Milieu Therapist - FT - dayshift 1.0

Eating Recovery Center; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals facing eating disorders. As a Milieu Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating therapeutic groups, providing essential meal support, and ensuring patient safety through crisis management. This position offers a unique opportunity to work within a collaborative environment that prioritizes mental wellness for both patients and staff. With competitive pay and a commitment to ongoing training, you will be empowered to make a significant impact while advancing your career in the mental health field.

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off

401(K) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive benefit plans

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in mental health or related field required.
• Strong knowledge of therapeutic principles and crisis management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates curriculum-based groups and provides meal monitoring.
• Conducts self-harm and suicide assessments for patients.

Skills

Therapeutic principles and techniques

Crisis management

Group dynamics management

Communication skills

Education

Graduate degree in mental health

Bachelor's degree

Intern or associate license

Job description

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Shift: 4 10s (1 weekend and 3 weekdays).

Who We Are

ERC Pathlight is an innovative, rapidly growing clinical leader in the behavioral health sector. Founded in 2008 by pre-eminent psychiatrists and psychologists in the eating disorder space, ERC Pathlight now treats over 6,000 patients per year, operates more than 30 facilities in 9 states and delivers tele-healthcare to patients nationally. We offer the most comprehensive treatment program in the country for patients who struggle with eating disorders, mood and anxiety and trauma-related disorders.

What You'll Be Doing

The Milieu Therapist is a licensed therapist who facilitates skills groups and psychotherapy groups based on core curriculum, provides meal monitoring and meal support, and offers milieu support, de-escalation and behavior coaching to patients in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Facilitates curriculum-based groups
• Provides meal monitoring and support.
• Documentation of groups, meals and patient check-ins and observations 15%
• Provides support to Milieu including the following:
• De-escalation and crisis management
• Bathroom monitoring and support for eating disorder patients
• Monitoring outside breaks
• Conducts self-harm and suicide assessment
• Support morning routine in IP/Res programs
• Collects and reports weights, vitals and urine in some settings
• Implements individual behavior management plans for some patients and serves as clinical lead for the program in standalone programs in evenings and weekends. Will lead some psychotherapy groups.
• Coverage for Primary Therapists (for individual, family and group therapies as well as for patient assessments) with support from Clinical Manager or Clinical Director
  
  

Must Haves

• Graduate degree in mental health or related degree program- required
• Bachelors degree- required
• Intern or associate license from appropriate state licensing board- required
• Strong knowledge of therapeutic principles and techniques- required
• Ability to manage group dynamics effectively Proficient in keeping timely, detailed and accurate records- required
• Demonstrated ability to handle crisis situations effectively- required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills- Required
  
  

Bonus Qualities

• 1+ year facilitating group-based treatment interventions- preferred
• 1+ year providing crisis management support and interventions- preferred
• 1+ year performing safety assessments and implementing safety management plans to patients in treatment at higher levels of care- preferred
  
  

How We Invest In You

Every role at ERC Pathlight is essential to delivering the high-quality care we promise to our patients. This means that from day one, we’re here to support your role by offering ongoing training and continuing education opportunities, as well as support to achieve internal growth.

What We Offer

Healthy organizations value the mental wellness of their teams, and we understand that the professionals who work for us are not immune to their own mental health conditions. In the same way we observe and guide our patients, we take the same consideration for our employees when building our benefits packages and healthcare offerings. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefit plans, Generous Paid Time Off, 401(K) with company match and tuition reimbursement.

Compensation starting range for the Milieu Therapist role is 25.50-32.00.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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