Summary

Outpatient Therapists are responsible for providing outpatient therapy to clients with an emphasis on completing comprehensive mental health assessments, treatment plans, and follow-up therapy for children/adolescents and familie. The ideal candidate is flexible to serve clients in the office, home, and community settings, is a Medicaid approved provider, and eligible to join additional private insurance panels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Completes mental health assessments and treatment plans of clients.
• Provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy implementing goal specific and measurable treatment plans.
• Provides urgent care and crisis intervention as indicated.
• Consults regularly w/ clinical team members on member care.
• Communicates w/ Behavioral Health colleagues, Primary Care providers, and other providers and agencies as needed to facilitate integrative care.
• Prepares and submits documentation of services within 24 hours of service delivery.
• Participates in staff development meetings and in quality of care activities on a regular basis.
• Manages insurance panel and practice management within departmental guidelines.
• Assess progress toward goals of individuals served, coordinating supports and resources, as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Competency

• Ability to update comprehensive clinical assessments as needed
• Experience serving children/adolescents and adults with DSM-V diagnosis (mental health needs) and their families.
• Self-motivated and committed to continuing personal and professional growth.
• Competence in written and oral communications, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Basic computer skills and literacy.
• Able to meet deadlines and handle multiple responsibilities.
• Demonstrate ability to function under pressure and independently.
• Effective, empathetic, interpersonal skills (oral and written) that build mutual trust and respect with youth and their families, agency staff, and the professional community.
• Demonstrate ability in working collaboratively with professional colleagues, local and state officials, referral sources and community groups.

Preferred Experience

• Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW)
• Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHC)
• Family Therapy (LMFT)
• Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS)
• Associate License: LCSWA, LCMHCA, LMFTA, LCASA
• Strong Assessment & Diagnostic Skills
• 1 year of experience providing urgent care or crisis intervention required
• 2 year of experience providing CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) required.
• Treatment Planning Expertise
• Efficient & Effective Practice Management in a Clinical Setting
• Client Focus & Strong Ability to Function as a Team Member
• Strong Individual, Family, & Group Therapy Skills
• Flexibility with willingness to work in office, client home, and/or community
• Individual therapy with adults, children using cognitive behavioral techniques
• Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches
• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

Education Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Service-related field required.
• 2 years of Post Master's clinical experience in mental health required.

Additional Requirements

• Associate level clinicians are required to obtain a supervision contract
• Request for a National Provider Identification (NPI)
• Completed NC Tracks Application
• Completed CAQH Application
• Obtain liability insurance with adequate with malpractice coverage

Salary: $50,000 - $60,000, DOE

Location: Alamance, Orange, Person, Caswell, Rockingham, Person, and Chatham Counties, NC

Job Type: Contract