Family Based Mental Health Professional

Northern Tier Counseling Inc • Towanda, PA

6d • $28 - $34

About The Position

Northern Tier Counseling (NTC), a local nonprofit organization established in 1993, is hiring a full-time, benefit-eligible Family Based Mental Health Professional. The role provides family therapy and individual, group, or other treatment modalities and interventions in the home, school, and community as needed to help maintain families in stable home conditions. The professional serves as the lead therapist within the team.

The position uses an employee-centered management model that includes ongoing coaching, training, and development, and offers a family-friendly work environment with a flexible schedule. The employee will use NTC’s electronic health records system and receive initial and ongoing training. Employees are expected to become proficient in the position within six months.

NTC participates in Pennsylvania’s Behavioral Health Health Education Program (BHHEP), which offers eligible students and recent graduates paid internships and loan-forgiveness options.

Requirements

• A graduate degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education, or another human services field is preferred.
• Two years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of psychotherapy modalities, principles, and practices, with the capacity to further develop that knowledge.
• Knowledge of individual and group behavior and the relationships among family, social, economic, psychological, and physiological factors.
• Good knowledge and ability in using therapeutic skills and principles.
• Ability to plan and integrate all clinical services received by a family or child in the program.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate clinical records; make clinical assessments; and formulate service plans and family goals.
• Ability to supervise and work as lead therapist alongside a secondary family-based mental health worker.
• Ability to perform basic administrative duties and tasks assigned by the program supervisor.
• Must be able to travel.
• Current, valid driver’s license.
• May be required to use a personal vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Screen, assess, develop treatment plans for, and plan aftercare and discharge for assigned families.
• Attend and participate in appropriate conferences, meetings, training sessions, and treatment sessions related to families in the program.
• Conduct family, individual, and group therapy, and ensure case-management goals are linked to the treatment plan, treatment-plan reviews, and case notes.
• Ensure psychotherapeutic and case-management goals are linked to the plan, treatment-plan reviews, and case notes.
• Establish a close, extended-family-like relationship with identified families as a unit.
• Link families to community resources and other appropriate services.
• Provide scheduled 24-hour emergency services seven days per week and back up other team members when appropriate.
• Perform or monitor case-management activities as necessary to support the treatment plan.
• Through collaboration and/or supervision, ensure the mental health worker is involved in assessment, treatment planning and delivery, the relationship with the family, and discharge planning.
• Arrange relief services as required by the treatment plan.
• Present the plan’s progress and status at staffing, together with the mental health worker.
• Provide program statistics and other required documentation to the program supervisor, potentially including weekly productivity reports and basic administrative duties.
• Ensure proper disbursement of FSS funds.
• Attend weekly staff meetings and quarterly general staff meetings.
• Participate in ongoing in-service training programs.
• Use NTC’s electronic health records system during employment and seek additional training through the supervisor, manager, and/or director when needed.
• Perform other duties and functions as assigned.

Benefits

• Commitment bonus of $4,000
• Benefit-eligible position
• Flexible schedule
• Employee coaching, training, and development
• Eligible students and recent graduates may access paid internships and loan-forgiveness options through BHHEP

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time