Human Services Practitioner
Job Description
Human Services Practitioner provides mental health support within the prenatal care clinic and coordinates referrals to external services as needed.
This position requires a Level 2 Background Screening and Drug Screen.
This position is grant funded.
This position is time limited.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the patient's primary obstetric provider and other mental health providers to support mental health care.
- Screen and assess patients for mental health and substance use disorders.
- Educate patients about common mental health and substance use disorders and treatment options.
- Monitor patients for changes in symptoms, treatment side effects, or complications, in person or by phone.
- Support medication management prescribed by obstetric care clinicians, focusing on adherence, side effects, and treatment effectiveness.
- Provide psychoeducation on medication risks and benefits during pregnancy/postpartum.
- Deliver brief interventions using evidence-based techniques like Behavioral Activation, Problem Solving Treatment, or Motivational Interviewing.
- Facilitate referrals to evidence-based psychotherapy treatments (e.g., ERP, DBT) as needed.
- Encourage patient engagement and follow-up in care.
- Track patient follow-up and outcomes using a registry; document encounters and use the system to reengage patients.
- Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in the registry for sharing with the care team.
- Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the obstetric care team maternal-fetal medicine, psychiatry and psychology consultants. These may include changes in medications or psychotherapy treatments or appropriate referrals for additional services.
- Facilitate referrals to services outside the prenatal clinic (e.g., social services, specialty care, substance abuse treatment).
- Develop relapse prevention plans for patients in remission
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