Overview
Children's Outpatient Services provides treatment for children and adolescents and their families and is intended to improve and maintain a child’s or an adolescent’s stability in the community. Treatment focuses on problem resolution, symptom reduction, stabilization and/or prevention of movement to a higher level of care. Services include individual, family and group therapy, medication evaluation and management, case management, in home intervention, case consultation and summer day treatment services. The type of treatment is highly variable and depends upon the individual’s existing symptoms and developmental level.
Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer
Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM IV- TR diagnosis
Formulates appropriate treatment plan, based on CANS, along with consumer and family/guardian, as indicated
Provides individual, group, family and play therapy mode, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan
Provides outreach services to consumers and their families according to their needs
Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning
Completes treatment plan reviews
Provides clinical supervision as directed
Adheres to professional code of ethics
Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent specific competencies
Completes treatment plan reviews as required, if applicable
Provides clinical supervision as directed
Supervision and Consultation:
Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
Actively works to enhance clinical skills
Clinical Record Keeping:
Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
Documents appropriate, complete, and clinically comprehensive mental health assessments
Documents measurable and specific goals in the treatment plan
Documents in a clear and concise manner, types of consumer problems, treatment goals addressed, services, and techniques used
Documents case disposition, case closings, follow-up and referrals
Documents legibly
Case Load Management:
Effectively manages caseload based on consumer needs
Meets AltaPointe productivity standards
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Qualifications
Master Degree in a Mental Health Discipline (Counseling, Social Work, etc.)
