Clinician (LMSW, LPCA, LMFTA) - Per Diem

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• Rushford Center, one of Connecticut’s leading providers of addiction and mental health services, is nationally recognized for delivering outstanding prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
• We offer a wide range of programs including Acute Care and Evaluation, Residential Addiction Treatment, Individual, Group & Family Therapy, Intensive Outpatient programs and Community Support Programs.
• Through the passion of our specialists, we continue to treat every patient with care, compassion and respect, while providing affordable and accessible services.
• Job Summary Works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence based clinical services across the continuum of care.
• Maintains ethical principles and professional standards of practice in adherence to the discipline’s professional code of ethics.
• Job Responsibilities Conducts a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment and establishes a care plan, as appropriate.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary Team to assess for appropriate level of care and risk factors; develops and implements care/discharge plan and coordinates consults/referrals to remove barriers and promote optimal clinical and financial outcomes.
• Utilizes specific therapeutic methods/strategies/interventions in accordance with individualized care plan.
• Monitors progress of interventions and revises plan to meet patient/family needs.
• Provides education to patient/family with respect to meeting established goals including but not limited to disease prevention, impact of illness and disease progression, advocacy for benefits, health maintenance, and adherence to treatment regimens.
• Provides direct patient care that may include: case management, care coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration for care transition needs, crisis intervention/safety planning, counseling, and emotional support to patients and families coping with illness, trauma, or end-of-life care, referral and discharge planning.
• Refers patient to appropriate levels of care and available resources that promote the individualized care plan.
• Maintains timely patient-centered documentation that reflect the patient and client systems’ pertinent information for assessment, interventions and outcomes in accordance with regulatory licensing requirements and third-party agencies.