Mental Health Therapist II

Sutter Health • Berkeley, CA

1d • $56 - $75

About The Position

This position primarily provides group psychotherapy to patients currently admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Brief individual interventions as well as milieu therapy are also functions of this position. For this specific position, experience with adolescent patients is highly desirable as well as experience with acute or inpatient populations. LMFT, LCSW or LPCC is preferred, but not required - candidates should be on or eligible for licensure track at a minimum. Provides psychosocial assessment, individual/group treatment, family therapy, discharge and aftercare planning to patients and their families for mental health recovery. Develops ways of mitigating obstacles affecting care plan implementation and success. Competency in delivering services and treatments based of recovery-oriented services, family systems, and evidenced based treatments. Provides consultation and training on psychosocial aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Provides emotional support and education for staff. Serves as a liaison to community programs and develop strategic partnerships to enhance aftercare plans of patients and their families. These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development).

Requirements

• Master's: social Work, counseling, or related field.
• AMFT- Associate Marriage & Family Therapist OR APCC- Associate Professional Clinical Counselor OR ACSW- Associate Clinical Social Worker
• 2 years recent relevant experience.
• Clinical skills in psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, counseling, interdisciplinary collaboration and linkage with resources.
• Knowledgeable in child, adolescent, adult and geriatric psychopathology as well as psychiatric interventions.
• Knowledgeable with psychiatric, psychosocial and legal issues and substance misuse/abuse and chemical dependency assessment and treatment, understanding of current insurance benefits and restrictions in the area of mental health, knowledgeable of DSM-IV-TR, family systems therapy and crisis intervention models.
• Knowledge of child, elder and dependent adult abuse and domestic violence reporting requirements and other significant regulations affecting clinical social work practice (e.g. Tarasoff, patient-psychotherapist privilege).
• Knowledge of suicidal behavior and homicidal, and the skills necessary to assess lethality, and to develop appropriate treatment plans.
• Knowledge and understanding of human behavior and communication, psychotherapy, case management, and the influence of cultural and spiritual values in social work practice.
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide psychosocial care appropriate to the age-specific needs of children, adolescents, adults and elders.
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented services, family systems, and evidenced based treatments (e.g., Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interview, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, etc.).
• Must demonstrate interpersonal and organizational skills, to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and competing demands.

Nice To Haves

• LMFT, LCSW or LPCC is preferred, but not required - candidates should be on or eligible for licensure track at a minimum.
• For this specific position, experience with adolescent patients is highly desirable as well as experience with acute or inpatient populations.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychosocial assessment, individual/group treatment, family therapy, discharge and aftercare planning to patients and their families for mental health recovery.
• Develops ways of mitigating obstacles affecting care plan implementation and success.
• Competency in delivering services and treatments based of recovery-oriented services, family systems, and evidenced based treatments.
• Provides consultation and training on psychosocial aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides emotional support and education for staff.
• Serves as a liaison to community programs and develop strategic partnerships to enhance aftercare plans of patients and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level