Mental Health Therapist

***Up to $5,000.00 Signing and Retention Bonus Available to Qualified Candidates***

Position Summary

The Therapist I provides individual, group and group therapy sessions for clients in an Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization mental health facility. Therapists assess the therapeutic needs of clients, develop appropriate treatment plans, and facilitate group, family and individual therapy sessions. Position collaborates with clients, team members, external clinical partners and family members, as appropriate, to coordinate care throughout the treatment process.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with clinical, admissions, and leadership team members throughout the organization.

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clients and families, clinical providers, referral partners and vendors, as needed.

Position Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities

1. Facilitates group, family and individual therapy sessions in accordance with the clinical program schedule.
2. Completes psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, contact logs, discharge plans and other reports in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines and payor source guidelines.
   1. Completes all necessary documentation within prescribed format and timelines.
   2. Ensures documentation reflects ongoing assessments of client’s clinical presentation and behaviors.
3. Facilitates specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises and/or co-leads groups with clinical interns, when appropriate.
4. Selects appropriate interventions to meet the clinical needs of individual clients.
5. Maintains therapeutic relationships with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes.
6. Sets limits and holds boundaries in a kind and firm manner.
7. Conducts effective verbal crisis intervention and de-escalation involving other team members, as needed.
8. Collaborates with an interdisciplinary treatment team to coordinate client care from admission through discharge.
9. Attends clinical, consultation, and operations meetings; serves as a clinical advocate for assigned cases.
10. Communicates client progress with the referral sources, families, parents and/or guardians, as appropriate.
11. Addresses clients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in a welcoming and respectful manner.
12. Responds to clients and families with empathy and positive professional skills.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled, proactively notifying supervisor of planned and unplanned time off needs.
2. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests; adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
3. Maintains positive attitude and acts as a team player with others on the team.
4. Attends and completes all trainings within assigned time frames.
5. Completes other duties as assigned.

What We're Seeking

• Must have a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling, or other related field, and be actively pursuing licensure from the state, such as LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LMHC
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with an emotionally dysregulated population which preferably would include young adults and adults in the mental health or education fields. Must have knowledge of human development over the life span.
• Requires valid State Driver’s License and current CPR certification.

Pasadena Villa provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Pasadena Villa reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”  

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