Therapist; LCSW), Clinical Lead

Base pay range

$67,000.00/yr - $67,000.00/yr

The Family Health Center’s Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) are mental health professionals who provide psychotherapy, counseling, and other forms of therapy services to clients. The LCSW’s role revolves around the social aspect of patients’ health and provides useful advice and guidance on how to deal with a range of psychological issues.

The LCSW Clinical Lead will focus on therapist supervision and assessment and diagnosis of behavioral, emotional, and psychological disorders. The LCSW Lead will work with medical and mental health professionals to develop treatment plans for clients, empathize with patients, and recommend changes of treatment when needed. Other tasks include helping people who have experienced traumatizing events to overcome psychological and emotional burdens and collaborating closely with individuals who suffer from substance abuse.

The LCSW Lead will also educate the public and raise awareness of mental health issues.

• Develop and nurture mutual relationships and confidence with patients.
• Provide supervision of clinical components and mentorship to MSW/LSW therapists.
• Review, document, and sign evaluations and treatment plans performed by assigned mentee.
• Evaluate patients’ conditions to determine the level of care and assistance they need.
• Retrieve patients’ personal and social health history to determine their conditions.
• Work together with patients to produce effective and realizable treatment techniques that will yield satisfactory results.
• Enhance clients’ cognitive and behavioral changes that are in line with the overall treatment.
• Evaluate the efficiency of all treatments administered to patients and identify the most effective ones.
• Attend courses and training organized for clinical social workers to learn new skills and techniques for better treatment of patients.
• Keep clean records and documentation of clients’ information, conditions, treatment, and progress.
• Direct clients to available community resources which are beneficial to them.
• Work with the family of patients to provide the care and support they need.
• Perform individual, family, and group therapy.
• Provide emergency psychiatric services as needed.
• Reach productivity standards set for clinical role.
• Complete patient charts and sign off in a timely manner.
• Attend and participate in clinical staff meetings and quality improvement projects.
• Maintain licensure.

• Good judgment required. Able to communicate verbally and in writing on a professional level with both external and internal customers. Able to accept clinical responsibility and train/ mentor other therapists.
• Pass all preemployment screenings. Have ability to travel to workshops, meetings and offsite job locations as needed.

• Able to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
• Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, on a professional level with all required contacts.
• Possesses critical thinking skills to assist patients/clients with problem solving.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to Social Work Code of Ethics.
• Familiar with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Collaborate with others in a professional manner.
• Formulation of the proper course of treatment utilizing appropriate interventions.
• Understand HIPAA laws and protocols.

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited institution.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Indiana.
• Three (3) years’ experience practicing as an LCSW.
• Supervision experience preferred or similar experience.
• A natural leader and advocate.
• Familiar with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Collaborate with others in a professional manner.
• Possesses sound critical thinking skills and can assist patients/clients with problem solving.
• Understands HIPAA laws and protocols.