Licensed Clinician (Part Time) - Domestic Violence Children's Services

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Please apply by: Open until filled.

Salary Range: $29.15 to $36.43 per hour. This is an hourly (non-exempt) position.

Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant's salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job.

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Community Support Services (CSS) transforms lives and community by supporting veterans, ending homelessness, treating substance use, and preventing and intervening in community and domestic violence. As a department in Mecklenburg County's Health and Human Services Agency, CSS maximizes community partnerships and collaborative opportunities to improve access to services and advocate for the needs of special populations.

Position Specific Information

Part time, temporary position working up to 20 hours per week onsite at the Valerie C. Woodard Center located at 3205 Freedom Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208.

Position will provide services to child witnesses of domestic violence and intimate partner violence. Services may be provided in office, virtual, via phone, and school based.

Schedule flexibility available between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday - Friday. Some evening hours after 5:00 pm may be available on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday.

Position Summary

Performs licensed clinical activities for an assigned Mecklenburg County program including, domestic violence (child witnesses of DV). This position, under minimal supervision, may be responsible for performing diagnosis, assessment, and evaluation, providing immediate clinical trauma response and intervention, providing direct counseling/therapy; performing treatment planning; conducting home visits; providing referrals, conducting training, and preparing progress reports.

Essential Functions

General:

Provide clinical treatment or assessments for clients (individuals, children, and/or families), which includes: determining appropriate intervention/therapies; frequency of interventions; ongoing assessment of progress and needs; and modifying therapeutic plans as required.

Document clinical treatments and evaluations, which includes: synthesizing information gathered by observation, interviews, and record reviews; records reviews and writes summary-style reports; and/or, performing other related activities.

Conduct biopsychosocial and social emotional evaluations, developmental assessments, and psychological testing on clients as appropriate to program assignment.

Participate in multidisciplinary staffing's regarding clients before and after evaluations, which includes: gathering and synthesizing extensive information to make decisions with the evaluation team regarding evaluation tools and assessment methods; participating in client's level of overall functioning, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations; and/or, performing other related activities.

Facilitate case consultations with other staff to address the client's social emotional issues and/or problems.

Participate in revising service plans and interprets evaluation results for clients and/or caregivers.

Collect program evaluation data.

Enter and access clinical data in the electronic data base system.

Correspond and collaborate with interested/involved collaterals, community resources and service providers.

May be required to staff shelters in the event of a disaster.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Minimum of two years of experience providing clinical services in the area assigned.

Education: Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related human services field.

Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted? No

Licenses and Certifications:

NC Professional Licensure is required in one of the following areas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Psychological Associate (LPA), or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician (LCMHC)

Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License

Requires County Driving Privileges

Annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check required

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual (Spanish / English) highly preferred but not required. A required County Bilingual Assessment is required in order to qualify for possible additional Bilingual Premium pay.

Professional knowledge of or previous work experience with domestic violence populations, programs, and services preferred.

Associate licensure may be considered including LCSW-A, LCMHC-A, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of

Ethical standards of practice

Typical and Atypical human development

Family dynamics

Family dysfunction

Adult and child psychiatric disorders

Child-caregiver attachment issues

Individual and parent-child treatment modalities

Community resources

Multidisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment

Skills

Assessing typical and atypical human development, psychiatric disorders, family dynamics, family dysfunction, and child-caregiver attachment issues

Implementing treatments for various individual and parent-child modalities

Assessing community resources

Integrating client social emotional needs into treatment plans

Using a computer and related software applications

Providing customer service

Abilities

Care Management: Having the knowledge and skills to secure relevant patient care data and identify key issues and relationships in the management of patient care; understanding the relationships among assessments, interventions, and patient responses; skilled in documentation of assessments and adjusting physical and cognitive prescriptions as needed

Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships

Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided

Patient Education/Health Promotion: Supporting, explaining, and instructing patient and patient's family (significant other, care giver, etc.) in understanding the clinical procedures and equipment used to facilitate optimum health status; promoting the lifestyle changes required of the patient and the patient's family to achieve optimum health status

Computer Skills

Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Work Environment

Works in an office setting with moderate noise

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer Statement

This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, requirements or working conditions. Other duties may be assigned based on business need and the supervisor's request.

Mecklenburg County reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. Designated positions may be required to assist in emergency and/or disaster situations.