Mental Health Therapist

Start Corporation • Baton Rouge, LA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you passionate about working with families to help them create more meaningful connections and communication? As a Mental Health Therapist in the Functional Family Therapy program, you will meet with parents and their children in their homes to provide therapeutic interventions intended to facilitate positive growth and development.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in social services (Social Work, Psychology, Sociology etc.)
• At least 2 years’ experience in social services
• Effectively demonstrate the understanding and practice of Evidence Based Models.
• Communicate respectfully and effectively and establishes professional relationships.
• Promotes recovery, independence, and personal choice for participants.
• Assists participants in identifying strengths, needs, and realistic goals to develop a service plan.
• Accurately identifies risk and responds appropriately.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of behavioral health symptoms, interventions, and impact.
• Maintains professional boundaries and operates within agency /ethical guidelines.
• Knowledge of agency and community resources and referral processes.
• Ability to work with diverse individuals/populations.
• Ability to exercise discretion and maintain client and employee confidentiality.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Requires working flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Requires extensive travel to client homes and throughout the community.
• Commitment to the Evidence Based Model.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic interventions intended to facilitate positive growth and development for families.
• Complete mandatory training and consultation of Evidence Based Model.
• Ensure service delivery is consistent with Evidence Based Model.
• Schedule and maintain a flexible workweek to meet the needs of client families, therapists and other job responsibilities.
• Participate in weekly consultation and supervision.
• Promote the agency/program within the community.
• Meet guidelines for submission of notes into the EHR.
• Data entry into agencies EHR and Evidence Based Model’s systems.
• Provide at least 60 units of billable services per week.

Benefits

• Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance
• vision insurance
• dental insurance
• disability insurance
• life insurance
• paid time off
• 13 paid holidays per year for regular full time staff
• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching

What This Job Offers

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