Primary Therapist

BriteLife Recovery•West Windsor Township, NJ

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About The Position

The Primary Therapist provides individualized, evidence-based treatment to clients in BriteLife Recovery’s outpatient programs, including Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and Outpatient (OP) levels of care. The role includes clinical assessment, treatment planning, individual, group, and family therapy, case coordination, and discharge planning. Services may address substance use disorders, gambling disorder, and co-occurring mental health conditions, consistent with the clinician’s qualifications and assigned responsibilities. The therapist supports program needs across daytime and evening programming and delivers services in person or virtually as assigned and authorized. The position involves maintaining an assigned caseload and group facilitation schedule, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, participating in supervision and quality improvement activities, and adhering to BriteLife Recovery’s Model of Care, clinical standards, and organizational policies. The established schedule and service arrangements may be adjusted as program needs evolve. BriteLife Recovery describes its mission as providing a strong foundation built on empathy, safety, and trust for people living with substance use and co-occurring disorders and their families. The organization promotes a collaborative, clinically effective treatment environment and expects therapists to uphold professional and ethical standards, protect client confidentiality, and participate in required training and supervision.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
Appropriate New Jersey professional credentials or qualifications to provide assigned clinical services in accordance with applicable regulations.
Experience treating substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Experience providing individual and group counseling or psychotherapy.
Knowledge of clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and evidence-based interventions.
Strong clinical documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary treatment environment.
Ability to support daytime and evening programming and provide in-person or virtual services as assigned.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
Experience providing services in PHP, IOP, or outpatient behavioral health settings.
New Jersey clinical licensure or addiction counseling credentials, including LCSW, LPC, LCADC, or other applicable credentials.
Experience or specialized training in gambling disorder treatment.
Experience providing telehealth services.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, clinical evaluations, and ongoing reassessments using appropriate diagnostic and evidence-based assessment tools.
Assess clinical needs, risk factors, and appropriate levels of care using applicable diagnostic criteria and ASAM Criteria.
Develop individualized, client-centered treatment plans with measurable goals and objectives.
Evaluate treatment progress regularly and update treatment plans based on changing clinical needs.
Provide individual, group, and family therapy consistent with client needs and treatment plans.
Facilitate structured therapeutic groups across PHP, IOP, and OP levels of care, as assigned.
Use evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and other clinically appropriate interventions.
Identify and respond to safety concerns, including suicide risk, psychiatric instability, and other clinical crises.
Provide treatment for gambling disorder and related concerns when appropriately trained and qualified.
Maintain accurate, timely, and clinically appropriate documentation in accordance with organizational policies, regulatory standards, and payer requirements.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate treatment and address barriers to recovery.
Communicate with referral sources, outside providers, and other supports as clinically appropriate and with required authorization.
Develop individualized discharge and transition plans that support continuity of care and appropriate movement between levels of care.
Participate in clinical meetings, case consultations, supervision, and quality improvement activities.
Maintain an assigned clinical caseload and group facilitation schedule based on program needs.
Support daytime and evening programming as determined by the established work schedule.
Provide in-person and virtual clinical services as assigned and authorized.
Participate in program development and implementation of new clinical services as needed.
Adhere to BriteLife Recovery’s Model of Care, clinical standards, and organizational policies.
Maintain professional and ethical standards, protect client confidentiality, and participate in required training and supervision.

Benefits

Fully sponsored health plan through APA with Cigna Network.
Dental and vision insurance.
Accident insurance.
Short-term disability insurance.
Critical illness insurance.
Cancer insurance.
Life insurance.
40 hours of sick time annually.
80 hours of vacation annually.
Nine paid holidays for salaried employees; hourly workers earn time and a half for holidays worked.
Employee Assistance Program offering emotional and work-life counseling, financial guidance, legal resources, and health and benefit services.
Shift differential program.
Staff development program.
Tuition reimbursement opportunities.
Supportive working environment and growth opportunities.