Mental Health Therapist

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Provides immediate supportive counseling and necessary assistance to clients dealing with a crisis or emergency situation.
• 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.
• Analysis and evaluation of client situation consistently reflects 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 differentiate between emergency and non-emergency tasks.
• Effective communication with healthcare professionals.
• Understanding of medical terminology.

Benefits

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

Pay

• Details about pay not specified.

Schedule

• Schedule details not specified.