Intake Clinician
WHO WE ARE…
Newport Mental Health (NMH) is a progressive high-energy organization that uses state of the art person-centered recovery approach to help individuals recover from mental illness and substance use disorders. NMH extends its trauma informed evidence-based services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Our services vary from outreach, specialized programs, mental health, school-based therapy, substance use therapy, community-based therapy, and outpatient.
For more information visit our website: www.newportmentalhealth.org
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR…
Mission- Aligned: You are excited to be a part of Newport Mental Health’s mission to improve the lives of our clients living and working in Newport County by providing the highest quality of care.
Ally: You intentionally foster belonging, personal growth, and empowerment for all. You are a strong advocate for the BIPOC, LQBTQIA+, Woman, Veteran, and other underrepresented communities.
Solution Orientated: You are driven to think of different approaches to narrow the gap which leads to positive and effective changes.
Time Management: You are a conscious planner and a thoughtful decision maker who adheres to deadlines.
WHAT WE OFFER…
- Excellent Health and Dental Insurance.
- Vacation, Sick and Personal time accrued biweekly.
- Up to 11 Paid Holidays.
- Retirement program through Mutual of America.
- Additional supplemental insurance programs.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Employer paid life insurance.
- Flexible spending account (FSA) and dependent care (DCA) spending accounts.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING (ESSENTIAL DUTIES) …
This position is responsible for conducting intakes, providing some direct clinical services, and serving as both a consultant and peer to our multi-disciplinary team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide initial diagnostic and psychosocial assessments and administer outcome measurement and risk assessment tools.
- Responsible for some administrative tasks including requesting insurance authorizations.
- Provide group, individual brief treatment, youth and family therapy as needed.
- Work side by side with service recipients to create person-centered treatment/recovery plans.
- Provide clinical consultation and guidance to Bachelor level case management staff as needed.
- Complete all agency documentation in a timely manner utilizing a collaborative documentation approach.
- Ability to respond to and provide crisis intervention and clinical risk assessment.
- Ability to assess the need for higher levels of care including partial hospital, crisis stabilization units and inpatient hospitalization.
- Serve as a client advocate with appropriate and timely referrals to other agencies; provide consultation and follow-up communication with law enforcement agencies, community agencies, schools, medical facilities, and inpatient units.
- Actively participate in team communication processes that ensure appropriate services and outcomes.