Clinician AOP Enfield

Full-Time

Description

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
-Provides clinical outpatient assessment and treatment services to adults with wide range of emotional disorders, mental illness and substance abuse problems, using brief/focused treatment;
-Provides acute and supportive treatment services to clients with serious and pervasive mental illness, as clinically indicated;
-Assesses for appropriate level of care, length and type of treatment, and provides individual, group and family therapy and treatment services, as appropriate and consistent with payers and agency clinical standards and guidelines;
-Manages all administrative requirements related to caseload, including all required record keeping and other documentation consistent with program and agency policy and standards and all necessary transactions with insurance and managed care companies

Minimum Requirements

Masters required in a licensed eligible field in CT:License required
-In-depth knowledge of adult clinical/psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, risk assessment, crisis management, individual/group/family therapy, in brief treatment modality;
-In-depth knowledge of treatment services in acute & maintenance models, of clients with major mental illness;
-Ability to provide case formulation and develop focused, goal oriented treatment plans, related to client's treatment readiness or development level, and problem identification;
-Familiarity with psychotropic medications;
-Ability to articulate treatment needs, collaborate, make appropriate referrals, and interface with numerous other providers;