Primary Therapist

BrentCare Behavioral Health; United States; Remote; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Modern Recovery Services seeks a Primary Therapist for a fully remote, full-time role. The therapist will provide individual sessions, recovery coaching, and collaborative care with the Clinical Director and Group Facilitator to support clients with substance use and co-occurring disorders.

The position requires a Master’s degree in social work or related field and state licensing in Arizona. Teletherapy is a core modality, with opportunities to connect clients to community resources and support

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, addictions or related field.
• Licensed in Arizona as LAC, LPC, LMSW or LCSW.
• Must be 21+ years old and able to obtain fingerprint clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide recovery education to clients across all stages of recovery.
• Assist clients to identify personal goals and recovery plans.
• Facilitate transitions from professional services to community-based resources.
• Provide teletherapy services via video conferencing as appropriate.
• Build relationships with community groups to support recovery goals.

Skills

Teletherapy

Video conferencing

Remote work

Client support

Education

Master’s degree in social work or related field

Licensed in AZ: LAC/LPC/LMSW/LCSW

Must be 21 years of age

Fingerprint clearance card

Job description

Modern Recovery Services is a virtual intensive outpatient program for individuals working through mental health and substance use challenges. The Primary Therapists’ role is to support others in recovery from a substance use disorder and/or co-occurring disorders. The Primary Therapist will serve as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to recovering individuals to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. The Primary Therapist works in collaboration with the Clinical Director and Group Facilitator to meet the clients’ needs in accordance with their treatment plan, by providing Individual sessions to clients in need of these services.

Job Duties

• Provide recovery education to clients for every phase of the recovery journey from pre-recovery engagement, recovery initiation, recovery stabilization, and sustained recovery maintenance.
• Assist recovering persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses regarding recovery.
• Assist/coach recovering persons develop their own plan for advancing their recovery.
• Facilitate the transition from professional services to community-based services.
• Promote self-advocacy by assisting recovering persons to have their voices fully heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of rehabilitation and clinical services.
• Actively identify and support linkages to community resources (communities of recovery, educational, vocational, social, cultural, spiritual resources, mutual self- help groups, professional services, etc.) that support the recovering person’s goals and interests.
• Provide hope and encouragement for opportunities at varying levels of involvement in community-based activities (e.g., work, school, relationships, physical activity, self-directed hobbies, etc.).
• Develop relationships with community groups/agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
• Identify barriers (internal and external) to full participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Ability to provide services via video conferencing/teletherapy when determined appropriate for clients and the organization. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy, couple/family therapy, and group therapy. Telehealth will occur primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone and/or other audio/video communications.

Recommended Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Addictions, or related field of study from an accredited college or university
• Licensed in the state of Arizona as LAC (Licensed Associate Counselor), LPC, LMSW, LCSW.
• Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement)
• Must be able to provide Level 1 fingerprint clearance card

Minimum Qualifications

• Individuals must understand and respect everyone's unique path to recovery.
• A person must have a working knowledge of the drug and alcohol treatment system and a demonstrated commitment to the recovery community.
• A person must be comfortable working with both adolescent and adult populations.

Job Type:

Full-time

Pay:

From $70,000 annually

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule

• 8-hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location:

Remote