Therapist- PRN

Thecarolinacenter; South Carolina; On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Master's Level Therapist/Clinician to join their compassionate team. This role involves facilitating therapy groups, conducting psycho-social assessments, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to provide quality care for psychiatric patients. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a high level of empathy and emotional intelligence, ensuring that each patient receives individualized attention and support. With a commitment to evidence-based treatment, this position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients and their families. If you are driven by the desire to help others and thrive in a rewarding environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Challenging work environment

Career development opportunities

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work, psychology, or mental health counseling required.
• Experience in psychiatric hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate therapy groups and complete psycho-social assessments.
• Maintain patient documentation and communicate effectively with families.
• Participate in treatment care planning and discharge planning.

Skills

Therapeutic Skills

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Crisis Management

Empathy

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Master's Degree in Psychology

Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling

Job description

Responsibilities

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is currently looking for a Master's Level Therapist/Clinician to join our team of dedicated professionals.

Who We Are

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is a 156-bed licensed, private psychiatric facility located on 13 acres in Greer, SC, conveniently close to I-85. Specializing in psychiatric programs and substance use treatment, inpatient programs are offered for adolescents, adults and senior adults. There are also intensive outpatient programs (IOP) and partial hospitalization programs (PHP) for patients with psychiatric and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Above all else, we treat every patient with compassion and respect. Using evidence-based treatment approaches and individualized care, we strive to instill hope in our patients, their families and our community.

Who You Are

It’s the opportunity to make a difference that drives you. It's taking the time to really listen to a patient so you can do your best to help. It's the camaraderie among professionals who push you further than you ever thought you could go. You are as equally diligent and attentive during quiet times as you are in a crisis situation. You are a highly empathetic individual with a high level of emotional and social intelligence. Your satisfaction comes from a patient’s noticeable progress or a sincere word of thanks from your patient's family. It's these experiences that solidify your dedication to helping others.

Position Summary:

• Able to facilitate therapy groups
• Completes Psycho Social assessments
• Maintains patient, program, department and related documentation
• Effectively communicates with patient family or patient social support
• Effective discharge planning skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Participates in treatment care planning and helps implement treatment care plan
• Substantial knowledge of therapeutic skills and can effectively use these skills to intervene with behavioral health patients
• Participate in restraint and seclusion of patients when required
• Supports hospital Service Excellence standards
• Completes annual and other training in a timely manner
• Maintains CPR training

Inpatient

To provide quality case management psychotherapeutic services to adult and/or adolescent psychiatric patient populations (age range approximately 12 and up) and their families, spouse, significant other. To serve as a member of interdisciplinary team supporting the organization’s treatment program and philosophy and assure the deliverance of quality treatment to adult and/or adolescent patients and their families.

Outpatient

To develop and administer a comprehensive intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization program, Suboxone program or other outpatient programs that responds to the community’s need and supports the organization’s overall mission, philosophy, and goals. To integrate the management of the intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization program, Suboxone program or other outpatient programs into the Carolina Center’s continuum of care.

Benefit Highlights:

Challenging and rewarding work environment • Career development opportunities • Competitive Compensation

Qualifications

Master's degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling or a similar educational degree required. Licensure preferred; experience in psychiatric hospital setting preferred; range of experience within the continuum of care preferred (e.g. inpatient, outpatient, or IOP, partial).

Physical and Mental Requirements of the Job:

Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner. Able to reach, walk and stand for sustained periods of time; able to move about quickly on foot; able to finger, grasp (sometimes using repetitive motions) and lift objects, raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position; able to push using upper extremities to press against something with steady force; able to express and exchange ideas via spoken word to convey detailed information in an audible, accurate and possible quick manner; able to perceive the nature of sounds with no less than a 40 dB loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 20000 Hz, with or without correction; able to make fine discriminations in sound.

Work is primarily sedentary in nature, requiring the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Visual acuity required adequate for reading, preparing and analyzing data, transcription, and characters on computer terminal; visual inspection of documents.

Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; conditions are typical of office settings and administrative work.

Must be able to concentrate on work amidst distractions such as noise, conversations and foot traffic; must be able to consistently meet deadlines regardless of case load; must be flexible in work hours in order to meet patient and hospital operating needs.