Integrated Emotional Wellness Clinician in Washington, District of Columbia at Community of Hope

Washington, DC | On-Site | $75K-$85K | Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)

Community of Hope is seeking an Integrated Emotional Wellness Clinician to join our cohesive medical team to provide brief assessments, screenings, crisis intervention and short-term counseling services which will reduce barriers to mental health care and educating patients and staff about about mental health and treatment options. This is a full time position which will be required to split time between our Conway Health & Resource Center in SW, DC and our Marie Reed Health Center in NW, DC

Our Approach and Values

We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.

We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

What You'll Do

• Screens and assesses patients for common mental health and substance use disorders. Consults with supervisor on difficult to engage clients.
• Helps identify and address related problems affecting health of client, such as housing, vocational rehabilitation, and social integration, and coordinates service delivery with other health center staff and community providers.
• Provides crisis intervention per the clinician’s licensing and COH guidelines, to include addressing suicidal/homicidal ideations.
• Ensures patient safety by following COH policies for contacting Child and Family Services Administration, Adult Protective Services, Mobile Crisis, and/or 911 when appropriate.
• Provides brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such as Behavioral Activation, Motivational Interviewing, or other interventions appropriate for primary care settings.
• Provides short-term, problem focused therapy for no more than 5 patients, unless approved by the supervisor and for up to 8 sessions per patient as deemed appropriate. Short-term therapy will focus on goal setting, change, and utilizing brief interventions.
• Completes a treatment plan for all short-term therapy clients by the 2nd scheduled session. Monitors patient progress through the course of treatment, reevaluating and adapting the treatment plan at least monthly from initial treatment plan date.
• Collaborates with PCPs and psychiatric nurse practitioner’s to support patients who are not improving as expected. This collaboration may include treatment plan changes including new medications or psychosocial treatments, or appropriate referrals for additional services.
• Facilitates and appropriately documents referrals for clinically-indicated services outside the primary care clinic (e.g., domestic violence safe shelter, mental health specialty care, core service agency, and substance use treatment).
• Maintains a daily schedule of at least 6 patients seen per day. Maintains the required productivity numbers expected by Community of Hope, as set by the board, currently at 100 visits per month as per 1 FTE.
• Provides clinical supervision to Master-level interns and licensed graduate clinicians as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.*

Must-Haves

• LGSW/LICSW, LGPC/LPC, required or comparable license. Any providers who are licensed in Maryland who provide a copy of their license and MD CDS to Talent Management are also eligible for MD licensure reimbursement.
• Valid BLS Certificate.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
• Experience in screening for common mental health symptoms required.
• Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorder required
• Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques required.
• Ability to work with technology and electronic health records required.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, required.
• Ability to travel between sites required.
• Proof of required vaccinations is required. This includes, but may not be limited to, Flu. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason, subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves

• A minimum of two years of work experience in a clinical environment preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/Amharic.
• Experience in screening for substance use disorders preferred.
• Experience working with underserved population preferred.

Why You'll Love Working Here!

At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner.
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch.
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years), 2 weeks sick leave, + 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP), Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance + 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development, internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity, compassion, and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, rapidly growing nonprofit, and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, we have provided health and housing services, perinatal care coordination, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DC’s largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and our various partnerships, we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy, housed, and hopeful. With the help of our amazing staff, we have successfully provided:

• 50,000+ medical visits
• 6,300+ dental visits
• 17,000+ emotional wellness visits
• 1,384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community? Apply today! To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: hr@cohdc.org Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.