Behavioral Health Therapist

Join a team where your work truly makes a difference. For nearly 70 years, Caron Treatment Centers has helped individuals and families find hope, healing, and lasting recovery through compassionate, evidence-based addiction and behavioral healthcare. At Caron, employees are supported with opportunities to learn, grow, and build meaningful careers, along with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan. 

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

1. Oversees coordination of a patient’s care while in residential services, including the integration of family sessions, school expectations, communication with referral sources, assessment of patient progress and communication to the clinical team regarding special treatment needs and procedures.
2. Completes initial patient assessments such as psychosocial assessment, gathering patient goals, and completing family assessments.
3. Utilizes the multi-disciplinary treatment team to determine appropriate level of care and identify behavioral health needs that can be treated in Caron’s continuum and those that require external placement.
4. Facilitates group therapy and individual counseling.
5. Works with the Family Therapist to assess family dynamics and recommend the family education program and ongoing family therapy. Develops a comprehensive continuing care plan that includes input from the clinical referents, internal referents, multi-disciplinary treatment teams, family, and patient.
6. Works within the ethical constraints of the certified addiction counselor and other professional or organizational ethical standards as they apply to the position.
7. Documents treatment plans, progress notes, treatment plan updates, case consultations, telephone calls and discharge summaries in the patient electronic health record in accordance with Caron policies and procedures.
8. Completes necessary utilization review information.
9. Responds to off-hour issues/concerns in a timely and effective manner and is available for on call matters as needed.
10. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the duties or tasks that may be required or assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Must be able to work extended hours and travel as needed
2. Must be able to deliver presentations that may be both multiple times and for lengthy time periods
3. Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.
4. Must be able to move throughout Caron properties
5. Must be able to ascend and descend stairs
6. This is a safety sensitive position

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Master’s degree in counseling, social work, MFT, psychology or other related field required which includes a practicum in a health or human service agency, preferably in a drug and alcohol setting.
2. License required (LMHC, LCSW or LMFT)
3. Minimum of 3 years in the field with SUD and MH experience required.
4. CAC, CAP, or MCAP preferred, mandatory within two years of hire.
5. Preferred Specialty Training (i.e., MI, DBT, MBSR, CPT, CBT, EMDR, Trauma and Rainbow Advocacy)
6. Experience in lifespan developmental issues for their respective populations
7. Experience in facilitating group therapy preferred
8. If in recovery, one to two years of uninterrupted sobriety preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Must possess a basic understanding of addiction and addiction interaction disorders.
2. Ability to work with individuals and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
3. Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of individuals and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the individual’s problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed
4. Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques.
5. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with patients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
6. Fundamental knowledge of mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures to include common medications and their effects/side effects.
7. Must possess the willingness and capacity for growth, both personally and professionally.
8. Must have the ability to be objective, empathetic while addressing the individual needs of the respective patients, referrals, and family members.
9. Must be computer literate and able to work with most Microsoft applications along with network components.
10. Must have fluid communication skills and the ability to document insights and observations in a clinical record.
11. Must possess a high degree of professionalism and be able to keep confidential information and treat sensitive clinical information ethically.
12. Must be able to keep all clinical work within the guidelines of licensure, accreditation and Caron standards throughout his/her work.
13. Must be familiar and demonstrate knowledge of the principles and programs of the various 12-step fellowships.
14. Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.

EOE

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