Diagnostician Job Aid

Ensures confidentiality of records relating to client treatment

• Performs intake interviews to gain a foundational understanding of individual needs
• Completes treatment plans to assist clients
• Completes LOCUS, GAINS, and Crisis Plan forms for clients as needed
• Designs appropriate referral recommendations using available community resources
• Engages new intakes by meeting weekly until assignments can be made
• Works with families and involved persons to de-escalate situations, make crisis plans, and enlist cooperation with recommended treatment plans
• Works with Clinical Managers to assign new intakes to teams, including follow-through to ensure CSW assignments
• Must process Diagnostic Assessments daily
• Completes all work including documenting interactions using Wellness HealthCare Clinics standards, DBH policies and procedures, and other federal, state, or local regulatory requirements
• Completes client and other records in CREDIBLE regarding the participation in mental health treatment
• Attend meetings that may include staff meetings, meetings with the supervisor, and any other activities that ensure the smooth functioning of clinical operations
• Attends all company-required training
• All other duties as assigned
• Client Intake: Initial engagement, eligibility screening, and verification, initial enrollment through the completion of intake, and the initial assessment.
• Diagnostic Assessment: Clinical and functional evaluation of a client’s mental health condition that results in the issuance of a Diagnostic Assessment report with recommendations
• Treatment Plan: This will determine whether the client is appropriate for and can benefit from MHRS, based on the client’s diagnosis, presenting problems, and recovery goals. Diagnostic Assessment is a core service.

Daily Expectations

• The clinical Manager must run the report of expired documentation and provide it to the CSW and diagnosticians.
• All documents should be updated within a week of expiration
• 4-5 billable units are inclusive of a comprehensive DA that includes Locus, Crisis Plan, and Gains/ Treatment plan

STRONG SUGGESTION: Call the corresponding CSWs to make their consumers available to update documents.

a.) Annual DA’s and treatment plans every 180 days (or sooner/ as needed)

Cheat Sheet:
Psych Evaluation – Every 365 days
Treatment Plans– Every 180-365
Med Somatic – Every 30 days
Housing Coordination – As needed
Resume Support – As needed
Food – As needed