Children's MH Clinician $61,453 - $79,888

Description

Join our Children’s Team at Centra Wellness Network (CWN). The Mental Health Clinician is assigned to work within a specific specialty population, i.e. adults with Severe Mental Illness (SMI), children and youth with Severe Emotional Disturbances (SED) or adult or children clients with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD), and individuals who have Substance Use Disorders and/or a serious mental illness with co-occurring substance disorder. The employee will complete other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Staff must possess computer, typing, grammar, punctuation, proofreading, transcription, phone proficiencies and excellent communication and customer relations skills to effectively interact with staff, customers, business partners and community stakeholders. Additionally, the employee must exercise independent decision-making and work effectively in a team-based environment.  The office will be surrounded by nature, located in Benzie or Manistee Counties, just miles from beautiful, freshwater beaches and hiking trails. Benzie and Manistee are a short drive to Frankfort, Traverse City, Cadillac, and Ludington, charming towns outfitted with shopping, unique restaurants and breweries, and a combination of movie-going options including historic theaters and a drive-in! 

Staff at CWN are valued and receive several great benefits including but not limited to: 

• Generous Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours (frontloaded and prorated your first year)
• 12 paid holidays
• Premium Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance 
• Health savings account with annual agency contribution
• Awesome coworkers!

Who We Are

CWN is the publicly funded Community Mental Health Service Provider for Manistee and Benzie Counties. We’re an established company since the early 1980s (some might even call us vintage!) CWN is about making our communities the best they can be one person at a time! We seek to provide excellent support for those who need it the most by helping them find their place in our community and live life to the fullest! By holding each other up, we hold our communities up together. It’s a serious business, but we leave room for fun, team building and staff support. We’re frequently asking, what’s the impact on clients and what’s the impact on staff?

Who You Are

Your superpower is stellar communication and a collaborative team approach. You are known for your:

• Customer Service Skills: You treat clients and your co-workers with dignity and respect. You are professional in appearance and work habits. You set and work within your boundaries.
• Teamwork: You work collectively to enhance team performance. You promote discussions to share knowledge and experience and assist co-workers in contributing to the overall success of the team and agency.
• Communication: You successfully communicate expressively and receptively, including active listening, frequently interpretating and translating facts and information, explaining situations to people and advising them on alternative or appropriate courses of action. 
• Productivity and Quality: You provide quality services to clients and their families and meet or surpass expectations set by your supervisor. 
• Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills: You independently identify and solve problems by applying sound problem-solving skills. Your decisions reflect the best interest of the organization, and you accept responsibility for the decisions you make.
• Integrity: You demonstrate honest behavior in all of your roles, tasks and responsibilities, and you follow through on your commitments.
• Reliability: You are personally responsible and complete your work in a timely, consistent manner. You are regularly present and punctual, and you work the hours necessary to complete your assigned work.

About the Role

As an Outpatient Therapist, you will provide evidenced based therapies to children, support parents, and be part of an amazing team.  

Your role is to: 

• Provides therapeutic interventions designed to stabilize, improve functioning and help individuals/families to obtain and maintain recovery from severe and persistent mental illness, serious emotional disorders, addiction, co-occurring medical health complications, and co-occurring disorders. 
• Provides outreach services and supports to the client as needed and appropriate. 
• Must become proficient in and/or applying best practice model of treatment interventions to individuals with SUD and/or co-occurring disorders.
• Develops, implements and facilitates group sessions using best practice models designed to assist in the recovery process of individuals served, as assigned.
• Completes screenings and assessments for the purpose of assuring medical necessity and determining the appropriate level of care.
• Provides timely clinical documentation in the electronic medical record that includes amount, scope and duration of services provided in accordance with the person-centered plan. 
• Complies with all CWN and MAPS policies, For CWN: DCH, CARF, and Medicaid criteria for clinical documentation for all aspects of the medical record including, but not limited to, intake assessments, person-centered plans, plan reviews, releases of information, progress/activity notes, annual psycho-social assessments and discharge summaries.
• completion of 24 hours of training each fiscal year that focus on issues that are specific to children and adolescents for those case managers assigned to the Children’s Diagnostic Services Team.
• Follows Medicaid guidelines providing interventions with enrolled families a minimum of four hours monthly unless documented otherwise.
• Completion or Certification in MichiCANs, DECA and TFCBT or other EBP (as required)
• Training and education in the developmental stages for children
• Must be able to complete qualification standards for C-MHP outlined in the Medicaid Manual
• Trained in or ability to complete training on trauma informed care and ACES
• Must be able to complete and demonstrate competency in best practice models of treatment identified and supported by CWN’s clinical division

We strive to continually improve the access to and the quality of care for our clients, so your supervisor may assign you to complete other tasks. 

At CWN, we recognize all people’s vulnerabilities to trauma and traumatic experiences and how that impacts daily living. We use practice models suitable for our job that are evidence based or best practice to support our staff’s daily functions, models of treatment, strength-based initiatives and quality outcomes. We encourage those with lived experience with mental illness, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorders to apply to bring valuable insight and perspective to our agency.

Requirements

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required. 
• Mental Health Professional (MHP) designation as defined by the State of Michigan required.
• Education, training and/or work experience in the behavioral health  field with youth and children with serious emotional disturbances and  intellectual/developmental disabilities.
• Individuals assigned to this specialty population should have  knowledge regarding the growth and development of children and youth and  its relation to understanding the range of treatment, care and services  needed by clients in this specialty area.
• Experience in motivational interviewing and skills for client engagement along with other interventions, screenings and treatments used in behavioral health and substance use disorders, including understanding of Stages of Change by Sharon Meinick, MD
• At least 18 years of age.
• Valid Michigan’s driver’s license and good driving record.
• Ability to sustain State Licensure in field of practice and/or Certifications to perform duties of the job.
• Ability to be certified in First Aid and CPR within 90 days of hire (agency available training)

Benefits:

• Premium healthcare insurance including medical, dental, and vision for individuals, and families
• Health Savings Account with annual employer contribution
• Flex Spending Account
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 160 hours of paid time off (prorated your first year)
• Twelve (12) paid holidays
• Referral Bonus (when you refer someone to join our team)
• Ongoing training and education
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance

Work Environment:

CWN prioritizes a work/life balance. Your supervisor will work with you to utilize flex time and paid time off. You will primarily work in the office with the following schedule:

• Monday through Friday
• Between 8:00am and 5:00pm

You may be required to work hours outside of the regular schedule if assigned by your supervisor to meet clients’ needs.