Mental Health Clinician

Description

Hyacinth AIDS Foundation’s mission is to help people live with HIV, stop the spread of the epidemic, and serve as a critical voice in the public debate surrounding AIDS in New Jersey. The following foundational behaviors are expected as an employee of Hyacinth:

Consistently demonstrates respect, responsiveness, and professionalism towards others while providing superior service for our clients

• Treats each client as a priority
• Respects each client’s right to quality service, confidentiality, and dignity.
• Works with co-workers to ensure integration of services
• Displays a welcoming, helpful attitude to clients
• Establishes and maintains personal boundaries in clinical supervision with clients or co-workers

Actively cooperates within the region and/or program and participates in the constructive resolution of conflict.

• Focuses on improving communication and collaboration
• Tires to understand the other person’s point of view when there is a challenge
• Works with all regional staff to provide a full continuum of services to clients.
• Understands local community resources and can make appropriate referrals.
• Is clear and tactful when collaborating and working with others.

Assuming responsibility for one’s own self in the workplace and exhibiting commitment to the client and agency.

• Takes pride in his/her work
• Advances Hyacinth’s reputation for excellence.
• Incorporates boundaries and ethical guidelines into decision making.

Employees of the Agency may learn certain facts about individuals being served by the Agency that are of a highly personal and confidential nature. Examples of such information are medical conditions, sexual orientation, relations with family members and other individuals. All such information must be treated as completely confidential. All staff are required to conform to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) guidelines which require the protection of personal health information.

Behavioral Health Services

• The Mental Health Clinician provides psychotherapeutic counseling services and substance use counseling for mental health and substance use groups and in individual sessions.
• Works collaboratively with clients to complete mental status examinations and psychosocial history.
• Researches and provides treatment interventions.
• Refers clients to community resources, advocates for and develops treatment plans and goals to improve client’s well-being.
• Administers biopsychosocial assessments conducting a differential, individualized, and accurate identification of the psychosocial and/or the behavioral problems existing in the life of the individual client.
• Uses the DSM-5 TR, diagnoses mental health and substance use disorders.
• Conducts clinical consultation, case discussions, and evaluations.
• Conducts regional psycho educational workshops on topics such as depression, anxiety, substance use as well as psychosocial support for the caregiver and staff using the Wellness Model.
• Establish, maintain, and update client case records utilizing agency approved forms.
• Provide follow-up activities to ensure appropriate linkages.

Required Minimum Education:

LSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC or PhD

Other: dual license with LCADC preferred

Required Years of Related

Experience:

2-4 years

• A minimum of two years’ experience in HIV and substance use field

• Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and interests.
• Proficiency in written and verbal communications

Consider and identify qualifications that are not required to perform the job but would be extremely helpful to performing the job.

LSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC or PhD

HIV, substance use