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As an Independent Mental Health Therapist, you will provide compassionate and effective psychotherapy and counseling services to clients managing mental health challenges. Every day you will conduct assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and maintain clinical documentation while managing your caseload. To be successful, you will demonstrate expert clinical judgment, strong therapeutic communication, and a commitment to professional development, ensuring high-quality, independent client care.
Job Responsibility:
Independently evaluates and/or assesses the bio-psycho-social needs of patients, and treats mental health disorders by conducting therapy sessions with patients utilizing various treatment modalities such as individual, group, family and/or significant other counseling and education to assist these individuals in achieving defined treatment goals and provide crisis intervention when needed
Develops and maintains a positive professional relationship with clients, peers, coworkers, and members of the community
Documents clinical services (i.e., evaluations/assessments, progress notes, group notes, treatment plan, discharge summaries, etc) that reflect progress toward goals as established in the treatment plan in accordance with departmental record keeping policy, procedure and licensure standards
Collaborates, consults, refers and coordinates treatment and discharge/after-care services with departmental treatment team, other internal programs, and external agencies and significant others having joint interest in meeting the needs of the client in a timely manner
Assumes responsibility for personal and professional growth, assures compliance with all annual competencies, and fulfills yearly education requirements in order to maintain an active license
Assists in ensuring that there is timely reimbursement for services rendered: providing information for utilization reviews, obtaining proper authorizations, assisting in providing documentation for third party payment, and maintaining currency of patient demographics and insurance information as necessary
Requirements:
Masters Other in Counseling, Social Work, Nursing or other related behavioral health field
Independent Mental Health Practitioner/Counselor: NE
Nice to have:
Three years of post license experience in a mental health/addiction recovery or related field