Mental Health Therapist (TRACE)

Region 8 Mental Health; Town of Brookhaven (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Region 8 Mental Health seeks a Mental Health Therapist to provide direct services for outpatient SUD and co-occurring disorders under the TRACE program. The role includes intake, treatment planning, therapy, crisis intervention, documentation, and collaboration with the Center Coordinator and clinical staff.

Responsibilities include a minimum of five hours daily direct service, after-hours crisis intervention, and community outreach.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintains documentation as evidence that duties are completed per program requirements.
• Provides a minimum of 5 hours/day of direct face-to-face services to consumers.
• Provides 24-hour telephone on-call crisis intervention referral.
• Completes intake evaluation interviews and ensures proper routing of consumers and records.
• Develops and implements treatment plans.
• Provides therapy services to consumers per treatment plans.
• Participates in clinical and general staff meetings and in-service training.
• Provides immediate emergency crisis intervention services.
• Maintains a consumer-oriented focus in service provision.
• Assists in providing and implementing consultation and education services.
• Participates in continuing education via workshops and professional meetings.
• Provides transportation for consumers as needed.
• Builds and promotes community relationships with referral sites.

Skills

Licensed professional license

MS driver’s license

Criminal background check

Education

Master's Degree in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, or related field

Job description

Description

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST

Focus on outpatient substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring disorders in accordance with the TRACE program.

M-F 8:00a-5:00p

CHARACTERISTICS OF WORK

The Mental Health Therapist provides direct services to consumers in assigned program according to program requirements and participates in center programs as needed.

EXAMPLES OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains documentation as evidence that all duties are completed in accordance with program requirements contained in the Department of Mental Health Operational Standards.
• Maintains proper training, continuing education, qualifications, and other certifications required for this position as written in the Department of Mental Health Operational Standards.
• Represents Region 8 and Region 8 Administration in a positive manner at all times both internally and externally.
• Always leads by example and be a positive role model for coworkers.
• Provides a minimum of 5 hours/day of direct face-to-face services to consumers.
• Provides 24-hour telephone "on-call" crisis intervention referral (as scheduled).
• Completes intake evaluation interviews with responsibility for seeing that proper routing of consumers and records are performed.
• Responsible for development and implementation of treatment plans.
• Provides therapy services to consumers in accordance with treatment plans.
• Participates in clinical staff meetings, general staff meetings and in-service training.
• Provides immediate emergency crisis intervention services.
• Maintains a "Consumer-Oriented" focus in the provision services to Region 8 Consumers.
• Assists in providing and implementing consultation and education services as directed by the Center Coordinator and/or Clinical Director.
• Participates in continuing education by attending Workshops, seminars and other professional meetings.
• Provides transportation for consumers as needed.
• Builds and promotes community relationships with referral sites.
• All other duties as assigned by supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, or related field.
• Must possess a professional license (LPC, P-LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or LMSW) or be eligible to earn a DMH credential as a Mental Health Therapist, Intellectual and Developmental, Disabilities Therapist, or Addictions Therapist (as appropriate to the service and population being served).
• Must maintain a valid MS driver’s license.
• Must pass a criminal background check

REPORTING SUPERVISOR

Center Coordinator/Director, County Administrator, Clinical Directors

POSITIONS SUPERVISED:

None