Behavioral Health Clinician - State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) - Gwinnett Co.

View Point Health Job Title: Behavioral Health Clinician Job Code: HCP051/Social Worker, Licensed 2 Shift: Full-Time (40 hours per week on average) Job Hours: Times May Vary Base Location: Gwinnett Co.

- Norcross Division/Department/Program: Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) View Point Health is a community behavioral health center utilizing a team of psychiatrists, nurses, licensed counselors and social workers, as well as other professionals to provide services to individuals who need treatment and support to cope with mental illness, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

View Point Health serves uninsured, underinsured, low-income Medicaid, Medicare, war veterans and some private insurance across multiple locations with a full continuum of behavioral health services and support.

The services provided by View Point Health contribute to the reduction in homelessness, reduction in crime and subsequent incarcerations, higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, decreased ER visits and decreased inpatient admissions.

Services are client-centered, trauma informed and recovery-focused including behavioral health assessment, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, group and individual therapy, family therapy, peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, assertive community treatment, community based case management, high fidelity wrap around, housing, supported employment, court services, crisis intervention, on-site pharmacy services, rehabilitation services, brief residential crisis stabilization services, short-term substance abuse residential treatment as well as developmental disability day services and group homes.

View Point Health has partnered with theByrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) to create a and/or implement initiatives and programs to aid in reducing gun violence across the state of Georgia.

Through this SCIP partnership, VPH staff along with local law enforcement, District Attorney office, Gwinnett Courts and Juvenile Court, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), and Northside Hospital System will aid those impacted by gun violence and perpetrators of such violence, where appropriate.

With a primary focus on the mental health needs of victims of gun violence in Gwinnett County.

Duties and Responsibilities: Provides professional therapeutic services to persons with mental illness and/or addictive disease.

Arranges appointment schedule at optimal intervals to maximize use of work time.Conducts face-to-face comprehensive assessment to identify problems and service needs.Writes individual service plans that meet Medicaid, insurer, CARF, and other required standards for diagnoses, content, justifications for treatment, evidence of consumer input, and treatment time frames.Writes service plans that are clear, concise, complete, grammatically correct, timely, and properly coded.

Secures or provides necessary signatures required to secure authorization for services.

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