What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Therapist III position at Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Community Services Board Inc?
About MPNN BH
Our purpose is to serve our catchment area with the power of human connection in a compassionate and respectful way. If interested in serving your community while working at a rewarding career, you belong here.
The position of Mental Health Therapist III is responsible for:
- Provides direct services to mental health, intellectual disability and substance abuse individual through individual, marital, family and group therapy. Services to include client identification, comprehensive needs assessment, planning, implementing and monitoring service plans, and advocacy and resource development.
- Develops, implements and monitors treatment plans comprised of counseling interventions specifically designed to meet each individual client’s needs.
- Provides additional case management services, such as coordinating in-patient discharge planning, assisting clients in connecting to natural and professional resources for support to relieve/prevent crises as relates to family preservation and support services.
- Serves on agency insurance panels; completes applications to become paid provider as needed and in a timely manner; is familiar and proficient with the completion of required and routine insurance paperwork.
- Maintains a cooperative working relationship with community partnering agencies to include but not limited Courts, departments of social services, schools, public health, and other public and private agencies.
- Maintains complete, accurate, and current clinical documentation and records; performs routine office filing; Performs self and peer audits to ensure documentation is up to date; receives and answers general correspondence and inquiries.
- Works a schedule determined by client needs which may include more than one evening per week.
- Offers consultative services regarding mental health and substance abuse issues to referrals and the general public.
- Prepares reports, written evaluations, discharge summaries, and other documents to provide history, recommendations, and other information.
