Overview of Mental Health Clinician Position
Easter Seals Serving DC|MD|VA offers a unique opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled professional to join a multi-disciplinary team at The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic serving Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The successful candidate will be motivated to deliver services to the highest standards of efficacy and quality, have excellent communication and customer service skills, and be results-oriented.
Position Summary
The Mental Health Clinician will be an integral member of the MFC clinical team. He/she will report to the Deputy Director/Lead Clinician and will provide evidenced-based, targeted short-term therapy services for clients of the MFC. The clinician will have training and experience in the provision of a range of evidence-based interventions, including trauma-focused interventions, family therapy, and group therapy. The population treated at the Cohen Clinic is multicultural and diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Accordingly, we seek a clinician who will excel at roles and responsibilities including but not limited to:
Administration, Management, and Operations
- Collaborate and coordinate with caregivers, physicians, and case management to provide the best care to clients.
- Manage a full caseload of clients and complete accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record.
- Actively participate in weekly clinical, supervision, and administrative meetings.
- Maintain state licensure requirements and be licensed or willing to be licensed in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- Assist with outreach operations, including hosting community wellness workshops and conducting other events in collaboration with outreach staff.
- Serve on clinic committees that focus on improving clinic processes.
Clinical Care
- Provide direct evidenced-based targeted short-term mental health services and referrals for veterans and their families.
- Conduct clinical biopsychosocial assessments and demonstrate strong diagnostic and assessment skills.
- Provide individual, couples, and family therapy to patients, focusing on delivering evidence-based treatments.
- Provide treatment in compliance with state and federal guidelines as well as Center policies, protocols, and procedures.
- Provide direct or layered supervision to student trainees.
Qualifications
- Education: Master in Social Work and independent license to practice as a Social Worker (LCSW-C, etc.), or similar level of degree and training (LCPC, LMFT, etc.). Must be independently licensed to practice in the state of Maryland, Virginia, DC, or West Virginia.
- A minimum of three years post-graduate experience in an outpatient clinical setting.
- Experience working with or managing the care of adults, children, couples, and families.
- Knowledge in DSM-5 diagnoses.
- Experience in PTSD diagnosis and treatment.
- Experience and training in providing cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based treatment required.
- Willingness to be cross-trained in new modalities.
- Veteran or military family member strongly preferred; experience working with military populations required.
- Knowledge of the appropriate and effective use of protected health information and relevant laws.
- Working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a strong plus.
Easterseals policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, status as a special disabled veteran, or any other protected criteria as established by federal, state, or local laws.
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