Community Based Therapist

Liberty Resources/Liberty POST; Town of Fulton (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Resources is seeking a Community Based Therapist for our Integrated Health Care clinic in Fulton, NY. Under supervision of the Supervising Therapist, you will provide therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups, applying evidence-based practices to support treatment goals.

Responsibilities include conducting intake assessments, developing treatment plans, delivering community-based services, crisis intervention, care coordination, and ensuring thorough clinical documentation.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; related experience may substitute.
• Current NYS license or license eligibility to practice.
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills to support clients in achieving treatment goals.
• Flexible, family-oriented approach with ability to work one evening per week.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and timely clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provides person-centered, recovery-focused individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy using evidence-based practices to support identified treatment goals.
• Conducts intake assessments, clinical evaluations, case conceptualization, and individualized treatment planning in collaboration with clients, families, and clinical supervisors.
• Provides community-based services to individuals and families who have difficulty engaging in traditional clinic-based care.
• Delivers crisis intervention, advocacy, care coordination, and linkages to educational, legal, healthcare, and community resources as needed.
• Maintains collaboration with clients, families, service providers, community organizations, and interdisciplinary team members to support positive outcomes.
• Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation, treatment plans, reports, statistics, case records, and incident reporting per agency standards.
• Participates in supervision, staff meetings, trainings, and professional development; maintains licensure; provides one evening of clinical services per week until 7:00 p.m.; aims for 21 hours of direct clinical services per week after productivity period.

Skills

Clinical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

EMR proficiency

Evening availability

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy

Job description

Liberty Resources is currently seeking a Community Based Therapist for our Integrated Health Care clinic in Fulton, NY.

About Us:

Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support. We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities.
We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health and wellness practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

Position Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the Supervising Therapist, the Community Therapist is primarily responsible for the provision of therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups referred to the Integrated Health Care Clinic.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides person-centered, recovery-focused individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy using evidence-based practices to support identified treatment goals.
• Conducts intake assessments, clinical evaluations, case conceptualization, and individualized treatment planning in collaboration with clients, families, and clinical supervisors.
• Provides primarily community-based services to individuals and families who have difficulty engaging in traditional clinic-based care.
• Delivers crisis intervention, advocacy, care coordination, and linkages to educational, legal, healthcare, and community resources as needed.
• Maintains effective collaboration with clients, families, service providers, community organizations, and interdisciplinary team members to support positive outcomes.
• Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation, treatment plans, reports, statistics, case records, incident reporting, and other required documentation in accordance with agency, OMH/AAPC, and program standards.
• Participates in supervision, staff meetings, trainings, and professional development; maintains required licensure/certifications, provides one evening of clinical services per week until 7:00 p.m., and consistently meets the expectation of 21 hours of direct clinical services per week after the 10-week productivity build-up period, unless otherwise authorized.

Salary: Starting at $66,000

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy, with one (1) year of post-graduate experience; related experience may substitute.
• Current NYS license or permit to practice in the applicable field.
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills to support clients in achieving identified treatment goals.
• Flexible, family-oriented approach with the ability to work one evening per week.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and timely, accurate clinical documentation.

Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.

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