Home Based Therapist

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LBS Employee Benefits: We manage the business operations so you can focus on providing high-quality mental health treatment. Here are just some of our perks and benefits:

• Competitive base salary, in addition to the salary, there is hourly monetary incentive.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with minimal cost to employee
• Teladoc (immediate non-emergency medical services) at no cost to employee
• Long-term, short-term disability and life insurance with no cost to employee
• Licensure-required supervision at no cost to the employee
• PTO includes: generous vacation and personal time with additional annual holidays (35 Paid days off the first year)
• Retirement account with company contribution
• One-hour lunch included in the 8-hour workday
• Live and recorded webinars with CE approval from APA, NASW and NBCC
• Malpractice liability insurance policy
• An array of tech equipment to support service delivery including (when applicable), smart phones, agency fleet vehicles, laptops, tablets and desktops with dedicated support from Operations, HR, and IT professionals
• Incentive and bonus opportunities
• Competitive base salary
• To support self-care and burnout prevention, LBS offers an onsite employee fitness center (approx. 20,000 sq. ft.) with newly equipped treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, full-body workout machine, massage chairs, carpeted circular track for walking and running, free weights, putting green and locker rooms with showers. All at no cost to employees.

At LBS, base salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation package, which may additionally include performance/incentive-based compensation earnings, retirement accounts, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and a generous amount of paid time off. LBS prides itself with a long history of annual raises and bonuses (dependent on funding and reimbursement).

The Home Based therapist will provide intensive home and community based services to children and their families with multiple service needs. The focus of treatment is to support and preserve families and provide effective treatment and community supports to address risks that may increase the likelihood of a child being placed outside the home.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Completes all required trainings.
• Reports to work on time as scheduled and at the location assigned.
• Responsible for transporting consumers to community appointments, clinic appointments, activities and other resources as identified in their person centered plan.
• Provide comprehensive assessments and facilitate person centered planning.
• Therapist must become reliable PECFAS raters by attending the PECFAS training within the first 3-6 months of hire. Therapist cannot administer the PECFAS unless certified a reliable rater. Therapist must administer CAFAS PECFAS quarterly.
• Provide home-based therapeutic services.
• Practices Person Centered Planning principles.
• Treatment planning integrates assessments to provide meaningful and individual goals and objectives.
• Therapist completes necessary documentation in a timely manner.
• Assessments are completed in a timely and thorough manner. All assessments contain the documentation requested on the form.
• Progress notes are completed after each contact.
• Treatment plans and reviews are completed within established timeframes.
• Maintains the required 80 monthly direct service hours.
• Facilitate support groups as needed.
• Submit timely and accurate paperwork.
• Maintain client files in order and up to date.
• Provide client transportation as needed.
• Participate in individual and group supervision.
• Participate in ongoing professional development including but not limited to in-service training, peer review, external workshops and seminars.
• Attend all agency and department meetings as required.
• The clinician has no substantiated recipient rights violations filed against him or her.
• When appropriate, completes other assigned responsibilities in a reasonable established timeframe, with quality expectations.

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or other related human service field.
• Appropriate licensure with the State of Michigan.
• Obtain appropriate certification through the Michigan Association of Infant Mental Health.
• Background in childhood development or basic understanding of appropriate family dynamics.
• Preferred 2 years experience with direct clinical experience in providing therapeutic services to children and their families.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate commitment, caring and respect for children and adults from diverse backgrounds that demonstrate a multiplicity of problems.
• Ability to work cooperatively and responsibly as a member of a team with colleagues, supervisors, and collateral contacts.
• Ability to develop treatment plans and coordinate needed services.
• Ability to role model appropriate child-handling techniques to parents.
• An understanding of professional practice, ethics, and HIPPA requirements
• Demonstrate positive communication both orally and written.
• Ability to represent the agency in a professional manner.

Qualifications

• Possession of a valid Michigan Driver's License with a good driving record.
• Access to a private vehicle for day-to-day job performance.

Physical Demands

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