Mental Health Professional/ Therapist at Judge Group

- Conduct screening interviews and assessments using personal interviews, referral information, medical history, collateral contact and additional methods as needed. 

- Recommend treatment plans to Physicians and/or other mental health professionals that address medical, psychiatric, and psychosocial needs/problems and specify modalities of treatment and support, to address specific goals. Modify the plan as necessary to reflect the needs of the client.

 - Provide ongoing counseling to individuals, groups, or families as reflected in the treatment plan.

 - Identifies gaps in service, barriers to treatment and the acquisition of community resources. 

- Advocates for the reduction of such barriers and for the development of needed services. 

- Build strong relationships with patients, families, co-workers and surrounding community. Provide education to families and other identified natural supports. 

 - Provide case management services as required for a group of assigned persons which includes coordinating and monitoring the Individual Treatment Plan for the team. Primary responsibility for a group of 10-12 persons will be assigned. 

 - Attain all benefits a person qualifies for under Local, State, and Federal law. 

- Teach money management skills such as budgeting and banking. - Provide crisis intervention and rapid support services to circumvent hospitalization. 

- Schedules medical treatments, dental treatments, and doctors visits as required. 

- Visit the person when admitted to inpatient somatic and psychiatric treatment as well as plan for discharge at the beginning of admission. 

 - Meet all needs of the person starting with housing, food, and clothing before any other intervention occurs. Housing must be safe and affordable. 

 - Assist persons to carry out daily living skills including person hygiene, nutritional needs, shopping, and food preparation as well as house cleaning and laundry. Teach transportation skills. 

 - Develop and document psychosocial database. 

- Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to COMAR and agency related requirements. 

 - Provide consultation and educational services to community agencies as needed. Coordinate with outside agencies to wrap services around the person. 

 - Participate in interdisciplinary conferences with appropriate medical, nursing, social work, and administrative staff. 

- Provide ongoing assessment of client’s issues and their response to treatment. 

 - Provide symptom education and illness management as prescribed by evidenced based practices or established guidelines. 

 - Provide group as well as family and individual therapy/treatment. 

- Utilize evidenced based practices for co-occurring disorders when performing group substance abuse treatment and individual treatment. 

 - Be available at all times for the persons on the team as well as the persons being treated. 

- Provide case management for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team; assume responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans in conjunction with the ITP; provide individual supportive counseling; assist in symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as client’s needs change. Educate and support client’s families, and advocate for client rights and preferences. 

- Conduct comprehensive assessment of all domains of a person’s life. 

- Provide on call crisis intervention when assigned covering nighttime and weekend hours. 

- Become an expert of the ACT philosophy and follow and maintain high fidelity to the ACT Model of Care.

Please contact me at ndaulerio@judge.com! I look forward to connecting with you!