Licensed Mental Health Clinician

Easterseals; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading non-profit organization in Silver Spring, Maryland, seeks a Licensed Mental Health Clinician to provide evidence-based therapy for veterans and families. The role involves short-term CBT treatment and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care. Applicants must be licensed in Maryland and have experience with PTSD treatment. Competitive compensation and training opportunities available.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice in Maryland, Virginia, DC, or West Virginia.
• Minimum three years postgraduate experience in outpatient settings.
• Experience in PTSD diagnosis and treatment.
• Knowledge of DSM-IV/DSM-V diagnoses.

Responsibilities

• Provide targeted short-term CBT-informed mental health services.
• Conduct clinical intake assessments on veterans and family members.
• Manage a full caseload with timely documentation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for optimal patient care.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Crisis Intervention

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Education

Master in Social Work (LCSW-C) or Doctorate in Psychology (Ph.D., Psy.D.)

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Powerpoint

Job description

Licensed Mental Health Clinician; Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C), Mental Health Therapist (LCPC, LMFT, etc.), or Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D).

The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals

Overview

Easterseals DC MD VA offers a unique opportunity for a motivated leader to join a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled professionals at The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic for the National Capital Area. 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.

Overview of Easterseals DC MD VA

For more than 100 years, Easterseals has been leading the world to full equity, inclusion, and access for all people through life-changing disability and community services. For children and adults with disabilities; for veterans and seniors; for children from low-income families; and for their families, caregivers, neighbors, and friends, Easterseals delivers support to enhance quality of life. We’re reducing poverty and homelessness, improving health care and employment, and empowering people of all ages and abilities to be full and equal participants in their communities.

Easterseals DC MD VA (ESDCMDVA) (www.eseal.org) is the affiliate serving Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Our Mission is to make profound, positive differences in the daily lives of people of all ages with disabilities, special needs, military backgrounds and their families, and our Vision is to create a hopeful, inclusive community where all people realize their potential and live meaningful lives. We live these goals by empowering all clients to live their best lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other group affiliation. More than half the individuals we serve each year are low- and moderate-income.

We deliver exceptional services through a network of 8 sites and in-home care, providing Adult Medical Day Care, Early Child Development and Education (including Head Start), Therapy, Respite, Behavioral Health Care and Workforce Development services where participants and their families find support, hope, medical care, and enjoyable activities. We are an independent 501(c)3 with a local Board of Directors focused on focused on creating a hopeful, inclusive community where all individuals realize their potential and live meaningful lives.

Our dedicated staff of approximately 225 professionals includes specialists in education, therapy, senior services, social work, assistive technology, nursing, and related professions. As part of the Easterseals international network, we draw on the resources of almost 25,000 professionals to stay at the cutting edge of service delivery.

Our entire staff shares our Core Values which are an integral component of the success of ESDCMDVA:

· Respect: We demonstrate high regard for one another. We value the uniqueness and dignity of each member of our community by honoring the choices our participants make and goals they set for themselves, as well as the ideas of our staff and volunteers. We appreciate the strength of diversity and inclusion.

· Responsibility: We share an obligation to ensure that appropriate actions are taken to benefit the organization and its participants. We are good stewards of organizational resources and are accountable for our actions.

· Integrity: We conduct business ethically. We hold ourselves to a high moral standard and speak up when a correction is needed. We communicate openly, honestly, and directly.

· Innovation: We embrace new ideas, take measured risks and find better ways to help more people.

· Care: We show compassion for others. We assume the best about everyone we encounter. We strive to live our mission each day.

Overview of the MFC and the Cohen Veterans Network

The MFC is part of the Cohen Veterans Network (CVN) which provides high-quality, accessible, integrated, mental healthcare at clinics across the country. Nineteen CVN clinics are operating now, with a total of 25 clinics expected to be operational by 2022. CVN strengthens mental health outcomes for veterans dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) or other mental illness and ensures that every veteran and family member is able to obtain access to high-quality, effective care that enables them to lead fulfilling and productive lives.

