THIS JOB IS ONSITE!
We are looking for a Mental Health Therapist who works within the interdisciplinary team to provide both mental health and addiction counseling. This person shall have the primary responsibility for coordinating all psychosocial community services under the general direction of the Medical Director or other lead clinician. This position is responsible for implementing community educational programs, assessing treatment issues, and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment interventions, and implementing intervention methodologies.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assess clients’ needs and level of functioning including a bio psychosocial assessment of all clients referred to the case load.
- Provide crisis counseling to children/families as necessary.
- Write safety, behavioral, and treatment plans.
- Schedule and coordinate therapy sessions.
- Provide clinical interventions for teachers, parents, and other caregivers to generalize skills in other environments.
- Meet with clients for individual, group and/or family therapy sessions.
- Provide collateral parties with information to best meet the client’s needs as necessary.
- Assess, determine and make a referral when special services or care are needed for a child (i.e. medication evaluation, psychiatric hospitalization, in-home services or psychological testing, etc.).
- Write daily/weekly progress notes for each therapy session and mental health service.
- Complete appropriate mental health documentation, including but not limited to, client plans performance outcomes, progress reports, health questionnaires, and termination reports as required.
- Continuously review charts for new and/or relevant information concerning clients.
- Prepare and maintain charts in accordance with audit requirements.
- Perform Utilization Reviews as assigned.
- Provide clinical documentation and assure that all filing of clinical information and submission of billing information is done accurately and within the time frame required.
- Maintain compliance with all federal and state regulations and standards, including COMAR regulations.
- Attend weekly supervision with the Clinical Director.
- Attend Group Supervision/Team Meetings monthly.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master of Science or Arts in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or an acceptable related field required.
- Actively Licensed in the State of Maryland as an LCSW, LCSW-C, or LCPC required
- Minimum of 3 years experience.
- Must be a self-starter and can manage staff and give directions to others and work under pressure in certain cases.
- More than two years’ experience working with individuals with trauma, addiction and other clinical diagnoses.
- Familiarity with multicultural groups, previous work experience in a multicultural setting and willingness to enroll language and multicultural coursework to supplement training if necessary.
- Ability to attend outreach events to assist with mental health screenings and mental health workshops
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Combination of comparable skills, experience, and education
- Experience working in urban environment or with gender-responsive care preferred.
- Understanding and supportive of a trauma-informed system of care
- Experience with trauma-informed services, cognitive behavioral therapies including DBT, and motivational therapies including the use of incentives preferred
- Personal recovery experience not required, however, knowledge of recovery support systems
- Strong interpersonal and engagement skills
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong computer skills required.
- Ability to support the agency’s mission and philosophy and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural diversity and workplace harmony.
- Value for and ability to deliver excellent customer service.
- Self-directed and flexible to meet the needs of administration and management.
- Valid driver’s license, use of a reliable vehicle to transport clients and families and documentation of required vehicle insurance.
Competencies
- Social Skills—the individual professionally interacts with employees and clients and models a positive teamwork attitude.
- Assessment Skills— Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental / substance use disorders, evidence-based psychosocial treatments for common mental disorders and familiarity with brief, structured counseling techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation).
- Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
- Leadership—the individual inspires and motivates others to perform well, accepts feedback from others.
- Quality management—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound, accurate, and ethical judgment and makes timely decisions.
- Planning/organizing—the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
- Safety and security—the individual observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
- Interpersonal skills—the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things.
- Oral communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations and demonstrates one-on-one and group presentation skills.
- Written communication—the individual edits work for spelling and grammar, presents data effectively and can read and interpret written information.
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Pay: From $45.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Choose your own hours
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
