Behavioral Health Therapist V

Casm Limitlessli; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Casm Limitlessli seeks a Behavioral Health Therapist V to provide outpatient behavioral health services for all ages, helping clients engage meaningfully with others and their communities.

You will interview and assess clients, deliver individual, group, and family therapy, and coordinate care with psychiatrists while maintaining compliant records and confidentiality. Travel to community locations may be required.

Qualifications

• Licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), or licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC).
• Experience providing outpatient therapy across ages.
• Ability to perform crisis assessment and coordinate with psychiatrists.

Responsibilities

• Interview individuals and/or families to identify problems, assess mental status, and gather psychosocial history.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy across ages using person-centered approaches.
• Assess psychiatric crises and provide crisis intervention with psychiatrists as needed.
• Maintain medical records in compliance with state, federal, and agency guidelines.
• Refer clients to outside agencies while maintaining confidentiality.
• Provide crisis stabilization and service coordination to de-escalate crises.
• Provide coverage for Emergency Services during hours and on-call as needed.
• Maintain licensure and participate in trainings/seminars to stay current.
• Build positive relationships within communities served and with agencies and funders.
• Participate in ongoing quality improvement activities of the agency.
• Provide clinical consultation to colleagues for difficult client cases.

Job description

Behavioral Health Therapist V

Job Profile Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Behavioral Health Therapist is to provide outpatient behavioral health services to persons of all ages experiencing psychological difficulties in order to help them interact appropriately and develop meaningful relationships within community.

Job Description:

• Perform interviews with individuals and/or families to aid in identifying presenting problems, assessing mental status and dangerousness, gathering relevant facts of psychosocial history, and assigning accurate diagnoses (using all five Axes of the current DSM manual) that will help determine the best intervention to help the individual and his or her family achieve stated goals.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy to individuals of all ages using person-centered philosophies and best practices in all service delivery.
• Provide expertise in assessing psychiatric crises and crisis intervention while working closely with psychiatrists.
• Maintain necessary medical records in compliance with state, federal, and agency guidelines.
• Assist individuals and families in meeting other psychosocial needs by referring them to appropriate outside agencies (such as doctors, social services, and Christian Ministries) and providing information needed within the guidelines of confidentiality standards.
• Provide crisis assessments, stabilization, and service coordination in order to de-escalate crisis and potential crisis situations in an effort to maintain lowest level of care that promotes safety.
• Provide coverage or back-up for Emergency Services during clinical hours and on-call coverage after hours and on weekends as needed.
• Maintain licensure as required by licensing board and attend educational trainings/seminars to remain up-to-date on current best practices.
• Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served, including with individuals, families, staff, monitoring and licensing agencies, organizations, funding resources, and other human service agencies.
• Be an active participant in the ongoing continuous quality improvement activities of the agency.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures.
• Provide clinical consultation as required or requested by other professionals within Monarch to provide ongoing professional development and to process difficult client situations that may arise.
• Drive and travel to community locations, various agencies, and other outreach destinations as assigned.

A Behavioral Health Therapist V must have one of the below qualifications:

• LCSW
• LMFT
• LCMHC