Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Inc·Rapid City, South Dakota
The therapist provides professional clinical social work services to patients, including mental health assessments and therapy. They collaborate with healthcare personnel and provide case management and crisis intervention services.
This position is responsible for providing professional clinical social work services to Oyate Health Center (OHC) patients.
Works in close collaboration with physicians and other health care personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient's health problem.
Provides independent mental health assessments and therapy by observation, interpretation and intervention of the full range of complex emotional, behavioral, and mental health disorders as outlined by the DSM-5.
Provides professional social work services including diagnostic treatment and assessment for individuals, families, and groups; develops interventions based on the above needs assessment and exercises professional judgement in consultation with the supervisory behavioral health provider in providing problem-focused, culturally appropriate care.
Provides social work services in homes, schools, clinics, job sites, and other community locations to eligible individuals as directed.
Provides case management for ongoing follow-up of cases and coordinates treatment referrals once cases are stabilized within the intervention team.
Organizes, coordinates, develops, and leads therapeutic groups for individuals and families of all ages.
Provides crisis intervention services to clients with a wide variety of acute mental health problems.
Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish, organizational goals.
Provides professional written documentation for the medical records (Electronic Health Records); provides statistical and other reports as requested.
Serves as a liaison to other health care professionals/agencies and social welfare agencies, including tribal, state, federal and private entities.
Establishes and maintains a multi-disciplinary integrated treatment plan and case management. Coordinate with Purchased Referred Care in developing resources for difficult and/or high-cost cases.
Must comply with federal laws and regulations as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Privacy Act of 1974.
Performs related duties as assigned.
The GPTLHB is a tribal organization which follows tribal preference laws. It is our policy to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates overqualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions, if all other qualifications are equal.
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