Therapist - PACT

This position carries out rehabilitation and support functions along with assisting in treatment, substance abuse services, education, support, and consultation to clients and their families. Treatment is primarily provided in the community at a location that best meets the needs of the clients served.

Responsibilities

• Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities.
• Assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans as clients’ needs change.
• Educate, support clients’ families, and advocate for clients’ rights and preferences.
• Participate in client-centered comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history.
• Complete sections of the PACT comprehensive assessment including social development and functioning, activities of daily living, and family structure and relationships.
• Consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
• Participate in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings.
• Participate in providing substance use and treatment services.
• On-call and medication monitoring after normal business hours on a rotating basis.

Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services

• Assist in ongoing assessment of clients’ mental illness symptoms and clients’ response to treatment.
• Provide therapy services utilizing evidence-based interventions including CBTp.
• Make appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put clients at risk.
• Assist in the provision of symptom education to enable clients to identify their mental illness symptoms.
• Assist in the provision of direct clinical services to clients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office or in the community setting to teach behavioral symptoms management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication.
• Promote clients’ personal growth and development by assisting them to adapt and cope with internal and external stresses.
• Assist with individual or group treatment in office or community setting in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational, considers interactions of mental illness, substance abuse, and client-determined goals.
• Coordinate with outside inpatient services to detoxify clients and establish linkage to self-help programs.
• Participate in the provision of rehabilitation services.

Activities of Daily Living Services

• Provide ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill training supervision, and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living.
• Assist clients to find and maintain a safe affordable place to live.
• Assist and support clients to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry.
• Ensure clients have adequate financial support (help to gain employment or apply for entitlements).
• Teach money management skills (budgeting and bill pay).
• Assist clients in assessing financial services.
• Help clients to access reliable transportation.
• Assist and support clients to effectively use personal primary care, physical, dentist, and other medical specialists as required.

Support, Interpersonal Relationships and Leisure Time

• Provide individual supportive therapy (problem-solving, role-playing, modeling, and support), skill development, and assertiveness training to increase client social and interpersonal activities in a community setting.
• Plan, structure, and prompt social, leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays, providing side-by-side support and coaching to increase social experiences and provide opportunities to practice social skills and receive feedback & support.
• Provide practical help, supports, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem-solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities for daily living.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, or related field leading to eligibility for clinical licensure.
• 1 to 3 years of experience providing behavioral health treatment.
• Experience providing crisis services, intensive case management, or community-based mental health treatment preferred.
• Strong individual treatment plan writing and computer skills.
• Problem-solving skills to assist and support clients with persistent mental illness and their families.
• Possess and utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be self-motivated, work independently and as a team member.
• Ability to represent the agencies in a professional manner within the community.
• Establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illness, respect for client rights, and personal preference in treatment.

Licensure, Registration, Certification

• Marriage & Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA), Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA), Independent Clinical Social Work Associate (LICSWA), or Licensed Agency Affiliated Counselor (LAAC) in Washington State.
• First Aid/CPR Certification.
• Valid Washington State driver’s license and required minimum liability insurance for WA State.
• Must be deemed insurable as determined by Catholic Charities’ liability insurance provider.
• Employment is conditional upon being cleared by criminal background check and fingerprinting when required.

Physical Requirements

• This position normally requires the physical demands of standing, walking, bending, lifting or performing other work requiring low physical exertion, talking, and hearing on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 80% of the time.
• Position also requires the ability to drive with adequate vision and skill.

Qualifications

Qualifications for candidates hired at the MHP level:

• Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA), Marriage & Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA), Independent Clinical Social Work Associate (LICSWA), or Licensed Agency Affiliated Counselor (LAAC) in Washington State.

Qualifications for candidates hired at the Licensed level:

• Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) license in Washington State.

Pay

• MHP level: $84,800 to $95,400 per year.
• Licensed level: $90,100 - $100,700 per year.

Schedule

Monday - Thursday, 7am to 6pm.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays, 12 days of vacation, 12 days of sick leave per year.
• Health insurance including medical & prescription coverage, with optional dental and vision insurance plans. Majority of premiums paid by Catholic Charities.
• Retirement 403(b) Plan: employee contributions commence upon employment; Catholic Charities contributes 2% of monthly income and matches up to 4% of employee contributions following 6 months of employment.
• Basic Life Insurance paid 100% by Catholic Charities.
• Flexible Spending Account eligibility following 6 months of employment.
• Education Assistance Program reimbursing up to $5,250 per year for approved continuing education after 6 months of employment.
• Additional voluntary insurances including supplemental life, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), critical illness, long-term disability, accident, and ID theft.
• Employee Assistance Program includes 3 counseling sessions per year, legal consultations, financial coaching, and other wellbeing tools.
• Annual longevity awards begin at 5 years of employment.