Therapist - Residential Treatment Program

Casa Palmera

Casa Palmera is a nationally recognized subacute residential treatment center offering drug rehabilitation, treatment for alcohol addiction as well as treatment for mood disorders and anxiety and trauma disorders. Casa Palmera is staffed with a diverse team of psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists who work together to help each patient move forward within a caring community.

If you are looking for an organization that thrives on growth, celebrates diversity of thought, and rewards passionate execution, you’ve come to the right place. Because we put clients first, it is our honor to support and reward those who serve them.

Position Summary

The CP Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Clinical Model. Therapist responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitating clinical assessments, conduct individual and family therapy sessions, and other case management tasks, as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment.
• Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones.
• Carries a case load of 5-7 patients.
• Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.
• Facilitates the process orientated and psychoeducation groups daily/weekly.
• Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary.
• Assesses patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.
• Communicate with the Utilization Review Department regarding authorization and payment.
• Begins discharge planning on day of admission for all patients.

Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact.

Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge.

• Effectively manages crises in sessions and the milieu.
• Provides support to milieu staff in their interactions with patients and their loved ones.

Works collaboratively with the entire treatment team and milieu staff to always ensure the highest level of clinical quality.

Knowledge, Education, and Experience

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required
• Completion of state requirements and state license to conduct therapeutic interventions required
• Employment Status: Full time
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm
• Work Location: Del Mar, CA
• Compensation Range: $75,000-95,000 annually

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.