Lead Therapist, Wed. thru Sat., 8am-6pm

UHS•Denton, TX

13h•Onsite

About The Position

University Behavioral Health of Denton is a private freestanding psychiatric hospital specializing in mental health and chemical dependency care. Serving North Texas and surrounding areas, UBH Denton has provided a range of programs treating mental health illnesses and substance abuse issues since 2005. Our inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services offer supportive and compassionate care for adolescents and adults with specialty programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our patients. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment that puts patient care first while also having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career.

Requirements

Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field preferred.
Minimum of three (3) years experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, case management/discharge planning.
Must have strong clinical assessment skills.
Hospital experience strongly preferred.
Program Therapist must be state certified in social work or clinical related mental health field.
LPC-Intern, LPC, LMSW, or LCSW license required.
CPR certification, Handle With Care and Verbal De-Escalation training within 30 days of employment prior to assisting in a restraining procedure.
Must be able to pass a competency exam for the area upon hire.
May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.

Responsibilities

Performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health, including providing basic consultation, teaching/psychoeducation, complete specialized clinical social work services for patients/families receiving care, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term family therapy, facilitate therapeutic groups, and providing information and referrals as needed.
Collaboratively work with interdisciplinary treatment team for coordination and planning of patient care.
Ensuring that Social Services team members are also conducting practice to at the optimal level of daily case management functions.
Provide direct oversight to Social Services team members to ensure maintaining compliance with paperwork, patient engagement therapeutic activities and attendance.
Milieu management support by way of ensuring therapeutic services remain on schedule and patients are actively engaging in services.
Act as a “Staff Mentor”, by way of leadership, active services excellence education to peers and team members.
Training of new therapist and mentoring their development as appropriate team member and clinicians to the facility.