Primary Therapist

Advantage Behavioral Health LLC.; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Victory Bay Recovery Center in Massachusetts seeks a licensed or associate licensed therapist to provide clinical services, manage a caseload of at least 14 clients, and facilitate four groups weekly focused on coping skills and emotional regulation.

The role requires timely documentation, participation in audits, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure evidence-based care and measurable client progress.

Qualifications

• Provide individual and group therapy to clients with substance use and mental health needs.
• Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation and notes.
• Coordinate with family or support members as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assess counseling needs and determine level of care.
• Use DSM, PHQ-9, and Columbia scales to assess diagnoses and plan treatment.
• Review prior records to inform current treatment episode.
• Develop substance abuse counseling portions of the treatment plan.
• Create discharge/continuum of care plans to ensure appropriate movement of care.
• Document all client records, services, assessments, referrals and follow-up.
• Coordinate with referral sources such as legal, school, or employer.
• Facilitate crisis interventions and group sessions.
• Document discharge, sessions, weekly calls, and treatment plan changes.

Skills

Group therapy

Documentation

Crisis management

Treatment planning

Family engagement

Education

Associate licensed therapist

Job description

Job Purpose Summary: ?

Responsibilities include providing clinical services to the clients of Victory Bay Recovery Center struggling with development of coping skills and emotional regulation. Therapist will be responsible for a caseload of minimum of 14 clients and facilitation of 4 groups on a weekly basis. Therapist is expected to meet with clients on caseload on a weekly basis. Therapists expected to make biweekly contact with family or support member.

Key Performance Indicators Include:

• Documentation of Individual and Group Therapy Notation Interface within 24 hours. Level of Service Report is reviewed on a weekly basis to indicate therapist efficiency at documentation.
• Group Auditing Procedure conducted semi-annually to ensure efficiency of following group curriculum and ensuring client skill building for substance use and mental health needs. Group Audit score meets minimum of 3.3 requirement.
• Completion of Client Treatment Planning within 30 days of initial evaluation/assessment.
• Ensuring quality of care is met with use of evidence-based treatment and utilization of outcome-based data to reduce symptomatic response of client co-occurring conditions.
• Chart Auditing conducted quarterly to ensure efficiency of following clinical notation standards. Chart Audit score meets minimum of 3.3 requirement.

Job Responsibilities: ?

• Assess the counseling needs of the client. ?
• Assessing client for substance abuse and mental health diagnosis using DSM, PHQ-9 and Columbia Scale criteria in determining appropriate level of care based on ASAM and DSM criteria. ?
• Review previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode. ?
• Preparing and providing the substance abuse counseling and co-occurring portions of the client treatment plan ?
• Development of the client discharge/continuum of care plan to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care. ?
• Documenting all client records, counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client’s clinical record. ?
• Provide coordination of support services for the client/family and record the services provided in the client’s clinical record. ?
• Contact and coordination with referral sources, (i.e. legal, school, employer, etc.) ?
• Facilitate needed interventions for crisis-orientated issues utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach for assigned clients. ?
• Facilitate group sessions. ?
• Documenting: Discharge, Individual Sessions, Weekly Calls, Level of care changes, group sessions and treatment plans.

Core Competencies: ?

• Group/Individual Therapy Facilitation ?
• Documentation & Charting ?
• Crisis Management ?
• Treatment Planning ?
• Family Engagement

Family Engagement Clinical Competencies: ?

• Screening ?
• Intake/Orientation ?
• Assessment ?
• Treatment/Discharge Planning ?
• Crisis Intervention ?
• Counseling ?
• Consultation ?
• Case Management ?
• Client Education ?
• Referral ?
• Report and Recordkeeping Job Type: Full-time Required education: Associate licensed therapist Required experience: 1-3 years? experience working in a Treatment Facility. Proper Knowledge and Skills: ?

Physical requirements: ?

• Must be able to lift 20-50 lbs. ?
• Occasional to frequent walking, sitting, standing, driving ?
• Close eye work (computers, typing, reading, writing)

Environmental Factors: ?

• Hot/cold temperatures ?
• Environmental conditions may vary

Required licenses or certifications: ?

• Current CPR Certification ?
• Narcan Certified