BH Associate Provider - Associate Clinical Social Worker

At Unicare, we strive to provide high quality health care to the community we serve. Our goal is to provide easily accessible, comprehensive, and affordable health care to every family member, while reducing visits to emergency rooms and urgent care facilities. Our mission is to be a community health care organization that treats everyone with dignity and, respect and cultural sensitivity to help create an environment in which all can prosper.

Job Summary

This associate clinical social worker will provide mental health and related services in a manner that upholds Unicare Community Health Center's mission to improve the health status and well-being of underserved segments of the population in the communities we serve through the direct provision or coordination of health care, health education, and services. This includes interviewing, treating, coordinating, planning and linkage to a full range of resources that meet practical, social and emotional needs, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and community and community-based programs. As a result, patient outcomes and satisfactions are improved, along with organizational fiscal capacity.

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Conducts clinical interviews to gather information, assess patient needs, determine the appropriate need, and develop diagnostic information.
• Maintains accuracy, completeness and timeliness with medical charts. All medical charts must be closed with 48 hours of the encounter In order to ensure high standards of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide short-term, structured, evidence-based psychotherapy and counseling as part of a treatment plan.
• Provides Clinical therapeutic services to patients across the lifespan, including individual and group therapy and coordination of treatment for participants with co-occurring disorders.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed in different clinics.
• Participate in the development of patients' individualized care plans, in a timely and thorough manner.
• Provide treatment to assigned patients within the scope of practice, meeting program / department productivity and quality standards.
• Coordinates and collaborate with Primary Care Providers, Behavioral Health Coordinator, Case managers, Substance Abuse Counselor, Medical Director of Behavioral Health, Chief Medical Officer and other Staff to improve health outcomes.
• Facilitates referrals to other services and allied agencies as needed.
• Works closely with Unicare's Psychiatrists and other Clinicians when needed.
• Meets patient needs effectively and resolve individual barriers through follow-up, advocacy, and collaboration with other staff and community service providers.
• Serves as a mandated Child Protective Services (CPS) and Adult / Elder Abuse reporter.
• Maintains accurate and timely records of activities, case management notes, and services provided to each patient.
• Facilitates and participates in chart reviews and audits of behavioral health clinicians.
• Completes paperwork to support mental health billing in a timely manner.
• Attends and participates in a variety of internal and external meetings.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Is engaged and facilitates outreach initiatives
• Proactively utilize clinical supervision and / or peer consultation
• Provide direct behavioral health and medical social work services to Latino individuals, families, groups and communities, under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health.
• Provide crisis counseling as needed and outreach counseling to community settings such as schools, home visits, and other settings as assigned by the Director of Behavioral Health.
• Participate in weekly case review meetings.
• Supply court psycho-social evaluations, give reports of attendance and make court appearances when necessary.
• The clinician will refer clients to supportive community services and in-house medical services or support programs to supplement office treatment and counseling.
• Adheres to accreditation and compliance standards / guidelines and gets yearly cultural supportive training.
• Periodically provide community mental health presentations and power point presentations on pain management, childhood mental health issues, or stress management workshops to the community or Unicare staff.

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