Mental Health Therapist

What You’ll Do

Position Summary

The Mental Health Therapist (MHT) would provide individual, and family therapy services, while coordinating services with the clinical team, namely the psychiatric provider. This MHT would work with other ancillary staff to identify resources and support, as part of the treatment plan to produce better health outcomes for our patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral health counseling services
• Conduct patient assessments and establish therapy treatment goals
• Administer individual and group therapy
• Maintain thorough and confidential records of observations
• Evaluate progress and effectiveness of therapy interventions
• Provide patient with information regarding resources and therapeutic activities in the community
• Work directly with the patient, family, provider and community providers to ensure active and collaborate care
• Provide assessment, social services and counseling to patients, and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial and family situations.
• Provide individual, group and family psychotherapy
• Document therapies and treatment
• Assist with direct patient care as needed
• Initiate and conduct educational programs for staff as needed
• Assessing, diagnosing, and treating clients/patients as consistent with mental health therapy licensures

Develop and maintain good working relationships with outside community health and social agencies and reaches out to the community to develop new resources for meeting patient needs

Conduct training programs, giving presentations and public speaking with outside organizations regarding health and wellness

Public speaking and giving presentations to patients during groups and other initiatives

Function as lead therapist regarding trauma and personality disorders, providing clinical consultation to staff

Provide clinical consultation to clinical staff about mental health issues for various patient populations, including geriatric and substance use disorders

Interpret and communicate necessary information regarding patients and families including social history information to staff and providers

Coordinate planning, make recommendations, and facilitate decision-making concerning individual patient care plans especially regarding the home situation

Plan Treatments and Review Provider Cases

• As the community and surrounding resource centers begin learning about Suvida, opportunities for being a brand ambassador may arise
• Perform other duties as assigned

• What You’ll Bring
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Verbal communication
• 2+ years of professional experience recommended.
• Ability to make professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendations for treatment planning and implementation.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and sympathetic nature
• Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) required
• Education, Experience, Licensure, or Certification Requirements
• Master’s degree required (Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling)

Licensing- One of the Following Independent Licenses

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or LPC Associate
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or LCSW Associate
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or LMFT Associate

Suvida Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.