Behavioral Health Therapist, Per Diem Day Shift, Behavioral Health (Inpatient)

About the role

Shady Grove Medical Center - Behavioral Health seeks to hire an experienced Behavioral Health Therapist who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality therapeutic care that is appropriate to the age, diagnoses, developmental state, and mental status of the clients that are assigned to their specific unit/department
• Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
• Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
• Participates in an interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
• Assists clients in their development of self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-actualization through a multitude of traditional and adjunctive therapeutic services
• Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i.e., DJS, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc.
• Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety and stability
• Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues
• Promotes positive patient-family-community relations
• Supervises interns psychotherapeutic treatment of patients and their families including individual therapy, parent collateral work, family therapy, couples therapy, and group therapy
• Monitors progress of patients in treatment and formally reviews treatment plan and goals regularly
• Supervises interns consultation with other professionals working with the client to assure coordinated and comprehensive service delivery
• Supervises interns documentation, including maintenance of charts in a complete, timely and legible form, including parent information forms, consent forms, data collection forms, progress notes, and treatment plans and goals as required by state DHMH

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited program required
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical social work experience, preferably in medical or behavioral health settings
• Current licensure as LCSW-C, LCPC, or equivalent
• Proficiency in conducting substance use assessments with ASAM criteria
• Experience facilitating group therapy with adults and/or adolescents preferred
• Strong skills in assessment, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Schedule

• Employment Type: Per Diem
• Hours per Week: 16 hrs/week
• Typical Daily Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, Shifts are 8:00am - 4:30pm or 9:00am - 5:30pm (8.5 hour shift with an unpaid 30-minute lunch)
• Shift Type: Day Shift
• Weekend Requirements: Yes, must be available to work every Saturday and Sunday or at least two full weekends per month
• Shift Differential Eligible: Yes

Benefits

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Free Employee parking
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support