Career Center

This will be a primarily weekend position.

As a Behavioral Health Clinical Program Therapist you will:

• Coordinates, develops and delivers curriculum to meet the psychological needs of patients.
• Participate within a lead role in the multidisciplinary treatment team planning process, encouraging patient and family involvement.
• Perform clinical services aimed at stabilizing the psychiatric crisis and the development of healthy mental health management through a biopsychosocial model of treatment.
• Co-facilitates group psychotherapy and facilitates psychoeducational focus groups serving as a role model for patients to observe and learn socially effective values, attitudes and behaviors.
• Documents patient care and information in an accurate, legible, manner utilizing correct grammar and spelling; documentation is reflective of patient behavior, thoughts, feelings and responses to milieu and the treatment plan directed interventions.
• Interactions with others are nonjudgmental, assertive and respectful demonstrating a professional, caring attitude and behavior towards others; behaviorally demonstrates understanding of program philosophy, rules and regulations.
• Offer brief individual, group, and family therapy, psychoeducation, crisis intervention, as well as providing information and referrals as needed in collaboration with the case management department.
• Reviews charts in preparation of patient treatment planning and provides input on patient progress. Evaluates and updates treatment interventions in collaboration with charge nurse and/or Program Director.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the patient to include child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric stages.
• Serve on weekend assessments, group therapy rotation, and clinical-on-call rotation when needed.

As a Behavioral Health Clinical Program Therapist you will have:

• Minimum Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or Professional Counseling.
• Independent Practice Scope Licensure in State of Practice.
• Minimum 3 years in discipline.