What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Mental Health Therapist position at Changing Leads Counseling?
Overview
Help children, adults, and families navigate mental health challenges through compassionate, evidence-based care. As a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, you’ll assess client needs, develop treatment plans, and provide individual, group, and family counseling across appropriate care settings.
Your impact: Thoughtful assessment and coordinated treatment help clients and families build coping skills and access care suited to their needs.
Duties
- Conduct intake, mental health assessments, and diagnostic evaluations; document findings in electronic medical records (EMR/EHR) using applicable clinical standards and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding.
- Provide psychotherapy, clinical counseling, child and family counseling, and group therapy using approaches such as cognitive behavioral, trauma-focused, behavioral, and motivational interviewing.
- Support crisis intervention and management, treatment planning, case management, and coordination with clients, families, and care teams.
- Maintain accurate, confidential medical records and follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and clinical ethical guidelines.
Skills
- Required: Active mental health therapist license applicable to the role and strong client communication, clinical documentation, and patient assessment skills.
- Preferred: Experience with children, youth, pediatrics, families, developmental disabilities, autism, co-occurring disorders, trauma, grief, or chronic pain.
- Relevant experience may include clinic settings; telehealth therapy; social work; direct support; and behavioral health.
- Additional approaches or populations of interest include PTSD care, psychodynamic, geriatrics, gender issues counseling, and CPT coding.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: In person
Salary : $65,000 - $85,000