Mental Health Therapist - Substance Use

Responsibilities

• Evaluate clients' mental and physical health, addiction, or problem behavior and assess their readiness for treatment.
• Help clients develop skills and behaviors necessary to recover from their addiction or modify their behavior.
• Complete required evaluations and assessments, including screening, intake, clinical assessments, ASAM and biopsychosocial histories.
• Provides individual and/or group sessions and social casework for residents/clients and their families.
• Serves as a member of the treatment team, working with other disciplines in diagnosing problems, formulating treatment plans, and evaluating progress.
• Provides necessary social work treatment in accordance with medical treatment plans and modifies these plans to further therapeutic goals.
• Prepares socio-psychiatric case history information, psychosocial assessment, and social work treatment plans, for use in pre-admission screening and diagnosis.

Requirements

• Licensed Social Worker or Professional Counselor licensed in the state of Maryland (LGPC, LCPC, LMSW, LCSW-C, LGMFT, LCMFT).
• Experience working with individuals with substance use disorders.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision preferred but not required (LCSW-C and LCPC).

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work or Counseling.
• Current or recently graduated social work and counseling interns are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• Pay Range: Therapists are paid based on a fee-for-service basis, meaning compensation will be paid monthly per completed service rather than based on an hourly or salaried rate.
• Some Full-Time salaried positions available, paid bi-weekly.
• Salaried positions range from $68,841 - $77,102 (LGPC, LMSW, LGMFT) or $75,215 - $84,241 (LCPC, LCSW-C, LCMFT) per year.
• Other Compensation: Employees are eligible for bonuses (variable, depending on company and individual performance) and paid training.
• PTO/Sick Leave: New employees can accrue up to 96 hours of PTO in the first year (pro-rated based on start date and hours worked). Employees can accrue up to 40 hours of sick leave per calendar year (pro-rated based on start date and hours worked).
• Retirement: 403(b) plan participation available at hire. Employer matching after 1000 hours of service. Discretionary employer contributions are given at least once a year.
• Health Benefits: Fee-for-service employees are eligible for benefits once they obtain full or part-time status. Benefits include Medical, Dental, and Vision (single and family), flex-spending accounts (FSA and Dependent Care).
• Company-Paid Benefits: Full-Time employees are eligible for Long-Term Disability and Basic Life/AD&D.
• All employees are eligible for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Other Voluntary Benefits: Full-Time employees are eligible for Short-Term Disability coverage.