Behav Health Therapist

About the role

Join our mission to provide accessible, whole-person care and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. As a Behavioral Health Therapist, you will deliver compassionate, evidence-based services to children, adolescents, adults, and families, helping individuals overcome challenges, strengthen resilience, and improve their overall well-being. Through integrated care and a commitment to health equity, you will play a vital role in advancing healthier patients, stronger families, and thriving communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of Behavioral and Mental Health clients.
• Develop effective treatment plans, including specific goals and timelines for meeting them.
• Assist clients in achieving established self-management goals.
• Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate interventions or referrals if needed.
• Actively participate in meetings that support an integrated Medical/Mental Health care model to provide comprehensive care for clients.
• Assist in the detection of “at risk” patients and development of plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Assist in the management of chronic disease by working with patients in self-management of chronic diseases.
• Refer patients for other treatment when objective progress in patient’s condition cannot be documented.
• Provide trainings for staff and/or families on Behavioral Health issues as needed.
• Comply with HIPAA, HITECH, and Part II regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker with current Kentucky license.
• Must maintain compliance with licensure board continuing education requirements.
• A minimum of 2 years of direct clinical experience.
• Integrated medical care model experience preferred.
• Must be licensed in the state of Kentucky as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
• Current CPR certification is required and must be maintained throughout the duration of this position.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Computer skills - knowledge of word processing software.
• Excellent working knowledge of Behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for Mental Health and Behavioral Health conditions.
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of Mental Health and Behavioral Health conditions.
• Ability to communicate and work with an interdisciplinary team in a primary care center serving large numbers of low income and minority patients.
• General knowledge of the clinical effects and side effects of prescription and illicit drugs used by Mental Health and Behavioral Health patients.
• Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic Mental Health and Behavioral Health conditions.

Skills

• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Intermediate computer literacy.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, patients, other employees, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
• Frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle and feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Required to walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, or balance.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close and distant vision within normal range, as well as the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.