Mental Health Associate

SUMMARY

• We are seeking a Mental Health Associate to join our Partial Hospitalization team.
• This full time role will work days (Monday to
• Friday 8:00
• AM to 4:30 PM).
• Purpose of this position: Under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional, a mental health associate provides direct psychiatric treatment for persons living with mental illnesses, evaluates care and programming, provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and develops programming as needed

Responsibilities

Provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy Leads multidisciplinary care team rounds Provides mental health services including initial and ongoing screeners, assessments, diagnosis, treatment plans (and treatment plan updates), psychoeducation, treatment, crisis services, referrals, and termination Completes necessary documentation for accurate and timely billing for client services Provides psychoeducation to patient, families, referents, and community organizations Provides care coordination including discharge planning Provides on-call phone coverage for patient coaching May act as a preceptor to interns and students Assists in maintaining standards for clinic accreditation by health management organizations and state licensure/certification Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Post Master's graduate in Behavioral Health field, obtaining supervision hours for complete independent licensure as LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, working with persons living with mental illnesses, and chemical dependency experience is highly desired Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities: Ability to provide psychotherapy to patients and families; ability to recognize and document patient progress Ability to work cooperatively with other members of the multidisciplinary clinical team Ability to interact with individuals of widely diverse lifestyles including ability to deal objectively with individuals whose attitudes and behaviors differ from his/her own Ability to read and interpret written instructions, patient charts, and physicians' notes Ability to interpret policies and procedures in an advisory capacity (educate) Ability to use computer systems, including electronic medical records, along with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, etc.) License/Certifications: LGSW, LPC, or LAMFT