Henrico

Assist persons with mental illness with their recovery on the ACT team. Provide case management, treatment, rehabilitation, and support in the community. May lead family mutual support groups, provide case or program consultation to other agencies or community groups. Prepares written treatment and case management plans. Visits clients at home to conduct assessment, provide treatment, and if appropriate, motivate them to come into agency for services.

• Conducts client assessments through psychological evaluation, social history, and interviews. 
• Administers and interprets psychological assessments including intelligence and personality tests; prepares related reports. 
• Provides individual, group, family, and couples therapy. 
• Develops written treatment plans and establishes diagnoses. 
• Maintains clinical and administrative records in accordance with agency standards. 
• Conducts collateral contacts with families and community caregivers. 
• Refers clients to appropriate community resources based on treatment plans.
• Strong interpersonal and interviewing skills; ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, professionals, and community partners
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

TB screening; Child Protective Services check; A criminal history record check and fingerprinting is conducted on all persons conditionally offered employment, including a conditional offer of initial employment, or a conditional offer to promote, demote, or laterally transfer an employee.

QMHP certification; Must hold or be qualified to work toward licensure or accreditation for the appropriate discipline.

Position requires some evening, weekend, and holiday work and on-call coverage on a rotation schedule. Valid Virginia driver's license required.

Reimbursement for licensure and required certifications.                                                                                                   

Position is part of a Career Development Program that allows individuals to advance within position.

Salary expectations is lower to mid-range of posted salary scale.

Possession of a two (2)-year master's degree in clinical social work, psychology or a directly related field plus one (1) year of experience in a mental health setting [for a one-year degree, one(1) additional year of experience or an internship is required to replace the second year of formal training]; OR, a bachelor's degree in related field plus four (4) years of experience in a community mental health setting; OR, any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation (Dept. of Social Services, JRJDC, Juvenile Detention Home)