Trauma Focused Mental Health Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Trauma-Focused Mental Health Specialist

Location: Onsite — Twin Falls, ID

Our client, a behavioral health organization specializing in crisis stabilization services, is looking for a Trauma-Focused Mental Health Specialist to join their Youth and Adult Crisis Centers in South Central Idaho. Do you have a passion for helping individuals and families navigate mental health and substance abuse crises? Are you a licensed (or license-eligible) counselor who thrives in a collaborative, trauma-informed environment? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career. Keep scrolling to see what this opportunity has to offer.

The Perks!

• Pay: $35.00–$50.00 per hour, based on experience
• Benefits: Dental insurance, health insurance, health savings account, paid time off, professional development assistance, and vision insurance
• Flexible scheduling options available (Full-time, Part-time, Contract, or Internship)

A Day in the Life of a Trauma-Focused Mental Health Specialist

In this role, you'll provide out-patient, patient-centered, trauma-focused care to youth and adults facing mental health and substance abuse challenges. You'll work alongside a coordinated care team to deliver crisis intervention, therapy, and skill-building support that helps clients stabilize and move forward. This position plays a key role in advancing accessible, trauma-informed mental health care across South Central Idaho.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting comprehensive diagnostic assessments and treatment planning
• Providing crisis intervention services
• Facilitating individual, group, and family psychotherapy
• Delivering Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
• Collaborating with problem-solving courts, adult and juvenile corrections, medical providers, and community treatment partners
• Leading skill-building groups for adults or children with serious and persistent mental illness or severe emotional disturbance
• Supporting family support programs
• Delivering out-patient substance abuse treatment and recovery support
• For supervisory positions: providing clinical supervision (requires independent licensure and 2+ years of supervisory experience)

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Current Idaho Counseling License (LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC, AMFT, or LMFT) or a master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, or Social Work, with willingness to obtain Idaho licensure within 6 months of hire
• 1+ years of counseling experience preferred (not required)
• Spanish fluency a plus
• Experience in addiction medicine helpful
• Ability to maintain client confidentiality

About the Hiring Company:

Our client is a behavioral health organization dedicated to providing coordinated, trauma-focused crisis stabilization services to youth and adults throughout South Central Idaho. Their mission centers on compassionate, patient-centered care that meets individuals and families where they are during some of life's most difficult moments. 

Come Join Our Behavioral Health Team!

Start by filling out this 3-minute, mobile-friendly application here. We look forward to hearing from you!