Access Therapist (BH)

Riverwood Center•Benton Harbor, MI

About The Position

At Riverwood Center we have a team of caring and committed professionals providing a wide array of personalized services to individuals with behavioral health, intellectual & developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. Riverwood Center is located in beautiful Southwest Michigan with staff at seven sites across Berrien County. We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and a member of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, and the National Council for Behavioral Health. Riverwood Center has been serving members of our community since 1975. We provide a wide array of services to children, families and individuals with mental illness, intellectual & developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. At Riverwood, we are a team of caring professionals focused on improving the lives of those we serve and building a stronger community. We offer personalized behavioral health services striving to make sure every person has an exceptional experience. Riverwood Center conducts business as a division of Berrien Mental Health Authority and we have staff located at seven sites across Berrien County. We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and a member of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards and the National Council for Behavioral Health.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in an appropriate mental health discipline
Two or more years’ experience providing treatment to individuals with a mental illness
Excellent computer and interpersonal skills, punctuality, ability to organize and manage several projects/tasks simultaneously, and work independently
Licensed by the Michigan Department of Commerce or Professional Regulation as a LLMSW, LMSW, TLLP, LLP, LLPC or LPC and must become fully licensed with-in 30 months of date of hire

Responsibilities

Provides phone and face-to-face triage, crisis intervention, brief therapeutic interventions, and initial “Requests for Service” to consumers seeking services
Provides a screening of consumer benefits and level of need to determine population eligibility
Provides referrals to services to internal and external service providers