Mental Health Therapist (BRIDGE/Project Aware)

FCC Behavioral Health•Kennett, MO

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About The Position

The Mental Health Therapist (BRIDGE/Project Aware) provides quality individual and group therapy to clients in a timely and responsible manner. The role includes conducting assessments and crisis interventions, creating individualized recovery care plans, and supporting discharge, transition, and aftercare planning. The therapist follows applicable evidence-based practice models and agency policies, communicates clinical information effectively, and ensures services comply with agency certification standards and the strategic plan 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 for licensure 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.
Demonstrate working knowledge of diagnostic criteria sets for substance use and/or mental disorders.

Responsibilities

Conduct individual, family, and group therapy sessions with assigned clients 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 clients.
Provide weekly staffing reports about new clients and clients 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 the constraints of agency certification standards (CARF and DMH) 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.