Mental Health Therapist - Youth Outpatient (Carter/Reynolds)

FCC Behavioral Health•Poplar Bluff, MO

13h

About The Position

The Mental Health Therapist provides quality individual and group therapy to people served by the center in a timely and responsible manner. The role includes conducting assessments, providing crisis intervention, developing recovery care plans, and supporting discharge, transition, and aftercare planning. The therapist follows applicable evidence-based practice models and works within agency policies, certification standards, and strategic plans related to clinical care.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field.
Complete all necessary coursework and meet all requirements to be licensed in the State of Missouri; at minimum, be eligible to begin supervision.
Meet the Department of Mental Health’s criteria for a Qualified Mental Health Professional.

Responsibilities

Conduct individual, family, and group therapy sessions with assigned people served and/or their families.
Maintain a working knowledge of civil involuntary detention procedures.
Conduct initial assessments to determine the appropriate level of care.
Provide crisis interventions to people served.
Provide weekly staffing reports about new admissions and people served receiving therapeutic services that require team advice.
Develop individualized recovery care plans for assigned consumers, including SMART goals, objectives, and interventions.
Complete discharge, transition, and aftercare summaries accurately and in a timely manner.
Adhere to applicable evidence-based practice models.
Communicate information orally, effectively, and accurately.
Ensure the program operates within applicable agency certification standards, including CARF and DMH standards, and the strategic plan related to clinical care.
Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
Perform other job duties and special projects as assigned.