About this role
Job Description
LISW & LMHC
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Director of Behavioral Health
Job Summary/Objective:
The LISW or LMHC provides assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and adults to promote optimum mental health within the integrated behavioral health model. Additionally, the counselor uses their unique social work skills and treatment modalities to meet the needs of the individual(s) needing services, including coordination of behavioral and medical health care and external resources.
Protected Health Information Requirements/Access:
- This position will require the use or disclosure of protected health Information.
- This position will use the Treatment classes of protected health information.
- Restrictions on the protected health information for this position will follow the Privacy Policies of Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc.
- Use or disclosure of protected health information not routinely available to this position will follow procedures assessed by or directed by management.
- Patient Records – Yes Medical Information System - Yes
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provides psychosocial assessments of individuals and families to identify emotional, social and environmental strengths and challenges related to their diagnosis, medical condition, treatment, and/or life situation.
- Formulates, develops and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan using appropriate clinical social work and/or counseling treatments and interventions. Interventions may include crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, and family and/or group therapies.
- Provides therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required.
- Prepares and maintains a clinically appropriate patient behavioral health record in the EMR.
- Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, medical condition, treatment and/or life situation.
- Maintains working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources.
- Provides consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed.
- Follows policies and procedures
- Develops and maintains own competence.
- Works to improve work processes and clinical outcomes including health disparity and quality improvement collaboratives.
- Assists with the development of special grants, groups, and educational programs.
- Maintains a safe working environment and practices safe working habits.
- Assists in control of People’s Community Health Clinic resources.
Competencies:
- Strong analytical, critical, and problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated to develop and maintain own competence as it pertains to the position.
- Ability to work with diverse groups of people and with a large degree of independence
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and to deal with difficult situations
- Ability to work with and through an interpreter
- Understanding of and ability to diagnose using DSM 5
- Knowledge of and how to access all area community resources
- Skilled in program development
- Working knowledge of MS Office Products (ex. Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point) and Windows Platform. Must be comfortable moving within an EHR computer system regularly
- Ability to respond calmly in stressful situations
- Skilled in planning, organizing, adaptability, attentiveness to detail and flexibility of assignment.
- Maintains strict confidence
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Not applicable.
Patient Population:
Based on principles of growth and development, provides care appropriate to the age-related needs of the patients served on this/her assigned unit which may include birth to geriatric patients.
Work Environment/Personal Protective Equipment:
This position operates in a clinical environment, PPE is available if needed.
Physical Demands:
This position requires continuous standing (67% - 100% of shift); occasional sitting and walking (1% - 33% of shift); occasional lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling up to 20 lbs. (1% - 33% of shift); continuous finger dexterity and use of hands/arms for repetitive movement; occasional reaching at, above, and below shoulder level (1% - 33% of shift); occasional driving. Requires 20/40 near and far vision.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Typically work hours and days are between Monday and Friday,8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and some flexibility in hours is allowed. Responsibilities occasionally may require irregular hours as deemed necessary. This may include an adjusted work schedule, long days, and early morning or late evening hours in order to meet client scheduling demands. The employee must work a minimum of 40.0 hours each week to maintain full-time status.
Travel:
Occasional driving might be expected for this position.
Education and Experience:
- Master’s degree in social work or mental health counseling from an accredited university required.
- 2-4 Years’ experience working with patients who have experienced trauma required.
Licenses and Certificates:
- Licensed Independent Social Work or Licensed Mental Health Counselor licensure in the state of Iowa.
- Current BLS or CPR/First Aid certification
- Mandatory reporter training for child and dependent adult abuse certificate
Other Duties:
The statements contained in this job description reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility. It should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements as individuals may perform other duties as assigned.
Other facts
About Peoples Community Health Clinic
Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Federally Qualified Health Center guided by its Mission statement. Care is provided no matter what a person’s financial situation is. Both uninsured and insured patients are welcome.
Both our Waterloo and Clarksville locations are recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Homes, which places focus on building better relationships between patients and their health care teams. In 2020, the clinic began providing school-based health care at East High School and West High School through Success Street, and most recently at Carver Academy.
The concept of "Community" is the heart of our organization. Peoples Clinic is owned and operated by people living in our community. This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals. We are also supported by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration which makes it possible for us to offer financial assistance in the form of sliding fee discounts to low-income individuals.
Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. is a member of the Iowa Primary Care Association and InConcertCare, as well as an FTCA and IowaHealth+ deemed facility.
What you'll do
- The therapist provides assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic services to promote mental health for various age groups. They also develop and implement treatment plans and maintain patient records.
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