QMHP Liaison TCOOMMI

Metrocare Services; United States; On-site; USD 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Health Savings Account

Professional Development allowance

Bilingual Stipend

Job summary

Metrocare Services in Dallas, TX seeks a Qualified Mental Health Professional to provide intensive, community-based therapeutic intervention under the TCOOMMI program. The role includes psychosocial/rehabilitative services, assessment, treatment planning, and coordination with a multidisciplinary team to support adults and youth navigating mental health challenges.

Responsibilities include crisis intervention, discharge planning, medication management support, and ensuring continuity of care

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in social, behavioral, or human services field.
• 1-3 years mental health-related experience OR Master's in listed fields with 0 years experience.
• Excellent communication and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assist consumers in obtaining entitlements by referrals, advocacy and negotiation.
• Co-facilitate family education workshops.
• Provide individual, family, and group rehabilitation sessions.
• Evaluate progress of counseling sessions, solicit feedback, consult with team leaders.
• Facilitate inpatient admission upon request of the treatment team.
• Provide continuity of services during inpatient stay.
• Participate actively in discharge planning.
• Meet with the consumer within 5 days of discharge into the community.
• Provide crisis intervention during the work week.
• Document attempts to contact consumer and follow-ups as required.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team staffing and share psychosocial assessment findings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in social/behavioral/human services

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Are you looking for a purpose-driven career? At Metrocare, we serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health services in North Texas, serving over 55,000 adults and children annually. For over 50 years, Metrocare has provided a broad array of services to people with mental health challenges and developmental disabilities. In addition to behavioral health care, Metrocare provides primary care centers for adults and children, services for veterans and their families, accessible pharmacies, housing, and supportive social services. Alongside clinical care, researchers and teachers from Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research are advancing mental health beyond Dallas County while providing critical workforce to the state.

Job Description:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families and adults we serve. The Qualified Mental Health Professional working in the TCOOMMI program, will provide intensive, community-based, therapeutic intervention and supervision to adult and or youth on probation. Services also include monthly medication monitoring with psychiatrist. provides psychosocial/rehabilitative service to persons with mental illness. Services may include, but are not limited to, assessment, development and measurable treatment goals and objectives, referral, linkage, advocacy, monitoring, crisis intervention and continuity of care. Provide individual, marriage, family and group counseling. The overall goal of this position is to maximize the consumers potential level of functioning, reduce hospitalization and aid in the successful reintegration of consumers into the community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and assist consumers in obtaining entitlements by providing referrals, advocacy and negotiation, as needed.
• Co-facilitate family education workshops.
• Provide individual, family, and group rehabilitation sessions.
• Evaluate progress of counseling session, solicit feedback from consumer(s), and consult with colleagues and team leaders when dealing with unfamiliar/uncomfortable issues.
• Facilitate inpatient admission upon request of the treatment team.
• Provide continuity of services throughout inpatient stay.
• Participate actively in discharge planning.
• Meet with the consumer within 5 days of discharge into the community.
• Provides crisis intervention during the work week.
• Make home and hospital visits, initiates mental illness warrants, work with police and other public servants as a needed to address crisis.
• Follow-up within 24 hours on assigned consumers who access emergency services.
• Report status-disposition to treatment team. 100% compliance expected.
• Oversees and assists assigned consumers medication adherence.
• Provides med training, arranges transportation to scheduled office based appointments, and prompts needed refills.
• Follow-up assigned consumers who miss a scheduled clinic appointment.
• Document attempts to contact consumer.
• Report repeated unsuccessful efforts to contact the treatment team.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team staffing.
• Present psychosocial assessment findings.
• Encourage consumer to attend staffing.
• Update team on progress or lack of progress in reaching agreed upon goals.
• Provide relevant information that might effect treatment.
• Review service plans every three months or as clinically indicated. 100% compliance expected.
• Document attempts to involve individual, service providers, and caregivers unless opposed by the individual) in service plan process.
• Actively assist in obtaining and modifying goals as needed.
• Develop measurable objectives and goals agreed upon by the consumer.
• Formulate individual service plan based on assessment findings on all new admission. 100% compliance expected.
• Complete a psychosocial assessment on each new admission. Upon assessment as clinically indicated. 100% compliance expected.
• Provide overall service coordination, referral, linkage, and advocacy to a caseload of up to 25 intensive consumers with varying needs.
• Perform duties in concert with other members of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct, state contract, appropriate professional standards and applicable state/federal laws Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvement processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, and excellent communication skills.
• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct, state contract, appropriate professional standards and applicable state/federal laws Adult Competencies as outlined by HHSC for TRR requirements. Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvement processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, and excellent communication skills.

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Required: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university with a minimum of 30 credit hours in a social, behavioral, or human services field. The credit hours include but are not limited to the following course types: psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human growth and development, special education, early childhood/early childhood intervention, physician assistant, gerontology, and educational psychology. Required: 1-3 years of Mental Health Related Experience OR Master's degree in listed fields with 0 years of experience

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Basic math skills required.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to successfully use an automated clinical record keeping system.
• Able to work flexible hours.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to maintain work in 95% compliance of standards at all times.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Skilled in using tact and diplomacy in interacting with staff and individuals.
• Ability to problem solve, exercise good judgment, and make sound decisions.
• Ability to effectively manage a large caseload of individuals with varying needs.
• Ability to organize work flow and develop efficient clinic procedures
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Ability to utilize Internet for resources. Use computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Liability insurance required if employee will operate personal vehicle on Center property or for Center business.
• Must be insurable by Centers liability carrier if employee operates a Center vehicle or drives personal car on Center business.
• Must have an acceptable driving record.
• Current State of Texas Driver License or if you live in another state, must be currently licensed in that state.
• If licensed in another state, must obtain Texas Driver License within three (3) months of employment.

Benefits Information and Perks:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Plan, including employer matching
• Health Savings Account, including employer matching
• Professional Development allowance up to $2000 per year
• Bilingual Stipend – 6% of the base salary
• Many other benefits
• Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Tobacco-Free Facilities

No Recruitment Agencies Please

Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health, developmental disability and permanent supported housing services in Dallas County serving over 50,000 children, teens and adults annually. For over 55 years, Metrocare has provided a broad array of services from mental health care, primary care, services for veterans and their loved ones, accessible pharmacies, homeless outreach, and supportive social services. Metrocare provides specialty mental health services to over 10,000 children and teens and has numerous programs for babies, children and adults with disabilities, including Early Childhood Intervention, Flourishing Families, Nurturing Parenting, Supported Employment and two specialty autism clinics in Dallas and DeSoto. Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research is the premier training and research institute for community mental health professionals across Texas. Metrocare upholds the person-centered philosophy to focus care on the needs of individual. We take care to ensure that people’s preferences, needs and values guide clinical decisions and to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to those we serve. We see ourselves as partners in healing with our clients and their support network.