The MFC provides evidence-based mental health and related support services to veterans and their families. With a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and veteran outreach workers, the MFC offers high-quality, timely, and personalized mental health treatment tailored to meet the specific needs of veterans (especially post 9/11) and their families in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. MFC participants will also be able to draw on ESDCMDVA’s extensive array of wraparound services, including job coaching and placement through our Veteran Staffing Network, child development, respite, and medical adult day services, and participants in these ESDCMDVA programs are also expected to use the MFC.

Position Summary

The mental health clinician will be an integral member of MFC clinical team. He/she will report to the Deputy Director and will provide evidenced-based CBT-informed targeted short-term therapy services for clients of the MFC. The clinician will have training and experience provision of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for trauma and PTSD, individual (adults and children), couples, and family therapy and be skilled at delivering evidence-based care. The population treated at the Cohen Clinic is multicultural and diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Clinicians have the opportunity to treat underserved groups of veterans, including women veterans and LGBTQ+ veterans and family members. Accordingly, applicants with training, experience, or interest in multicultural/diversity issues in case conceptualization and treatment and working with diverse populations would be a good fit for the position.As such, we seek a clinician who will excel at roles and responsibilities including but not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Administration, Management, and Operations
• · Collaborate and coordinate with the caregiver, physician, director, case management and all other disciplines, as needed, to provide the best care to patients
• · Manage full caseload of veteran and family members and complete accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record
• · Actively participate in weekly clinical, supervision, and administrative meetings

Clinical Care

• Provide direct evidenced-based targeted short-term CBT-informed mental health services and referrals for veterans and their families. Perform and document client screenings, psychosocial assessments, and progress and referral information. Scheduled approximately 30 hours of face to face client time per week.
• Conduct clinical intake assessments on veterans and family members
• Provide individual, couples, and family to patients, with a focus on delivering evidence-based treatments
• Provide treatment in compliance with state and federal guidelines as well as Center policies, protocols and procedures

Training Opportunities

The clinic offers a broad range of training opportunities for full-time staff to include:

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (6 month certification program)
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy (6 month certification program)
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Levels I and II)
• Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (intensive supervision and training)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (certification track)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (basics via Beck institute, Beck supervisor on staff for individual supervision) and additional CBT related training
• Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (consultation and advanced training)
• Layered/Group supervision of graduate students
• Supervision and clinical practice hours towards full licensure in Maryland and near-by states.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for children

Critical Competencies for Success

• Exceptional Communicator: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively via oral and written means. Ability to present a positive and friendly demeanor to veterans, their families, staff, and clinic support personnel, funders and the general public. Ability to develop and provide oral presentations
• Team Player: Ability to work as part of an effective multidisciplinary team
• Exceptional Clinician: Proven capacity to deliver results through short-term therapy programs. Ability to identify and assess high risk veterans or family members and provide appropriate acute care intervention.
• Technical: Ability to learn and appropriately utilize the electronic health record.
• Decision Making: Ability to think analytically and evaluate the impact of case management recommendations. Ability to set work priorities and to evaluate and create solutions to work related problems
• Ability to Succeed in a Not-for-Profit Environment: Demonstrated experience working successfully within a highly collaborative and collegial organization. Comfort rolling one’s sleeves up and engaging in day-to-day operations. Passion for and commitment to ESDCMDVA’s mission

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.) or a doctorate in Psychology (Ph.D., Psy.D.). 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-IV/DSM-V diagnoses
• Experience in PTSD diagnosis and treatment
• Experience and training in providing cognitive behavioral therapy required. Preferred experience in short-term targeted therapy models.
• Veteran or military family member strongly preferred, experience working with military populations required
• Knowledge of the appropriate and effective use of protected health information, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
• Working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Bilingual (English/Spanish

Equal Employment Opportunity

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. Employment decisions at Easterseals are based solely upon relevant criteria, including an individual’s capabilities, qualifications, training, experience and suitability.