Primary Clinician/Therapist

For more than 60 years, PRS, now HopeLink Behavioral Health, has provided comprehensive and specialized support to individuals and families living with behavioral health challenges or facing a life crisis. We envision a society where hope is universal. Through access to quality behavioral health, crisis intervention, and suicide intervention services, we foster an inclusive community in which everyone can attain wellness and a genuine sense of belonging.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF POSITION:

The LINC Primary Clinician/Therapist provides coordinated, targeted treatment to individuals aged 15-30 who are experiencing the initial onset of psychosis through Linking Individuals and Navigating Care (LINC), HopeLink's Coordinated Specialty Care program in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Primary Clinician/Therapist provides treatment planning; individual, group, and family psychotherapy; health literacy counseling; rehabilitation skill building; crisis support; and coordination of care with individuals' family members, treatment team, and among the multidisciplinary team within LINC.

SCHEDULE & LOCATION:

• Shifts available: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST

• Some evening due to population served

• Leesburg, VA community based role - some hybrid

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy to program participants.
• Conduct collaborative, person-centered, and empowering treatment planning with participants and their families.
• Provide individual evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions such as Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) designed to assist clients in transitioning to community-based activities as well as wellness and recovery.
• Provide health literacy counseling to participants within the context of their mental illness and medications.
• Provide rehabilitation skill building to participants in the domains of independent living skills, symptom management, interpersonal relationships, communication skills, problem solving, and community integration.
• Provide in-person and virtual crisis intervention as needed to program participants, including providing stabilization, de-escalation, utilization of coping skills, preventing harm, and connecting to higher levels of care as clinically appropriate.
• Coordinate care with individuals' families, caregivers, relevant treatment providers, and other members of the interdisciplinary LINC team.
• Support participants with engagement in other elements of LINC's wraparound programming, including psychiatric medication management, peer support, and supported education and employment services.
• Provide transition and discharge planning including facilitating connections with alternate programming as appropriate.
• Complete clinical documentation according to HopeLink policies and procedures, Licensure, Medicaid and CARF standards.
• Demonstrate flexibility to work outside of business hours based on client needs. This includes work hours that may encompass evenings and weekends.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES:

• Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally and keeps others adequately informed
• Confronts difficult situations and encourages open communication while maintaining objectivity
• Maintains emotional self-awareness, keeps disruptive emotions and impulses in control
• Demonstrates empathy towards others and manages relationships positively
• Identifies problems in a timely manner and resolves problems in early stages
• Fosters quality focus in others and sets clear quality requirements
• Acknowledges team accomplishments and team cooperation

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree from an accredited college/university in an applicable human services field required.
• Registration with the Virginia Board of Counseling for clinical supervision working toward licensure (LMHP-E) required; full licensure in applicable human services field (LMHP) preferred.
• At least 2 years of post-graduate experience preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles, theories, and methods of the psychological and social development of the individual.
• Thorough knowledge of major schools of treatment of emotionally and socially disturbed individuals as well as knowledge of psychiatric, psychological, and/or sociological terminology and concepts.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills with ability to build rapport quickly with client and internal/external providers.
• Ability to work independently and well organized.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR) or ability to learn quickly EHR software.
• High degree of empathy toward the clients we serve.

The above statements reflect the usual responsibilities and principal functions of the position and shall not be construed as a complete description of all the work requirements that may be inherent or added to the position.

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