Lead Behavioral Health Therapist

Lead Behavioral Health Therapist
Social Work Supervisor LCSW-C

Full Time Exempt
421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD, USRequisition ID: 1731
Salary Range:$72,500.00 To 82,900.00 Annually 
***Sign on Incentive: $7,500 ***

Overview:
The Lead Behavioral Health Therapist provides treatment services to homeless individuals and families across the life span, to include children, adolescents, adults and elders.  Reporting to the Director of Behavioral Health, this role engages and re-engages clients, assesses, and provides integrated therapy services to individuals experiencing homelessness and also presenting with co-occurring symptoms.   The Lead Behavioral Health Therapist supervises behavioral health therapists.

Key Role Responsibilities: 

• Provide appropriate regularly scheduled clinical supervision to staff and conduct performance evaluation of directly supervised members of the Behavioral Health team on a regularly scheduled basis.
• In collaboration with the Director, make personnel decisions, including hiring, termination, discipline and promotion.
• Independently provide care to clients across the lifespan through engaging and re-engaging, building relationships, assessing and reassessing, treatment planning, providing integrated therapy services, connecting to ongoing treatment, evaluating responses to treatment and advocacy.
• Actively participate on an integrated, multidisciplinary team to develop and implement an integrated treatment plan, within the context of an individual or family’s unique social needs through case conferences and other multidisciplinary communication methods.
• Provide crisis intervention services to clients (including emergency petitions) in accordance with accepted protocols and in consultation with the Director and other providers.
• Provide after-hour phone coverage in cycle with other behavioral health provider staff.
• Complete documentation of services in a legible manner in accordance with established formats and time frames, and complete required forms in required systems.
• Assists the Director of Behavioral Health in developing and implementing program changes and performance improvement activities..

 Key Agency Responsibilities:In addition to role responsibilities, each staff member of Health Care for the Homeless has the following responsibilities as a part of their employment:

• Models and reinforces the Health Care for the Homeless core values of dignity, authenticity, hope, justice, passion and balance.
• Actively participates in performance improvement activities and actively participates in advocacy activities that support the mission of Health Care for the Homeless.
• Performs other duties on an as-needed basis.
• Protects clients’ personal health information by maintaining compliance with HIPAA and other relevant Health Care related IT security regulations.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills:Formal Education and Training:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• Licensure as a LCSW-C and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Approved Supervisor required.
• Personal vehicle and valid Maryland driver’s license required.
• Registered as a supervisor with their respective licensing board.
• Certified in addictions as a CSC-AD, CAC-AD, LGADC, or LCADC preferred.
• Knowledge of and commitment to harm reduction philosophy and practices.

 Experience:

• Experience doing field instruction preferred.
• Four years of experience working with individuals with substance use and mental health disorders.
• Four years of experience providing therapeutic services directly to clients.
• Experience in a community or public health setting preferred.
• Proficient in Spanish preferred.
• Knowledge of common health-related issues for homeless individuals with particular emphasis on mental illness and substance abuse preferred.
• Experience working with underserved populations, including homeless individuals, preferred.

 Skills:

• Well-developed interpersonal skills necessary to work with disadvantaged and underserved populations and to collaborate with other medical team members, other staff members, and personnel of other agencies.
• Knowledge of liberation-focused frameworks and anti-oppressive methods; able to describe how they support and uplift BIPOC and TGNC individuals and communities in their work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Able to cope with interruptions and be a team player.
• Flexible approach, working with cross-disciplinary teams in a collaborative style.
• Comfortable working with homeless and/or low-income individuals and families.

Health Care for the Homeless is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to racial equity and inclusion. We make a particular effort to recruit and promote Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) for open positions. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and people with other marginalized identities are encouraged to apply. This is an essential onsite position primarily based at an agency location.

