Master's Level Clinician - Adolescent Special Needs Unit

This position assists patients with crisis intervention, individual and group therapies, case management, information and referral, and other specialized clinical social work services.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluates patient data, develops and implements a plan of care for the patient.
• Responsible for performing psychosocial assessments on all patients to determine social service needs, diagnosis and plan of care.
• Completes progress notes and discharge plans within facility’s policy.
• Works cooperatively as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides direct and group therapy (individual and family) to patients.
• Appropriately utilizes established resources to assist in completing case management duties independently.
• Follows up with emergencies and special incident reports with child and family to process and assist in resolution.
• Documents treatment provided to patients in their medical record based on established case management guidelines.
• Completes all reports for suspected abuse as legally mandated and consistently informs supervisor.

Requirements

• Master's Degree required
• Current Nevada State Clinical Internship or Clinical Licensure preferred (LCSW, LMFT, LCPC or Board Approved Internship)
• Experience with Autism special needs strongly preferred
• One (1) year of clinical work with experience in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment based treatment planning preferred
• Previous experience working with adolescents
• Experience with therapeutic limit-setting or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries

Benefits

A full benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Healthcare spending account
• Dependent care spending account
• PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
• Discounted cafeteria meal plan
• Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Insurance