Substance Use Disorder & Mental Health Therapists

Why Join Meta House?

At Meta House, your work has purpose. Every role whether clinical, administrative, or leadership contributes to helping women and families rebuild their lives and achieve lasting recovery. Here, you’re not just filling a position; you’re advancing a mission that changes futures. We foster a collaborative, values-driven culture where professionals are supported, challenged, and empowered to grow. If you’re looking for meaningful work, a team that cares deeply, and the opportunity to make a measurable impact in your community, Meta House is where your career and your purpose align.

Position Summary:

Provides exceptional clinical care and therapeutic milieu to support clients’ long-term recovery goals and to achieve Meta House’s mission and vision. Responsible for assessment, education, treatment planning, crisis management, and interventions with clients experiencing substance use and mental health disorders. Ensures the completion of required documentation. Collaborates with treatment providers and support teams. Provides program and team support to ensure the consistent delivery of trauma informed, strengths-based, evidence-based care. Meets expectations for quality of work, fidelity of interventions, client contact, billing accuracy, and grant deliverables. 

Essential Functions:

• Serve as the primary therapist to an assigned caseload.
  • Conduct one-on-one therapy sessions at the frequency required by the assessed level of care.
  • Utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques.
  • Complete all required intake and ongoing documentation accurately and timely including level of care, admissions paperwork, assessments, progress notes, and other contacts.
  • Develop a collaborative treatment plan with clients. Explain assessment results, identify client needs in a written plan, formulate specific and measurable short-term and long-term goals, and design client-centered interventions to achieve these goals. Review treatment plans and level of care at appropriate intervals.
  • Attend and/or organize monthly team meetings for assigned clients.
  • Provide substance use, mental health, and recovery capital education.
  • Collaborate with each client’s internal and external care teams, ensuring continuity of care.
• Facilitate process and curriculum groups.
• Provide/assist with on-site crisis intervention.
• Assure authorization and continued re-authorization for caseload as may be necessary through insurance and other funders.
• Assist with the coordination of services that support the treatment program, clients, team, and agency.
• With supervisor, ensure coverage of all services, including group and individual therapy sessions as assigned and coverage for colleagues' PTO time.
• Attend required meetings and clinical supervision.
• Outpatient and Residential Therapist I-III: After 3 months of employment, participate in the on-call rotation to support clients and team after hours and on weekends.
• Outpatient Program Counselor Tech-Therapist III: Assist with the color of the day urinalysis process, including administrative duties and documentation, monitoring supplies and collection of urine and breathalyzer samples.
• Participate in agency or community-based committees or meetings as assigned.
• Other duties as periodically or permanently assigned

Qualifications Required

• Have and maintain licensure based on assigned therapist level

Qualifications and Requirements for Level I Therapists:

• SAC-IT  
• LPC-IT or APSW eligible preferred
• Master's degree in social work, Counseling, or related field 

Qualifications and Requirements for Level II Therapists:

• CSAC or SAC or equivalent scope & competency per Act 262 
• LPC-IT or LPC; APSW or LCSW  
• At least one full licensure: LCSW, LPC, SAC or CSAC 
• Master's degree in social work, Counseling or related field  

Qualifications and Requirements for Level III Therapists:

• CSAC or equivalent scope & competency per Act 262 
• LPC or LCSW  
   

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities needed:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time management, and planning skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with both internal team members and external agencies/partners.
• Emotional intelligence and resilience when handling crises and long-term exposure to traumatic stories and experiences.
• Able to work with a diverse client population and understand and respect family dynamics from many cultural viewpoints.
• Independence, flexibility, and a mature approach to problem solving.
• Knowledge of community resources
• Computer skills including proficiency in Epic Connect, Microsoft Office Suite, and other applications

Able to: 

• Provide proof of vaccination for MMR, Varicella, and annual flu shot.
• Adherence to a tobacco-free (including vape/e-cigarette) work environment
• Tolerate occasional hot or cold environments.
• Sit or stand for extended periods of time including alternating sitting or standing at will.
• Lift and up to 25 pounds on a regular basis and 40 pounds on occasion.
• Ascend and descend stairs using feet and legs.
• Bend, stoop, twist, squat, and kneel to perform essential functions.
• Reach overhead, and at or below shoulder level.
• Read and enter text or data into a computer or other system.
• Seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise work with hands.
• Touch, pick, punch or otherwise working with fingers.
• Hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds to communicate with clients and/or colleagues.
• Express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word to impart oral information to clients or the public and convey detailed spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• See clearly at approximately 20 inches or less including use of computers or tablet.
• Visually identify clients and others for reasons including security, confidentiality, and presence in the building
• Employees who, as part of their regular duties, transport Meta House clients to and from meetings or appointments in their personal vehicle must carry and maintain proof of current Wisconsin automobile liability insurance coverage at or above the minimum state requirements

Employee Classification: Non-Exempt/Hourly

Department: Recovery Community and Residential
Shift: 1st
Schedule: Monday-Friday, ability to work occasional evenings and weekends
Reports to: Manager of Residential Services
Works in coordination with: Outpatient staff, Residential staff, Facilities