• Provides individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults
• Provides direct support to health center medical staff
• Provides brief intervention and crisis intervention as needed
• Administers initial patient assessments
• Conducts psychosocial assessments
• Collaborates with physicians and other providers to develop treatment plans
• Re-assess and completes new treatment plans as indicated.
• Writes and maintains progress notes for all encounters. Ability to meet documentation deadlines.
• Performs billing activities according to agency procedures.
• Conducts appropriate discharge of patients
• Maintains and updates client record
• Makes appropriate referrals for clients, including psychiatric (within or outside of the agency)
• Obtains client records when needed (local medical and mental health agencies).
• Engages in community outreach and provides community presentations when needed
• Performs case management duties as necessary
• Participates in case staffing and administrative meetings
• Participates in clinical supervision and seeks peer consultation as needed.
• Ability to work a full-time schedule. Provide 8 hours of direct patient care.
• Maintains productivity as assigned by Behavioral Health Services Director.
• Other duties as assigned and abides by agency’s policies and procedures and Behavioral Health Department Policies and Procedures.

Serving Houston’s East End community since 1994, El Centro de Corazón (El Centro) is an accomplished Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with three health centers and offers a comprehensive range of pediatric and adult health care services for the medically underserved and uninsured, which includes primary care, women’s health, dental care, and behavioral health services. El Centro also provides ancillary services, such as case management and eligibility assistance, to help patients and their families overcome obstacles to accessing health care services.