Behavioral Health Therapist

ND Health and Human Services; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ND State benefits

Job summary

Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota seeks a Behavioral Health Therapist to join an interdisciplinary team and provide recovery‑oriented services in homes and communities. You will lead care coordination, conduct assessments, and develop service plans while delivering individual, family, and group therapy.

Travel to clients’ homes is required; you will perform crisis intervention, risk assessments, and education for families, interns, and residents as part of a

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related field with ND licensure (LCSW/LPCC/LMFT).
• Alternative: Doctorate in Psychology with ND licensure.

Responsibilities

• Lead an interdisciplinary team and coordinate care for clients.
• Conduct assessments and develop service plans in homes and communities.
• Provide individual, family, and group therapy sessions.
• Deliver crisis intervention and risk assessments in-office and in the field.
• Educate families, community members, interns, and residents.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Crisis intervention

Risk assessment

Travel to clients' homes

Team leadership

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

ND licensure: LCSW/LPCC/LMFT

Doctorate in Psychology (ND licensure)

LAPC / LAMFT pathway potential

Job description

Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota is seeking a Behavioral Health Therapist.

Be part of the solution to the behavioral health crisis. As a team member for ND Department of Health & Human Services, you will ensure the most vulnerable have access to a high-quality healthcare system in which prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.

You will lead an interdisciplinary team that provides individuals opportunity for recovery management so they can live and work independently in their home and community.

In a typical week, you will complete assessments and service plans. You will be involved in the organizing, directing, and guiding of care provided by other team members, as well as ongoing monitoring and update of service recommendations. You will provide skills training, as well as individual, family, and group therapy. You will provide crisis intervention and risk assessments in the office, and in the community. Also, you will provide education and consult to families, community, interns, and residents.

You will thrive in this position if you are committed to a rehabilitative and person-centered philosophy and comfortable providing services in homes and communities. Because services are provided in homes and communities, travel is a norm.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - Leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

Location

This position provides essential client services face to face and therefore the person in this position needs to be able to travel to meet clients at their location.

Minimum Qualifications

You are required to have a master's degrees in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or any other Master's degree approved by a North Dakota Board, and ND licensure as a LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) or LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor); or LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)

• OR a Doctorate in Psychology and ND licensure as a psychologist by the ND Board of Psychologist Examiners.

We will consider filling this position as a Behavioral Health Counselor or a Behavioral Modification Specialist at a reduced rate.

Behavioral Health Counselor require a master's degree in social work and ND licensure as a LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) by the ND Board of Social Work Examiners; OR a master's degree in counseling and ND licensure as a LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) by the ND Board of Counselor Examiners.

• OR a master's degree in counseling and LAPC licensure
• OR a master's degree in counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy - LAMFT licensure (if applicant is far along with the process to obtain their LPCC/LMFT within two years from the date of hire)

Behavioral Modification Specialist must have a Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, education, child development and family science, human services, or communication disorders and "evidence of ability to obtain LAPC licensure within 6 months"

• OR a bachelor's degree in one of the above fields and two years of related work experience and working towards obtaining clinical licensure, in the respective discipline and "evidence of ability to obtain LAPC licensure within 6 months". The work experience must be in a professional setting and supervised by a licensed practitioner in a related field.

This position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new-hire orientation.

About Team ND

"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

Total Rewards:

The State of North Dakota is committed to providing team members with a strong and competitive rewards package that support you, your health and your family.

For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Carolyn Tago at [e-mail] or at [phone].

Employing Unit: ND HHS - Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic. Unit Phone Number [phone]. TTY Number ND Relay Service 1 [phone] (text) or 1 [phone] (voice).

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.