/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Type: Full-time - Springfield, Missouri
Full Time, 36 hour/week with full benefits!
Behavioral Health Consultant (Substance Use Disorder Clinic)
The Behavioral Health Consultant will provide brief, targeted interventions for 8-12 patients per day who are struggling with substance use disorder as well as co-occurring mental health disorders.
Send a text to 346-254-0074 or an email to
Requirements
Full Time, 36 hour/week with full benefits!
Behavioral Health Consultant (Substance Use Disorder Clinic)
The Behavioral Health Consultant will provide brief, targeted interventions for 8-12 patients per day who are struggling with substance use disorder as well as co-occurring mental health disorders.
- Screen & evaluate individuals for mental health and substance abuse disorders while working to connect them to the appropriate level of care.
- Brief interventions for individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorder problems including brief solution focused interventions, assisting patients in identifying triggers, relapse prevention planning, and long term recovery planning.
- Conduct group sessions focused on maintaining recovery from substance use disorder.
- Behavioral support to assist individuals in improving health status and managing chronic illness.
- Meet regularly with the primary care and substance use disorder medical provider to plan care and discuss cases.
- Support primary care physicians/teams in identifying and behaviorally intervening with patients who could benefit from behavioral health needs within the primary care practice.
- Provide front line interventions with first looking to manage behavioral health needs within the primary care practice.
- Focus on managing a population of patients versus specialty care.
- Identification of problem behavior(s), discussion of impact and decisions regarding care.
- Develop specific and goal directed interventions with the use of monitoring forms, behavioral "prescription" and using multiple interventions simultaneously.
- Provide educational materials, handout, and use teach back strategies tailored to patient's specific issue.
- Provide clear and concise feedback to Primary Care Provider, describe action plan and establish plan for follow up.
- Promotes effective working relations and work effectively as part of a team to facilitate the Clinic's ability to meet its goals and objectives.
- Attains all agreed to goals and objectives within specified time frames, as part of the Clinic's overall mission.
- Responsibly follows the Clinic Exposure Control Plans/Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens.
- Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
- All other duties as assigned.
Send a text to 346-254-0074 or an email to
Requirements
- Master's degree in Social Work or Counseling.
- 2 years of experience in a clinical setting.
- Current LCSW or LPC.
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