Outpatient Therapist

Values

Employees of Darke County Recovery Services, DBA Recovery & Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio are expected to value highest ethical standards, quality clinical care, and good customer service. We also value quality communication skills in a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary and often multi‑agency service environment.

RWC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Benefits

• Competitive benefit package including medical, dental and vision.
• Employer‑paid short‑term and long‑term disability insurance.
• $25,000 life insurance policy for all full‑time employees.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Paid time off package accruing from day one, averaging 4 weeks per year.
• EAP program for staff and a monthly wellness hour.
• Eligibility to participate in 403B retirement program.

Responsibilities

• Informs clients of limits to confidentiality, rights regarding services delivered, and payment expectations.
• Performs diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy services within scope of practice in collaboration with clients.
• Completes the Individual Treatment Plan in collaboration with the client before any services are provided.
• Coordinates interventions with a multi‑disciplinary treatment team.
• Provides emergency consultation, assessment, and crisis intervention in the office or at the ICU.
• Completes all billable documentation within 24 hours of the service, and maintains efficient and timely documentation on all other non‑billable services such as referrals, discharges, etc.
• Integrates services and/or makes referrals to appropriate professionals or outside agencies as indicated.
• Participates in the assessment of program needs and peer review, and cooperates with performance improvement objectives.
• May supervise interns in professional training or graduate‑level unlicensed mental‑health therapists.
• Performs community outreach and education assignments including mental‑health education and prevention programs, as well as consultation services.
• Provides billable services in excess of a minimum of 50% productivity or more than 90 hours monthly.
• Complies with confidentiality and protected health information rules.
• Attends staff meetings, in‑services, case conferences, etc. as scheduled.
• Performs other related duties as assigned, including support activities as needed to augment functioning of the agency.
• Collaborates in maintaining clean, safe workplace, including maintenance of CPR/First Aid skills and aggressive client management skills (TAPS or equivalent).

Requirements

Required Credentials and Skills

• Independent licensure (LISW, LISW‑S, LPCC, or Psychologist) or base‑level licensure (LSW, LPC, or graduate‑level psychology trainee or assistant).
• Must be willing to provide licensure supervision if licensure includes training supervision designation.
• If not independently licensed, supervision is provided by appropriately licensed mental health provider.
• Oral & written communication skills.
• Competency in areas prerequisite for performing activities noted above.
• Displays good customer service skills with clients and the public at large.
• Utilizes computer well enough to perform clinical documentation in Carelogic (MIS system) directly and generates written communication in Word or via email.

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 this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear. They must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have a valid license to drive a motor vehicle and a safe driving record and must be comfortable driving in varied weather conditions found in the geographic region.