Organization Overview and Function

Wasatch Homeless Health Care, Inc. (WHHC) dba Fourth Street Clinic, Salt Lake City’s leading nonprofit health care provider for homeless Utahns operates with a core staff of 50 and a volunteer network of more than 150 individuals. Annually, the health center provides services to over 5,000 homeless men, women and children with 34,000 medical, behavioral health (including substance abuse), dental services, case management and health education classes. Fourth Street Clinic has an onsite pharmacy that provided over 60,000 prescriptions.

Fourth Street Clinic is seeking a therapist (LCSW or CMHC) who is two years post licensure interested in working in a progressive behavioral health program. Integrated health care teams made up of medical and behavioral healthcare professionals ensure patients have access to a wide array of services. Behavioral health services focus on screening, assessments, individual and group counseling, and medication management. Therapists act as treatment providers and advocates, helping clients gain access to resources while addressing their behavioral health needs, including mental illness and substance use disorders. This position will also provide supervision to provisionally licensed clinicians and interns.

Duties & Responsibilities

The following information is intended to be representative of the essential functions performed by incumbents in this position and is not all-inclusive.

• Serve as a member of an integrated team and work to ensure patients have access to whole person care, including medical, pharmaceutical, and dental services.

• Provide individual and group therapy for patients with mental health and substance use disorders.

• Perform ASAM and biopsychosocial assessments to inform treatment planning and referrals to outside entities for higher levels of care when appropriate.

• Assist clinic staff and work with clients that present in crisis by providing crisis management, assessing safety, and creating safety plans.

• Assist the primary care team in developing care management processes such as the use of guidelines, disease management techniques, case management, and patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.

• Provide assessment, consultation, and brief intervention for mental health concerns.

• Formulate appropriate mental health diagnoses.

• Assures quality of care by adhering to evidence based practice, therapeutic standards, and standards of care set by DOPL.

• Supervision for both students and other clinical staff as needed.

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all clinical encounters in the clinic’s electronic health record.

• Follow HIPAA and 42 CFR confidentiality guidelines.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations.

Necessary skills/attributes

• Competency in multiple psychotherapy modalities and evidence based theoretical frameworks including but not limited to: harm reduction, trauma informed care (TIC), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), seeking safety, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), motivational interviewing, and medication assisted treatment (MAT).

• Ethical and professional behavior.

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills.

• Desire to work with diverse and vulnerable populations.

• Interact and collaborate with professionals from many different social service and government agencies.

• Demonstrate emotional resilience and stability.

• Ability to work quickly when needed and flexibility with scheduling, must be able to remain calm in tense and/or chaotic situations.

Supervisory Relationships

This position reports to the Behavioral Health Director.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited master’s program in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling, or equivalent degree, and licensed in the State of Utah.

• BLS Certified within 90 days of hire.

• Bilingual English/Spanish desirable.

• Must be able to pass a background check.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $66,500.00 - $73,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Salt Lake City, UT 84101: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a LCSW or CMHC license?
• Are you a graduate of an accredited master's program in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling, or equivalent degree and licensed in the State of Utah?

Work Location: In person

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