Mental Health Therapist

Position Summary

The Mental Health Therapist (MHT) would provide individual, and family therapy services, while coordinating services with the clinical team, namely the psychiatric provider. This MHT would work with other ancillary staff to identify resources and support, as part of the treatment plan to produce better health outcomes for our patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral health counseling services
• Conduct patient assessments and establish therapy treatment goals
• Administer individual and group therapy
• Maintain thorough and confidential records of observations
• Evaluate progress and effectiveness of therapy interventions
• Provide patient with information regarding resources and therapeutic activities in the community
• Work directly with the patient, family, provider and community providers to ensure active and collaborate care
• Assess, social services and counseling to patients, and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial and family situations
• Provide individual, group and family psychotherapy
• Document therapies and treatment
• Auxiliary patient care as needed
• Initiate and conduct educational programs for staff as needed
• Assessing, diagnosing, and treating clients/patients as consistent with mental health therapy licensures
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with outside community health and social agencies and reaches out to the community to develop new resources for meeting patient needs
• Conduct training programs, giving presentations and public speaking with outside organizations regarding health and wellness
• Public speaking and giving presentations to patients during groups and other initiatives
• Function as lead therapist regarding trauma and personality disorders, providing clinical consultation to staff
• Provide clinical consultation to clinical staff about mental health issues for various patient populations, including geriatric and substance use disorders
• Interpret and communicate necessary information regarding patients and families including social history information to staff and providers
• Coordinate planning, make recommendations, and facilitate decision-making concerning individual patient care plans especially regarding the home situation
• Plan treatments and review provider cases

What You’ll Bring

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Verbal communication
• 2+ years of professional experience recommended
• Ability to make professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendations for treatment planning and implementation
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and sympathetic nature
• Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) required

Education, Experience, Licensure, Or Certification Requirements

• Master’s degree required (Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling)
• Licensing:
• One of the following independent licenses:
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or LPC Associate
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or LCSW Associate
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or LMFT Associate