Mental Health Therapist

Job Details Level: Experienced Job Location: Pasadena Villa Richmond OP - Glen Allen, VA 23060 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: Graduate Degree Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 /year Job Category: Health Care Position Summary The Therapist I provides individual, group, and family therapy sessions for clients in a residential mental health treatment setting. Therapists assess therapeutic needs, develop treatment plans, and facilitate group, family, and individual therapy sessions. The position collaborates with clients, team members, external clinical partners, and family members to coordinate care throughout the treatment process. Relationships and Contacts Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with clinical, admissions, and leadership team members. Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clients and families, clinical providers, referral partners, and vendors as needed. Position Responsibilities Essential Responsibilities Facilitates group, family, and individual therapy sessions in accordance with the clinical program schedule. Completes psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, contact logs, discharge plans, and other reports in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines, and payor source guidelines. Completes all necessary documentation within prescribed format and timelines. Ensures documentation reflects ongoing assessments of client’s clinical presentation and behaviors. Facilitates specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises and/or co-leads groups with clinical interns when appropriate. Selects appropriate interventions to meet the clinical needs of individual clients. Maintains therapeutic relationships with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Sets limits and holds boundaries in a kind and firm manner. Conducts effective verbal crisis intervention and de-escalation involving other team members as needed. Collaborates with an interdisciplinary treatment team to coordinate client care from admission through discharge. Attends clinical, consultation, and operations meetings; serves as a clinical advocate for assigned cases. Communicates client progress with referral sources, families, parents, and/or guardians as appropriate. Addresses clients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in a welcoming and respectful manner. Responds to clients and families with empathy and positive professional skills. Additional Responsibilities Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled, proactively notifying supervisor of planned and unplanned time off needs. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests; adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. Maintains a positive attitude and acts as a team player with others on the team. Attends and completes all trainings within assigned time frames. Completes other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education and Experience: Position requires a master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, or psychology. Must hold an LPC, LCSW, LMFT, Resident in Counseling, or MSW in good standing within the state of Virginia. Requires a minimum of 2 years’ experience working with clients with a primary mental health diagnosis. Other Requirements Requires clearance of TB test, criminal background check clearance, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements. Current CPR and First Aid certification or willingness to obtain within 30 days of start date. Skill Competencies Ethics and Values – adheres to and promotes the ethics and values outlined in the company and accrediting/licensing bodies Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance. Consistently upholds and models a high level of integrity. Clinical Knowledge – acquires and maintains a working knowledge of current theory and evidence-based practice. Proactively seeks supervision, consultation, and continuing professional development. Cultural Competence – continuously strives to provide client-centered, culturally competent care, recognizes, and affirms cultural and linguistic diversity. Screening and Assessment – engages clients and support systems in screening and assessment to develop individualized, evidence-informed care plans. Leverages established screening tools. Care Planning and Intervention – develops and implements evidence-informed care plans that promote clinical excellence throughout the client-centered continuum of care. Advocacy – advocates for the needs and interests of clients and families to promote clinical excellence through improved outcomes, access to care, and service delivery. Interdisciplinary and Interorganizational Collaboration – promotes cross-functional collaboration among team members and referral partners to support and enhance clinical service delivery and support. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Pasadena Villa Outpatient LLC provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Pasadena Villa reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” #J-18808-Ljbffr Odyssey Behavioral Group