Mental Health Practitioner - $2500 Signing Bonus

BrightSpring Health Services; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner to join their team. In this vital role, you will work collaboratively with clients experiencing significant mental health challenges, providing essential support and guidance in their recovery journey. Your responsibilities will include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and facilitating individual and group counseling sessions. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals while promoting a culture of teamwork and professionalism. Join a passionate team that values your expertise and commitment to client welfare.

Benefits

Signing Bonus

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Flexible Scheduling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences required.
• 4,000 hours of supervised experience in mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and develop treatment plans for clients.
• Facilitate individual and group counseling sessions.
• Manage client financial needs and medication monitoring.

Skills

Crisis Management

Individual Counseling

Group Facilitation

Functional Assessments

Case Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Behavioral Sciences

Graduate degree in Behavioral Sciences

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner - $2500 Signing Bonus

Job Locations

US-MN-MINNEAPOLIS | US-MN-SAINT PAUL | US-MN-ELK RIVER | US-MN-MINNEAPOLIS | US-MN-MINNEAPOLIS

ID

2025-165288

Line of Business

SpringPath Mental Health Services

Position Type

Full-Time

Pay Min

USD $55,000.00/Yr.

Pay Max

USD $55,000.00/Yr.

Our Company

SpringPath Mental Health Services

Overview

The Mental Health Practitioner/Case Manager works as part of an Assertive Community Team that provides care and treatment for clients that are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms, who are demonstrating significant functional impairments, and who may have co-occurring chemical dependency and or personality disorder. The Practitioner is viewed as a primary agent of hope and change and is required to work in full partnership with the client in his/her recovery process. The practitioner has a two focused level of responsibility: first, for the care, welfare, treatment, and safety of the clients as individuals and secondly, for the facilitation of a work and a treatment culture that promotes trans-disciplinary team work, professionalism, cultural competency, and adherence to best practice principles and interventions. The Practitioner has responsibility for client specific and program outcomes. Primary duties include assessment, crisis assessment and management, planning, individual counseling, skills teaching, group work, case management, household management, financial eligibility assistance, and on-call.

Responsibilities

Conducts self in a professional and ethical manner in all work-related functions
• Demonstrates productive individual and teamwork behaviors
• Conducts over-all rehabilitation goal planning, which may include living, learning, working, social, and spiritual environments
• Conducts assessments: mental health status review, suicidal, vulnerable adult & immediate needs, functional, living skill, resource, chemical dependency, and vocational/employment
• Interprets and summarizes findings with recommended treatment/rehabilitative activities and goals
• Develops the individual treatment/rehabilitative plan
• Monitors the individual treatment/rehabilitative process
• Implements the treatment/rehabilitative activities and strategies
• Prevents crisis at the lowest level of escalation
• Manages and over-sees client financial needs, living arrangement services, and monitors medication
• Facilitates transition and recovery support services
• Adheres to Data Privacy Practices/HIPPA
• Communicates, receives, and writes information clearly and accurately
• Reads and interprets clinical assessments and findings
• Writes crisis/treatment/behavioral plans with differential goals and objectives
• Writes progress notes, summaries, and discharges
• Monitors and records medication administration activities
• Provides objective verbal and written critical incident analysis
• Documents essential activities related to licensure, welfare and safety
• Maintains service standards
• Achieves client specific and program outcomes
• Participates in the 360 degree performance evaluation process
• Increases knowledge and skills based on client and program needs
• Teaches others
• Seeks supervisory over-sight
• Seeks professional growth
• Rotates on-call for emergency consultation and must be able to return to work on short notice as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in one of the behavioral sciences from an accredited college or university
• 4,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness; or holds a graduate degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields and has at least 2,000 post BA hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness
• License which may be required based on education and standards determined by educational/degree guidelines
  • All Practitioners are supported in gaining certification as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
  • The agency encourages staff to seek license at the highest standard permitted by his/her education and experience
• Ability to conduct functional assessments, develop treatment plans, provide crisis and behavioral management, provide goal directed individual counseling, facilitate groups, teach skills, provide case management, problem-solve, and communicate effectively, orally, and in writing
• Demonstration through training and testing within a designated time frame of the following core competency areas: First Aide/CPR, Data Privacy (HIPPA), Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, Medication Monitoring/Administration, Principles and Techniques of Psychiatric Rehabilitation (including Over-All Rehabilitation Goal Setting, Functional Assessment, Skills Teaching and Programming), Empathy/Motivational Training, Working with Persons Experiencing Mania, Hallucinations, and Delusions, and Relapse Prevention Planning

About our Line of Business

SpringPath Mental Health Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, assists individuals with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders which result in functional impairments in traditional day-to-day life activities. Our services focus on developing social skills, developing coping skills, being an active participant in the local community, offering community choice, and psychoeducation. We help individuals develop skills and access resources needed to live more positive, active and social lives. For more information, please visit www.springpathmentalhealth.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $55,000.00 / Year