Licensed Clinical Therapist

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, as well as education and skills training.
• Ensures orientation of new clients immediately upon admission.
• Obtains history and presenting information as delineated in program policy.
• Collaboratively develops and updates an individualized treatment plan with the individual that includes targeted discharge date and plan.
• Defines all relevant community sources affecting care and treatment of the consumer (e.g. attorney, family, case manager, etc.) and develops and follows contact plans and conjoint therapy plans.
• Updates referring sources and family members on patient progress, if/as approved by the individual in services.
• Utilizes agency endorsed patient-centered therapeutic interventions and rapport-building practices, including motivational interviewing techniques, to non-confrontationally enhance consumer insight regarding diagnostic and usage patterns.
• Documents treatment episodes, contacts, treatment plans and sessions according to periodicity and content requirements.
• Maintains appointed continuous caseload of actively engaged individuals.
• Captures comprehensive discharge plan to ensure seamless community reintegration.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Social Work, Addictions, Psychology or related field.
• LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC, LADC-I preferred
• At least 2 years of experience in a behavioral healthcare or substance abuse settings serving culturally diverse populations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Ability to work with an Electronic Medical Record (Kipu Health)
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects under pressure.
• Understanding of diverse cultures and gender specific issues and the ability to incorporate needs of gender and culturally diverse groups into the organization.
• Understands need for and maintains appropriate confidentiality at all times when interacting with patients, residents, families, visitors, referral sources and all other contacts.
• Exhibits excellent customer relation skills as evidenced by supportive and constructive communication with all contacts including coworkers, patients, residents, visitors, families and referral sources.
• Strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of case management for dual diagnosis patients.

Work Environment

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Job Type

• Full-time

Pay

• $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance