Residential Therapist

7 days ago
United StatesPer Diem / PRNMental Health Therapy

Job Description

About the Role

Join BEACON BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES as a Residential Therapist – Mental Health in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for providing for the social service needs of patients age 18 and older who are suffering from mental illness.
  • Provides clinical individual, group and family therapy as ordered by the physician.
  • Counsels and communicates to patients/families/primary caregivers issues concerning the facilitation of the medical plan of treatment and discharge plan.
  • Recognizes and utilizes community and family resources to assist the client in long

Requirements

  • Experience in providing for and managing the social service needs of the mentally ill to include by not limited to: family, group and individual psychotherapy with adults and/or geriatric patients
  • discharge planning and case management of inpatient psychiatric patients
  • Certification in Basic Life Support required.
  • Certification in non

Work Schedule

  • Fixed schedule.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join BEACON BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES as a Residential Therapist – Mental Health.

Key Skills

PsychotherapyCase managementDischarge planningPsychosocial assessmentCrisis interventionBasic life supportTreatment planningClinical documentationGeriatric careMental health counselingMultidisciplinary collaborationPatient advocacyInfection controlSafety compliance
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Position Insights

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at BEACON BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Psychotherapy, Case management, Discharge planning, Psychosocial assessment, Crisis intervention, Basic life support, Treatment planning, Clinical documentation. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The Residential Therapist is responsible for providing clinical psychotherapy and case management to adult and geriatric patients with mental illness. They must coordinate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized patient care and discharge plans.

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About BEACON BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Mental Health Care
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2-5

Job Details

Employment Type

Per Diem

Posted

7d ago

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