Mental Health Therapist - Youth Outpatient (Carter/Reynolds)
FCC Behavioral Health•Poplar Bluff, MO
About The Position
The Mental Health Therapist provides timely, responsible, and quality individual and group therapy to people served by the center. The role also involves conducting assessments, providing crisis intervention, developing recovery care plans, and completing discharge and aftercare documentation. The therapist works within applicable evidence-based practices, agency policies, and certification standards.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field.
- Complete the necessary coursework and meet State of Missouri requirements for licensure; 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 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 who 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 promptly.
- Adhere to applicable evidence-based practice models.
- Communicate information orally, effectively, and accurately.
- Ensure the program operates within the agency’s certification standards (CARF and DMH) and strategic plan related to clinical care.
- Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
- Perform other assigned job duties and special projects.
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Job Type
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