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Residential Therapist – Part Time
📍 Baltimore, Maryland
💰 $30.00-$40.00 Hourly
🕒 Full- Time or Part-Time | Shifts: 7:00AM-3:00PM, 3:00PM-11:00PM, and 11:00PM-7:00AM | Weekdays and Weekends
Being the Leader Communities Need in Moments of Crisis.
About Us
CarePoint Response is a nationally recognized nonprofit and Baltimore’s only comprehensive crisis response system. Since 1992, we’ve been at the forefront of behavioral health crisis care — providing timely, community-based services for individuals and families experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Residential Therapist to join our team at Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. In this role, you’ll provide crisis intervention, behavioral stabilization, and short-term counseling to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use challenges.
You’ll conduct assessments, develop person-centered treatment plans, and collaborate with nurses, peer specialists, and community partners to ensure coordinated, continuous care. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping individuals find stability and support in times of crisis.
What You’ll Do
- Provide a full range of crisis and behavior stabilization services supporting clients with a variety of behavioral health needs.
- Conduct behavioral health assessments for individuals in crisis and/or who are experiencing high acuity behavioral health symptoms.
- In collaboration with the individual receiving care, peer recovery specialist, nurse, and other professional team members, develop a person-centered treatment plan with sustainable goals, realistic strategies, with identified supports and intervention(s).
- Coordinate with system partners such as hospitals and other community organizations for direct admission to residential units and necessary assessments / evaluations.
- Collaborate with team members to support assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, and outpatient counseling activities for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program.
- Using established mechanisms / processes, refer individuals to outpatient facilities and for support services and continuation of care following discharge in collaboration with unit case management.
- Provide short-term limited, evidence-based counseling for both individual and group settings.
- Coordinate and act as a liaison as assigned and appropriate for internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate adherence to company policies and expectations and behavioral competencies, both explicit and implicit.
- Occasional travel to off-site meetings or other engagements possible
- All tasks, projects, and/or duties as assigned and authorized, as determined by Direct Supervisor (or designated delegate) to be congruent with the role.
Qualifications
- Master's in Clinical Psychology (MA or MS), Required, OR master’s in social work (MSW), Required
Additional
- Valid and unrestricted driver’s license, Required
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Products, Required
- Proficiency and familiarity with EHR/EMR systems, Preferred
Credentials
- Current LMSW, LGPC, LCPC or LCSW-C licensure in Maryland, Required
- Current BLS Certification, and/or LCADC preferred
- Familiarity with relevant laws, regulations, and best practices in crisis response and mental health services.
Why Join CarePoint Response
🏥 Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
💼 403(b) Retirement Plan.
🌴 Generous PTO – Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holidays.
📚 Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development Support.
💙 Be part of an innovative, impact-driven team shaping the future of crisis care.
Make a Difference. Lead with Compassion.
This is more than a leadership role — it’s a chance to help individuals and families find stability in their most vulnerable moments.
👉 Apply today and become a guiding force for change.
Salary : $30 - $40