Full Time Therapist (LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LCDC, LPC-Associate)

San Antonio Behavioral Health•San Antonio, TX

About The Position

Provide therapeutic treatment services to patients, including psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, and group counseling, and timely discharge planning and case management based on known or anticipated needs. Participate in multidisciplinary patient care and treatment for early-adult through late-adult patients. Develop treatment plans and interventions to alleviate psychiatric symptoms and functional impairment, and identify, assess, counsel, and intervene effectively with medically and psychosocially complex patients. Use appropriate therapeutic methods, including crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, and group therapy. Complete psychosocial assessments covering social, economic, cultural, age-related, behavioral, abuse, treatment, family-support, and other relevant resource factors. Collaborate with the healthcare team, patients, families, and community resources to develop and implement individualized care plans; monitor and reassess those plans as patient status changes. Maintain knowledge of assistance programs and community resources, provide resource-specific information, initiate contacts, and facilitate referrals. Educate and advocate for patients and families on medical care, discharge planning, advance directives, end-of-life care, guardianship when appropriate, and payer requirements and authorizations for post-acute services. Conduct psychotherapy groups based on CBT, DBT, and trauma models. Document interventions accurately and promptly in the medical record in accordance with regulatory policies and procedures, and maintain patient confidentiality.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or another Behavioral Health field.
Current Texas state license: LCSW, LMSW, LPC, or LPC-Associate.
Experience working in a mental health clinic or other behavioral health setting.
Knowledge of evidence-based practices used in clinical interventions.
Experience assessing and treating different age groups.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with adolescents and adults.

Responsibilities

Provide therapeutic treatment services to patients.
Complete psychosocial assessments and provide crisis intervention, individual, family, and group counseling.
Provide timely and appropriate discharge planning and case management based on known or anticipated needs.
Participate actively in multidisciplinary patient care and treatment.
Develop treatment plans and interventions to alleviate psychiatric symptoms and functional impairment.
Identify, assess, counsel, and effectively intervene with medically and psychosocially complex patients.
Use appropriate therapeutic methods, including crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, and group therapy.
Assess relevant social, economic, cultural, age-related, behavioral, abuse, treatment, family-support, and resource factors.
Collaborate with the healthcare team, patients, families, and community resources to develop and implement individualized plans of care.
Monitor and evaluate care plans and available services throughout the hospital stay, and reassess plans when patient status changes.
Provide patients and families with information about community resources, initiate contact with appropriate resources, and facilitate referrals.
Educate and advocate for patients and families regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives, end-of-life care, and guardianship when appropriate.
Educate patients and families about payer requirements and coverage for post-acute services, and advocate for authorizations for continued care as appropriate.
Conduct psychotherapy groups using CBT, DBT, and trauma models.
Document social work interventions accurately and promptly in the medical record in accordance with regulatory policies and procedures.
Maintain professional practice and patient confidentiality.