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About Health Care for the Homeless:

Locations: Baltimore City – Downtown - 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202 Baltimore City – West Baltimore - 2000 W. Baltimore St., Suite 3300 Baltimore, MD 21223 Baltimore County - 9150 Franklin Square Dr., Suite 301 Baltimore, MD 21237 Our Vision Everyone is healthy and has a safe home in a just and respectful community. Our Mission We work to end homelessness through racially equitable health care, housing and advocacy in partnership with those of us who have experienced it. Our mission: "...to prevent and end homelessness for vulnerable individuals and families by providing quality, integrated health care and promoting access to affordable housing and sustainable incomes through direct service, advocacy and community engagement." Over 35+ years, we at Health Care for the Homeless have steadily grown and strengthened our approach to care to meet the needs of the vulnerable people we served. We are driven by a single and unwavering goal: to improve access to care for clients, and to provide them with the highest possible quality of care. Continuing in that spirit, we are now implementing a care model that takes quality and access to a new level. A health home delivers person-centered, whole-person care that is evidence-based, uses data and listens to clients to continuously improve the care we deliver. We have been person-centered and focused on the whole person since the first client walked through our clinic doors in 1985. We’ve also always applied evidenced-based standards to our work and used data to inform our care. What’s changed is how much we’ve grown over the years: We have more disciplines, staff members and sites. Coordinating all of our activity today requires a more powerful and standardized way of delivering care. We are a health home. Five areas of focus As a health home, we apply five (5) clinical areas of focus to the care we deliver. ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO NEED US People should be able to reach us easily when they need help. So we ensure 24/7 access to clinical advice; make our appointment schedules and hours flexible and accommodating; and enable clients to access their health records electronically. We also are increasing our presence throughout the community. We have clinics in dowtown Baltimore, West Baltimore and Baltimore County. And we are continually expanding our street outreach and reaching more people with our mobile clinic. TEAM-BASED CARE Whole-person care requires the expertise of many different providers. Done well, it demands collaboration and constant communication among these providers. We are integrating our care providers into multidisciplinary care teams, each with a “panel” of clients, so they can develop care plans that span the range of treatment and services with clients. CARE MANAGEMENT Not only are we committed to providing clients with the best possible care; we are committed to positioning them to manage their own care. To that end, we make sure we know which client groups have the highest needs; we share clients' care plans with them and across their care teams; we provide clients with the tools to care for themselves and we make sure they are part of all decisions relating to their care; and we help them manage their medications. BETTER MANAGE AND COORDINATE CARE People experiencing homelessness often have complex conditions that require intensive care coordination. Our providers specialize in identifying these particularly vulnerable individuals. They provide them with the multi-disciplinary support that keeps them out of hospital emergency rooms, and they help them develop reasonable, healthy goals for themselves. This coordinated and comprehensive care includes helping individuals put a roof over their heads. IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE LARGER POPULATION As a population, people without homes have higher rates of chronic disease, such as diabetes, than their housed counterparts. We are using evidence-based guidelines to standardize and expand our assessments for these conditions. And we are continuously seeking ways to help our clients manage and treat their conditions. ________________________________________ Person-centered, whole-person care We provide person-centered, whole-person care, combining health care services and supportive services with advocacy. We provide whole-person care in a safe, respectful environment with acute sensitivity to clients’ life experiences. All have endured trauma; many engage in behaviors that pose a risk to their health. Through a trauma-informed and harm reduction approach, we meet individuals where they are, engage them in care with dignity and work to engage them fully in their own overall wellness. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE Trauma is central to the homeless experience. People without homes often experience life trauma before they end up on the street, and living on the street is, in itself, traumatic. Trauma affects everything from our ability to trust others and build relationships to our brain development. For these reasons, we at Health Care for the Homeless are committed to providing trauma-informed care, a best practice that recognizes the impact of violence on an individual’s well-being, and that helps heal the social and psychological wounds violence leaves in its wake. HARM REDUCTION Total adherence or abstinence doesn’t work for all who engage in behaviors harmful to their health, like substance use. Harm reduction leverages the relationship between the care provider and the individual to lower the individual’s health risks. Our providers work with individuals to set goals that both reduce harm and are realistic to achieve. Our model of care is known in the health care industry as a patient-centered medical home. Because we provide comprehensive care that goes beyond medical care, we call ourselves a health home. ________________________________________ Health Care for the Homeless is Participating in the Maryland Primary Care Program (MDPCP) Our practice is participating in the MDPCP, a state-wide initiative to improve primary care. To help us provide you with the best care, Medicare will share some of your personal health information with HCH and the State Designated Health Information Exchange (CRISP), to share with other health professionals providing care to you. This will provide us with a more complete picture of your health and allow us to better coordinate your care. For further information and to opt out of data sharing, read more here. ________________________________________ Health Care for the Homeless is accredited for quality: Health Care for the Homeless is an FTCA-deemed facility and is accredited by the Joint Commission for ambulatory care and behavioral health, and as a patient-centered medical home. We invite you to apply and join a welcoming team.

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