Would you like to help make a difference, enjoy excellent benefits, and join a fast-growing company? We might have a job for you.
We are looking for a dedicated Community Based Clinician who shares our passion for helping others to join the I Am Boundless, Inc. team!
Boundless is fast growing CQL- and CARF- accredited nonprofit organization with nearly 40 years of expertise. We are focused on supporting people with complex needs associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or behavioral health challenges.
Boundless Benefits
Working for Boundless has many perks. We treat our team like family and offer advantages that allow you to focus, thrive, and grow.
Enjoy excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, a flexible spending plan, legalshield, and generous time off. Looking to develop your skills? Boundless can offer you hard to find training, flexibility, and personal and professional opportunities.
What You Would Be Doing
This clinician is responsible for providing outpatient behavioral health services, including counseling and case management services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Services may be provided in person or via telehealth, on an individual, group, or family basis in the school or home environment, or other settings within the community.
The clinician reports to the clinical manager and is responsible for ensuring that the emotional and social needs of the clients are met and maintained on an individualized basis in accordance with policies and procedures, and current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.
- Develops a comprehensive social history and psychosocial assessment that includes the client’s problems, strengths, and preferences; including cultural, religious, and ethnic background and implications for the care plan.
- Helps clients and families identify needs and develop a service plan to meet those needs.
- Provide therapy and case management services to consumers targeted individualized treatment needs.
- Orients clients and families to the program, its services, its service limitations, and clients’ rights.
- Involves clients and families in treatment planning, encouraging their attendance at care conferences or with outside providers/professionals.
- Attends scheduled care conferences and identifies and interprets psychosocial needs of clients for inclusion in the care plan.
- Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable regulations and policies.
- Mediates issues that arise among clients, families, and staff.
- Provides linkage with appropriate community resources by maintaining knowledge of other systems, making referrals, and identifying unmet needs (e.g., recreational transportation, adaptive phone equipment, etc.).
- Provides clients and families with crisis management services as needed.
- Work closely with interdisciplinary team to support clients and coordinate care.
- Develops a comprehensive discharge plan in collaboration with clients, clients’ families, multidisciplinary staff, and referral agencies.
- Trains and consults with staff regarding psychosocial needs that encompass mental health, development, and diversity of individual clients to increase staff knowledge and skills.
- Advocates on a case, policy, and program level.
- Meet required productivity requirements of 22 billable hours per week.
- Provide clinical review and audit of clients’ charts and documentation to ensure compliance and support quality improvement.
Work Environment
This job regularly works in the community providing services outside of the office, in schools, client homes, and other community settings. This position may also work in the office and provide telehealth services. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; drive; typing; speaking on the phone; sitting.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position, working at least 40-45 hours per week. This position operates Monday through Friday during regular business hours; however there will often be times in which the requirement will include extending hours into 2-3 evenings a week. Occasionally, additional evening or weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Travel
Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.
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Required Education and Experience
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- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in social work or related field.
- Licensed through the State of Ohio as a LSW/LPC/LISW/LPCC.
Preferred Education and Experience
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- One to two (1-2) years of social work experience in a school or community setting, working directly with children, adolescents, and families.
- Experience working with people with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities.
- Experience working with people with mental health conditions.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Must be able to function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, staff, and support agencies.
- Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, emotionally upset, and at times hostile clients/family members.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Transports clients as needed; operates own vehicle.
- Required valid Ohio Driver’s License with Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles; proof of auto insurance; insurable driving record - fewer than five points.
Interested? Great! Apply for this job and we will review your application
All candidates who have received an offer of employment will be required to undergo a pre-employment background check, drug screen, and health screen as applicable for the role.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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