Clinical Therapist (Mental Health Center) (may underfill as Sr. Mental Health Counselor) - LTE

• Receives referrals of voluntary and involuntary clients with difficult mental health and behavioral problems and conducts assessment of treatment needs and intervention needs.
• Provides psychotherapeutic treatment in a variety of settings to individuals, couples, families, and groups to resolve social, personal, developmental, behavioral, and/or mental disorders.
• Develops and implement a treatment plan to meet the needs of the client utilizing psychotherapeutic treatment methods.
• Interprets nature of illness and prescribes course of treatment to clients and families.
• Participates in client staffings, reviews, and multi-disciplinary team discussions to formulate diagnoses and develop treatment and service plans.
• Serves as a liaison and consultant to staff and other Human Services agencies.
• Provides community education and public speaking on various community mental health issues and related topics.
• Performs clinical crisis intervention and emergency intake evaluations for clients of all age groups.
• Provides court related clinical and other duties such as assessments, testimony, reports, and recommendations.
• Completes documentation for billing of services and maintains mandated clinical documentation.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relations with clients and their families, staff, other agencies, and the general public.
• Teams with social workers and others in non-licensed department programs to provide in-home and community based assessments, counseling and intervention as referenced in Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 46, 48, 55, 88 and 938.
• Ensures adherence and compliance to the policies and procedures of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 in regards to protected health information.
• Performs emergency government duties as assigned in the event of a Waukesha County Emergency Government declaration.
• Performs other duties as required.

• Working knowledge of the signs and symptoms of reactions to psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders.
• Working knowledge of techniques to identify clients with substance use problems.
• Working knowledge of computerized department program software, internet access, and database, spreadsheet, and word processing programs.
• Working knowledge of human service organizations, mental health, and other community resources.
• Working knowledge of applicable codes, rules, statutes, and regulations.
• Working knowledge of state and federal confidentiality rules and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 51.
• Ability to interpret psychosocial and DSM 5 diagnoses to individuals and families.
• Ability to utilize electronic health record, word processing, database and spreadsheet, and program specific applications.
• Ability to participate in multi-disciplinary decision making and treatment planning.
• Ability to develop treatment plans and to provide psychosocial and psychotherapeutic treatment services to individuals, families, and groups.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and their families, staff, other agencies, and the general public.
• Ability to effectively interact with sensitivity with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyles.
• Ability to respond appropriately to mental health emergency situations and utilize crisis intervention techniques and procedures.
• Ability to complete clinical documentation and write reports as needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

• Candidates must have Advanced Practice Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor in Training, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Training, status as a minimum.
• Two (2) years of post bachelor work experience in psychology (clinical, counseling, educational), counseling and guidance, social work or closely related area.

• a. Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university with a major in sociology, social work, psychology or a closely?related field.
• Two (2) years of professional experience in the field of mental health including one thousand (1000) hours of experience delivering services to the chronically mentally ill and their families.

• a. Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university with at least four (4) courses in sociology, social work, or psychology.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in the field of mental health including one thousand (1000) hours of experience delivering services to the chronically mentally ill and their families.
• Master's degree from a recognized college or university in sociology, social work, psychology, or a closely related field may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.

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