Mental Health Professional

Licensed Masters Mental Health Professional - Child Team

Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member treatment program.

Essential responsibilities include developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members family. May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.

Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.

Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment. May develop, implement, and evaluate behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.

May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists, or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.

May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.

Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation, and evaluation.

Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.

Secondary functions include this position being for the Child Psychiatry Division.

Basic qualifications include a masters degree in social work, social welfare from a clinical track, clinical or counseling psychology, or related field required from an accredited college or university. Licenses required include Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) AND Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Couples and Families Endorsement (California) within 24 months of hire. National Provider Identifier required at hire.

Additional requirements include familiarity with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis, experience in assessing, diagnosing, and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality, knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods, knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health, accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans, competence in individual, family, and group psychotherapy, professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities, commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic, ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, and ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.