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Heartland Alliance

Mental Health Clinical Practitioner

Mental Health Clinical Practitioner

Summary: This position provides a variety of specialized services to the homeless chronically mentally ill or other special populations. The employee in this position at a residential program may be required to remain on Organization premises during break and/or meal periods and may be required to stay on Organization premises until their replacement arrives. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives, within the framework outlined below.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provides services to clients through a short-term case management model.
  • Receives case assignments, establishes treatment plans, reviews case progress and determines case closure through the supervisor of the assigned program.
  • Meets regularly with assigned cases through outreach to shelters and communities at large.
  • Provides individual counseling to address motivational and psychosocial problems of clients.
  • Provides shelter outreach and intake as requested.
  • Provides clients with counseling and concrete assistance to support increase or restore client’s capacity for self-sufficiency.
  • Establishes and maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with clients to facilitate the receipt of services.
  • Develops service plans, which outline a specific plan of action with each client under the regular supervision of the supervisor of the assigned program.
  • Makes referrals in accordance with service plans to other Organization units and external providers.
  • Uses the knowledge of the public assistance agency requirements for benefits and entitlements to advocate on the behalf of clients.
  • Assists in the financial support of clients and in the management of client’s finances in accordance with service plans and Organization policies.
  • Develops, monitors and enhances professional relationships with social service, health and governmental agencies.
  • Manages the expense accounts for client’s transportation needs in accordance with Organization policies.
  • Works cooperatively with Intake Specialists, Addiction Specialists and Social Workers to maximize service outcomes.
  • Provides street outreach to homeless clients, assesses health and social service needs, and then follows through with a plan of action.
  • Participates and contributes in regular supervision meetings, team meetings, in house training sessions and conferences.
  • Accurately completes in a timely manner all necessary forms, case recordings and statistical reports.
  • Provides social service group work to clients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Participates in program and operational planning.
  • Develops, implements and reviews social groups for clients of the assigned program, in collaboration with supervisor of the assigned group.
  • Provides intense advocacy, crisis intervention, counseling and problem solving in a variety of areas for all clients.
  • Establishes and maintains a professional and therapeutic relationship within the standards of client profiles, confidentiality laws and the newest clinical research available.
  • Assesses, plans and supplements the client’s level of functioning.
  • Develops, implements, oversees and follows-up with client treatment plans to ensure that realistic goals and deadlines of accomplishments are being met.
  • Maintains documentation of client’s individual and group treatment.
  • Maintains the volume of work designated by project standards and utilizes the mental health theory and concepts integrating in clinical practice. On an ongoing basis assimilates the knowledge of resources available to implement the clinical concepts.
  • Assumes all clinical responsibility for clients.
  • Manages and participates in all project meetings and maintains the minutes of meetings on a rotating basis.
  • Presents clinical case reviews.
  • Develops and maintains relationships with outside providers, case managers and hospitals.
  • Coordinates and attends clinical rounds of all outside client resources.
  • Attends a minimum of 15 educational trainings per fiscal year.
  • Maintains medications as specified by the Psychiatrist and keeps legible and accurate records of all medication issues.
  • Consults with the Psychiatrist regarding treatment reviews.
  • Adheres to professional standards as outlined by governmental bodies, NASW (and/or other appropriate professional associations), private funding sources, Organization plans/policies and Unit guidelines. Participates in periodic evaluative reviews and/or in-house and external staff training to ensure that he/she understands and continues to adhere to such standards. Initiates requests for assistance from Supervisor to address new issues or complex concepts affecting adherence to professional standards.
  • Other duties may be assigned.

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Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Education and/or Experience: Master’s degree (M.A.) in clinical social work, counseling or clinical psychology; and one to two years of clinical practice experience in either a hospital or community setting providing group and/or individual therapy.
  • Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Eligible to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
  • Other Qualifications: A valid driver’s license may be required. May be required to have access to a personal vehicle and use it for organizational purposes This includes the ability and willingness to travel throughout the Chicago-land area and to transport others.
  • Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Fluency in a second language may be required if mandated by funder or regulatory agency.
  • Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
  • Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization’s AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987

Job ID: 3577c5389f61bd509f4702d45a14a4d5
Employment Type: Other

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