Assistant Clinical Director

Who We Are

Uzima Health Services is a leading mental health provider serving a diverse and growing clientele. We strive to make a real difference in peoples’ lives treating them with respect, compassion, and dignity as we help them navigate life challenges. We aim to meet people where they are in their recovery and empower them to create the life they want for themselves.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide high quality mental healthcare services to a diverse clientele. We strive to make a real difference in peoples’ lives treating them with respect, compassion, and dignity as we help them navigate life challenges. We aim to meet people where they are in their recovery and empower them to create the life they want for themselves.

Our Vision

We envision a greater quality of life for all Idahoans through comprehensive therapy and support services that extend far beyond our office walls.

OUR VALUES

We value service.

We value diversity.

We value community.

We value holistic healing.

We value trust and commitment.

We value balance and stability.

What You Get To Do

• Work with the leadership team to facilitate clinical therapist meetings and weekly staff meetings. 
• Monitor documentation to ensure peer support and case management notes meet Optum requirements.
• Sign therapy and service notes daily.
• Provide feedback to peer support specialists, case managers, and therapists.
• Provide community-based behavioral health treatment, coordinating care with other programs as well as with our partner organizations in the community.
• Conduct a Comprehensive Biopsychosocial Evaluation according to the Idaho Health and Welfare criteria and the Medicaid requirements for documentation to create a treatment plan.
• Provide clients with evidence-based interventions (CBT, motivational interviewing, DBT, play therapy, NET, solution-focused, EMDR, etc.) and adapt these modalities to the client’s specific needs.
• Work collaboratively with case managers to assist clients in completing daily tasks such as resolving housing issues, paying bills, coordinating doctor visits, communicating with prescribers, and calling pharmacies.

The Experience We Seek

• A master's degree in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or applicable human services field.
• Willing to serve diverse communities in a variety of settings most suitable to their needs including the therapist’s office, a client’s home, a neighborhood park, a library, or any community setting that can provide adequate privacy.
• Able to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with the other clinicians, interpreters, clients and their families, and a variety of partner agencies in the community including physicians, law enforcement, and judicial officials.

What is Preferred 

·      Current licensure with LCSW, LCPC, LMSW, LMFT, or LCPC.

·      Prior experience with EMRs.

The Total Package 

·      $65,000 - $70,000/year.