Counselor, Diagnostic Assessment

Counselor, Diagnostic Assessment (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy)

** Hybrid Schedule **

Are you looking for an organization where you can make a positive impact in people’s lives? Our mission at Signature Health is to make behavioral health, primary care, infectious disease, case management services and more accessible to vulnerable patient populations of all ages across Northeast Ohio. As a non-profit community health center, our team of 800+ colleagues help individuals and families overcome mental health issues, recover from addiction, and improve their physical health.

If you share in our mission and are looking for an inclusive, compassionate and patient-focused agency, then Signature Health is the place for you!

In addition to a rewarding career, you will have access to the following benefits:

• Highly attractive compensation package
• Employer shared medical benefits, dental and vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition & Professional Development Assistance
• Generous paid time away from work (PTO)
• Federal Loan Forgiveness Program (available on eligible on roles)
• And much more!

Read below how you will contribute to putting good health within reach of all our community members and apply today! 

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reporting to the Supervisor, Intake Services, the Counselor, Diagnostic Assessment / Short term counseling will provide outstanding assessment services to clients and their families.  In addition, the counselor will provide Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to identified clients by referral.  You will be responsible to make appropriate decisions related to client treatment that includes diagnosis, level of care referrals and recommendations. You will champion that all client treatment activities are being performed as a team function. 

HOW YOU’LL SUCCEED:

• Conduct exceptional diagnostic assessment services for clients. 
• Provide Solution Focused Brief Therapy services to clients identified as appropriate, through the DA process.  
• Assist in tracking data regarding the referrals, utilization, and clinical outcomes for SFBT clients 
• Maintain client charting in accordance with Medicaid, JCAHO, ODADAS, ODMH, CARF and professional standards. 
• Maintain primary contact until clients are established with recommended services by providing follow up to patients and collaterals. 
• Maintain an accurate caseload report in Epic, adding counselor to client treatment team at first contact.   
• Serve as care coordinator during course of counseling, creating up to date care plan as required by CARF.    
• Participate in peer review. 
• Obtain ROI’s and required medical records. 
• Actively consults with supervisor to act upon ethical and legal aspects of the organization. 
• Acts to understand and safeguard the welfare of clients. 
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures.  
• Maintain all aspects of HIPAA, promoting patient confidentiality and right to privacy. 
• May be required to perform telehealth services as determined by Signature Health. 
• Adherence and completion of compliance training provided by Signature Health.  
• Responsible for and completes all productivity/documentation requirements. 
• Participate in all assigned staff meetings and staff development programs. 
• Demonstrate appropriate attendance and punctuality in adherence with Signature Health policies. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. 
• Valid unencumbered LSW, LISW, LPC, LPCC, MFT License in the state of Ohio required. 
• 1-3+ years’ of experience in the Behavioral Healthcare field required. 
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. 
• Possess a working knowledge of mental illness and the disease concept of chemical dependency, Mental Health and Chemical Dependency treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy, and group dynamics. 
• Experience collaborating with other team members to optimize outcomes clients. 
• Familiarity of state and federal healthcare regulations. 
• Awareness of community and state support resources for population served. 

 WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office/clinical work environment.
• While hours of operation are generally standard, flexibility to work evenings and extended hours may be required.
• Requires periods of sitting, standing, telephone, and computer work. 
• Hearing: adequate to hear clients or patients in person, over the telephone or through telehealth technology.
• Speaking: adequate to speak to clients or patients in person, over the telephone or through telehealth technology.
• Vision: Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties, including reading information from printed sources and computer screens.
• Physical effort required: occasional lifting and carrying items weighing up to 15 pounds, unassisted.
• Possible exposure to blood borne pathogens while performing job duties.
•  Frequent bending, reaching, and repetitive hand movements, standing, walking, squatting and sitting, with some lifting, pushing and pulling exerted regularly throughout a regular workday.
• Sufficient dexterity to operate a PC and other office equipment.

 This Success Profile is not an exhaustive list of all functions or requirements that you may be required to perform; you may be required to perform other job-related assignments as requested by your supervisor or the company. You must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily; however, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable you to perform the essential functions of this job, absent undue hardship. Signature Health may revise this Success Profile at any time, with or without advanced notice. 

 All employees of Signature Health are required to comply with the Signature Health Annual Influenza Vaccination Policy. This policy requires employees to obtain an annual flu vaccination. A medical and/or religious exemption may be submitted for review by the Signature Health Review Committee. Exemption requests are not guaranteed to be approved.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)