Mental Health Therapist

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc•Long Beach, CA

8d•$37 - $46

About The Position

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. is hiring a full-time, paid Mental Health Therapist for its Outpatient department. The position is intended for a post-master’s-degree ASW, AMFT, or APCC intern with a California Board of Behavioral Sciences registration number. The therapist primarily serves people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, collaborating with therapists, case managers, counselors, medical staff, and psychiatrists. Duties include assessments, psychotherapy, and some case management. Supervision hours toward licensure are provided. Prior knowledge of DMH paperwork is strongly preferred, and bilingual ability is preferred but not required. The role includes clinical evaluation and diagnosis, treatment and discharge planning, individual, couple/family, and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, consultation with multidisciplinary staff, and timely documentation. The therapist attends supervision and training, maintains training-hour records, and documents clinical services. Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation providing behavioral healthcare services, including chemical dependency.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Behavioral Sciences.
Registration as an intern with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; the position is described for an ASW, AMFT, or APCC intern with a BBS registration number.
Ability to perform the clinical, supervision, training, and documentation duties described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience providing substance abuse and/or mental health services.
Experience working with youth and/or families in a mental health setting.
Prior experience with DMH documentation; DMH paperwork knowledge is strongly preferred.
Bilingual ability.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychological evaluations, including clinical diagnostic interviews and/or psychological assessments.
Develop treatment and discharge plans.
Determine diagnoses and treatment recommendations based on signs and symptoms of psychological disorders.
Provide individual, couple/family, and group psychotherapy.
Provide crisis counseling and psychological emergency interventions and assessments, including determining the need for 5150 evaluations.
Consult and liaise with multidisciplinary program staff about patients’ diagnoses, mental status, interventions, and treatment planning; communicate changes in patients’ mental status or psychological disposition.
Apply current legal standards related to professional practice, reporting requirements, professional boundaries, and related issues.
Complete timely, comprehensive progress notes in patients’ medical records in accordance with JCAHO, State, County, and Agency standards.
Attend weekly group supervision meetings as requested, individual supervision sessions as scheduled, weekly training seminars, and other requested trainings.
Maintain documentation of training hours and obtain supervisors’ signatures as required.
Document clinical information from services rendered and obtain supervisors’ signatures on documentation.
Conceptualize cases and prioritize treatment needs, as evidenced by clinical documentation.
Perform additional functions requested by the Coordinator of the Psychology Training Program to meet special facility patient needs.
Provide assessments, psychotherapy, and some case management services.