Social Worker LCSW
Company: CARLE
Location: Farmer City
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Description:
The behavioral health clinician, as part of the primary care
treatment team, triages and manages patients with medical and
behavioral health problems within the primary care setting. The
behavioral health clinician provides quality clinical mental health
consultation to providers and staff as requested. Additionally, the
behavioral health clinician provides diagnostic mental health
assessments, interventions, education, and referrals to further
treatment to patients in the primary care setting. May also care a
small caseload of patients for ongoing therapy in traditional
outpatient setting.Provide consultation to and coordinate care of
patients with primary care staff. Identify, refer and advocate for
patients needing specialty behavioral health services and other
services as needed.Assist in the detection of "at risk" patients
and the development of plans to prevent further psychological or
physical deterioration.Provides brief, solution focused behavioral
interventions with active development of behavioral change
plan.Teaches patients and families about care, prevention and
treatment enhancement techniques.Attends and participates in
meetings and quality improvement activities as requiredAssists
primary health care providers in recognizing and treating mental
disorders and psychosocial challenges.Assess the clinical status of
patients referred by primary care providers through brief
consultative contacts.Works with primary care team to efficiently
and effectively treat and manage patients with chronic and new
onset emotional and/or health problems.
Keywords: CARLE, Bloomington , Social Worker LCSW, Healthcare , Farmer City, Illinois
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