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ABOUT IMAN:
IMAN fosters health, wellness and healing in the inner city by
organizing for social change, cultivating the arts, and operating a
holistic health center. IMAN was incorporated in 1997 in direct response
to violence, poverty, social inequity, and health disparities on
Chicagos Southwest Side. IMANs work includes youth leadership
development; housing revitalization; leadership development and
on-the-job training for formerly incarcerated; arts and culture
programming; food access interventions with inner city stores; a farmers
market; and a Federally Qualified Health Center, which serves diverse
low-income, uninsured, and underinsured residents of its service area,
which is designated as a Health Provider Shortage Area, a Medically
Underserved Area, and a Food Desert.
BASIC JOB FUNCTION:
The Behavioral Health Specialist provides clinical therapy services to
patients within a Federally Qualified Health Center. This is a
grant-funded position in which the Behavioral Health Specialist works
within an interdisciplinary team to provide holistic care primarily
onsite on our clinic, but on occasion, offsite at various community
locations through our mobile unit. Due to the nature of the position, it
will have both administrative and direct patient care components.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
? Works in collaboration with the Director of Behavioral Health to
develop, implement, and administer service program protocols, policies,
and procedures for the program.
? Provides therapy to assigned caseload patients with a broad range of
mental health needs, including but not limited to mood disorders,
substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, conduct disorders and
trauma/stress-related disorders.
? Provides consultation to a multidisciplinary team for effective
clinical intervention and ongoing support.
? Provides direct short-term clinical therapy, case management,
treatment and care coordination to patients consisting of individuals,
families, couples and groups.
? Conducts screening and psychosocial assessment, makes diagnoses
consistent with DSM disorders, creates and implements treatment plans,
develops progress notes and facilitates crisis intervention.
? Refers patients for internal and external case management and support
services.
? Familiar with relevant mental health resources including inpatient
services, outpatient services, peer support, and refers to support
services as clinically indicated.
? Renders evidence-based opinion regarding patients mental status,
competency, safety risk, diagnosis and need for psychiatric treatment.
? Provides immediate support and assistance during times of crises or
emergency situations by responding to warm handoffs and serving as
rotating on-call provider during clinic hours.
? Assists with coordinating integration of behavioral health programming
within IMAN and its departments.
? Provides representation at community events as required.
? Utilizes a strength-based, culturally competent, and trauma-informed
approach to support patients in the treatment and recovery process.
? Prepares and maintains accurate, thorough and timely mental health
records within the electronic health record system.
? Other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
? Must be able to provide counseling and case management services in
Spanish and English and/or Arabic and English.
? Experience with direct use of clinical techniques, interventions and
philosophies (ie. harm reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy) for individuals, couples, family and group
counseling.
? Sound understanding of DSM criteria and how to apply these concepts to
differential diagnosis.
? Ability to work within a multidisciplinaryteam, in a multicultural
setting.
? Strong time management, problem-solving and conflict resolution
skills.
? Strong interpersonal skills.
? Strong written and verbal communication skills.
? Technology proficient in electronic medical records, Google apps
(Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Meet,
Google Docs, etc) and Zoom.
? Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
? Licensed to practice and provide clinical therapy with an unrestricted
license in the state of Illinois preferred (LCPC, LCSW or LMFT license).
? Experience working in a Federally Qualified Health Center in an
outpatient urban healthcare setting.
? Experience providing trauma-informed clinical counseling services.
? Ability to work some Sunday and evening hours.
*IMAN is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to
sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion,
national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other
characteristic protected by law.* *Reasonable accommodations will be
made to enable in*
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