Mental Health Therapist

Responsibilities

• Conducts face-to-face assessments
• Establishes diagnoses
• Makes treatment suggestions
• Orders Behavioral Health Intervention Services (BHIS) services (when indicated)
• Affords referrals to BHIS providers
• Provides mental health, substance abuse, trauma, and personal growth related therapy services
• Provides therapy services in individual and group sessions
• Provides crisis intervention and conflict resolution assistance
• Demonstrates ability to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency tasks and responds accordingly
• Completes an initial assessment through utilization of proven tools including the American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM)
• Obtains bio-psychosocial history information and identifies client needs by interviewing the client, reviewing available records, conferring with other professionals and appropriate House of Mercy staff, and contacting other information sources as necessary and appropriate
• Analyzes and evaluates client situation consistently reflecting advanced competency in psychosocial assessment and diagnosis

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a human services related discipline, required
• Temporary license to provide mental health therapy in the State of Iowa or LMSW (licensed master social worker)
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within first 30 days of employment
• Understand medical terminology and communicate effectively with healthcare professionals

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a human services related discipline, required
• Temporary license to provide mental health therapy in the State of Iowa or LMSW (licensed master social worker)
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within first 30 days of employment
• Understand medical terminology and communicate effectively with healthcare professionals

Skills

• Advanced competency in psychosocial assessment and diagnosis
• Ability to conduct face-to-face assessments and establish diagnoses
• Knowledge of behavioral health intervention services (BHIS)
• Proficiency in mental health, substance abuse, trauma, and personal growth related therapy services
• Effective communication skills, including understanding and communicating medical terminology
• Ability to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency tasks
• Ability to complete initial assessments using proven tools like ASAM
• Ability to obtain and analyze bio-psychosocial history information

Benefits

• Committed to providing compassionate, person-centered care
• Equal opportunity employer

Pay

• Details about pay structure not specified in the job posting

Schedule

• Schedule details not specified in the job posting