Mental Health Therapist

What You’ll Do

Position Summary

The Mental Health Therapist (MHT) is responsible for providing 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

• Provide assessment, 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

• Assist with direct patient care as needed

• Initiate and conduct educational programs for staff as needed

• Market and provide community education on therapeutic services

• 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 with outside organizations regarding health and wellness

• 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

• Perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Verbal communication

• 2+ years of professional experience recommended.

• Ability to make professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendation for treatment planning and implementation.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and sympathetic nature

• Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) required

Education, Experience, Licensure, or Certification Requirements

• Masters Degree required (Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling)

• Licensing: One of the following independent licenses:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

• No Limited/Provisional Licenses

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