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Sedgwick County lists this Substance Use Disorder Clinician - COMCARE opportunity in wichita, Kansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Department: COMCARE
Job ID: 13087
Pay: $74,203.00 annually.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, varied hours
Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits.
Provide goal-directed, patient-centered, medically necessary individual therapy to adults with mental health and/or addictions in an Outpatient Services therapy clinic in order to improve the quality of life and ability to function more successfully in the community. Computer documentation of all services in a timely manner is required. Employee must be able to complete complex tasks by applying CCBHC practices, standard office policies, authorized instructions, and past precedents to achieve a desired outcome. Employee must quickly recognize emergency or sensitive situations and take appropriate action. Critical decision making and the ability to think through the consequences of a decision are essential in this position.
Service Provision Therapy and Evaluation Services
Individual and group therapy using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or substance use treatment to improve emotional and functional well-being
Intake/assessment to include history, presenting problems and diagnoses using DSM-V criteria
Conduct risk assessments as needed to address safety of patients
Initiates outreach to increase engagement
Treatment Planning Prepare quality treatment plans in collaboration with patient and/or guardian, additional treatment team and community partners
Facilitate treatment plan review, addressing updates and progress on goals with patient, treatment plan coordinator or other members of the treatment team
Complete DLA-20 at initial therapy appointment and quarterly thereafter
Documentation Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed therapy and patient response to treatment within prescribed timelines
Complete Notes for Record, precautions, authorization for release of records, releases of information, safety documents and other documentation as required and/or recommended within established deadlines
Enter no show and cancellations for accuracy and completeness of medical record
Respond to Utilization Review staff feedback forms and make corrections as needed
Enter AIMS data as needed
Completes discharge summary when closing to therapy services
Completes court reports or treatment summaries within required timelines as set by the entity requesting these documents
Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree or higher. Must be licensed by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as an LMSW, LMFT, LMLP, LPC, or LP. In addition, the employee must hold a current Kansas addiction counseling credential (LAC, LMAC, or LCAC). Employees hired with a temporary license must test for permanent licensure within 90 days of hire. Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC, CCBHC, and CIC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, DCF adult abuse registry, KDADS Nurse Aide and Criminal Record check, National Sex Offender Registry check, and Office of Inspector General (OIG) Exclusion Database check. Must complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.
Preferred Qualifications: May be clinically licensed by the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as an LCP or LCPC, LCMFT, or LSCSW.
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Worksite address
wichita, KS, 67232, US
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