CCI Health Services’ mission is to deliver high quality, accessible care to our community members, leading the way to a more equitable health care system for everyone.

As a member of the health center’s integrated care team the Behavioral Health Consultant will fulfill the following KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES towards the provision of patient-centered, coordinated patient care:

Therapist:

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to patients'
• Provide mental health assessment.
• Provide individual, couples and family with mental health treatment for adults, children, and teens using evidence-based interventions such as CBT, MI, trauma informed care and/or solution-focused brief therapy, and harm reduction and recovery.
• Develop and implement treatment plans based on patients’ expressed goals.
• Complete and maintain client- related records in the EMR (ECW), daily.
• Follow regulations for documentation and
• Collaborate and/or consult with other team members to perform clinical assessments or develop treatment
• Coordinate clinical approaches with the medical
• Modify treatment activities and documentation to comply with changes in patient’s status for accreditation or regulatory requirements.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, or supporting patients, as
• Monitor patients’ use of medications and encourage their collaboration with
• Provides office-based in-person and virtual appointments.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Work alongside primary care providers to promote whole person care.
• Be available for Warm Hand-offs
• Provide mental health and substance abuse assessments to assess readiness and treatment length (short term vs Long-term)
• Provide short-term mental health treatment for adults, children and teens using Brief and Evidence-based interventions.
• Conduct substance abuse screenings and brief counseling or referral for addictions
• Collaborate and/or consult with other Providers to develop unified treatment
• Coordinate clinical approaches with the medical
• Support family members to assist them in understanding, or supporting patients, as appropriate and refer to community resources or to specialists that are beyond CCI Scope of Practice.
• Ability to provide crisis intervention services to patients, an ability to be flexible, use new ideas, and operate in a fast-paced health

Why Work at CCI?

• Extensive benefits plan
• Generous PTO Plan
• 403B Retirement Plan + Employer match up to 4%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Continuing education assistance; can be used toward obtaining certifications, renewal of certifications, or possible conference attendance.
• Our providers are insured for malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW or LCSW-C), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC), or Licensed Psychologist
• Minimum 2 years providing therapy to children, teens, and adults with mental health needs.
• Excellent team-based communication skills with the primary care team, supervisors, and other CCI staff.
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and process work to completion.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish, Amharic, Pashto) in reading, writing, and speaking, preferred
• Experience in the use of interpreter services.
• Ability to develop therapeutic rapport and engage patients in treatment using clinical skills including motivational interviewing in a culturally-based manner.
• Ability to provide crisis intervention services to patients, and ability to be flexible, use new ideas and operate in a fast-paced health environment
• Prior experience collaborating with physicians and other health care providers, social service agencies, and/or education systems desired
• Enthusiasm for innovation, data-driven decisions, and clinical and financial outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.

About CCI Health & Wellness Services

CCI Health Services is a 49-year-old Federally Qualified Health Center is a diverse and inclusive workplace that serves 60,000 medical patients and Women Infant’s & Children (WIC) participants in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, CCI is committed to providing high-quality, affordable primary healthcare to every patient across all life stages. Visit www.cciweb.org for more information.

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