Therapist I

Why Psynergy Programs?

At Psynergy, we know that together, we achieve more!

Psynergy Programs sets itself apart as the destination-of-choice for residential treatment of chronic mental illness in the state of California. In partnership with twenty-six Counties and Behavioral Health Departments across California, Psynergy provides rehabilitation and specialty mental health services to individuals afflicted with complex and chronic mental illness. We do this in an enriched residential environment where through support, skill-building and treatment clients have created thriving environments and communities of care. Our adjoining outpatient clinics provide and support the highest levels of service to our clients.

We are looking for exceptional team members who can help us build and maintain the highest standards of care in both residential and clinical treatment! Come meet our team!

About You

We are growing and searching for highly-skilled licensed therapists (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC) to provide outpatient-level clinical services (i.e. assessments, individual, family and group therapy, including equine, case management, crisis intervention, and linkage) to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (ex: schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD) living in an adult residential care facility.

To do this work successfully, you will need:

• Full Vaccination against COVID-19 – CA required
• To be a licensed therapist (i.e. LCSW, LMFT, LPCC) - required
• A commitment to providing the highest levels of service - required
• A great attitude - required
• Experience working in behavioral health or in residential care - preferred

We compensate you for your accomplishments and talents! Other qualifications and certifications earn you more $$ so let us know! – preferred

Your Responsibilities

Using best practice standards, therapists must be able to work with a diverse population of conserved and non-conserved individuals with co-occurring behavioral health and medical diagnoses as well as substance use disorders. Therapists at Psynergy are part of a multidisciplinary team comprised of psychiatrists, therapists, nurses, lead clinicians and rehabilitation counselors who work with California's most complex and chronic cases.

As lead clinician for a caseload of 25 clients, the Psynergy therapist takes pride in:

• Provides treatment and interventions to clients referred for co-occurring substance use disorders
• Creates Relapse Prevention Plans with clients on caseload
• Experience with treating clients with co-occurring substance use disorders - preferred
• Working in collaboration with 26 counties in CA (and counting!) providing specialty mental health services as part of California's system of care
• Utilizing best practice standards including having a "whatever it takes" attitude and focus
• Providing strengths-based services to a diverse client population that resides in an enriched residential community
• Conducting assessments upon admission and as needed
• Developing effective treatment and behavioral plans to achieve personal goals including reducing unnecessary hospitalizations
• Performing regular risk assessments and safety planning
• Providing weekly and as-needed therapy to each client and families as needed
• Providing weekly clinical groups
• Providing linkage and case management
• Providing clinical support and modeling to a professional and paraprofessional staff
• Helping maintain a therapeutic and welcoming outpatient clinic environment
• Providing shared on-call support to the residential facility staff and clients
• Providing clinical supervision of associate level clinicians (stipend offered)

Have ideas or skills that would help our clients? Let us know! We are always looking for individuals with special certifications, skills, trainings, degrees, and compensate competitively for them! (ex: CNA, NVCI, First Aid, CPR, Narcan, SUDS, CADC, ARF/RCFE, CBT, DBT, CBT for Psychosis, Motivational Interviewing, etc.)

Your Pay and Other Benefits

• Sign-On Retention Bonus Incentive
• Flexible scheduling including weekend and evening hours, if desired
• Fast paced and dynamic learning environment that supports clinical treatment for underserved populations
• High quality meal per shift
• Gym membership or Peloton reimbursement
• Employee discount on products from popular retailers through ticketsatwork.com
• 401k with 5% employer match
• Life
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Still furthering your education? Let us help you pay for it! Up to $2,500 per year
• Annual Bonus and Profit Sharing
• Bring a licensed colleague who also likes to excel and get a $5,000 referral bonus

Your Trajectory

We are a growing company with facilities in Morgan Hill, Greenfield and Sacramento. Your opportunities with Psynergy are largely set by your own goals and progress. When you join Psynergy, you are joining a company looking for its next leaders and we believe in advancement and building opportunities for our employees! You are rewarded with opportunities and support to excel, a $2,500 annual education stipend/reimbursement, a very competitive wage/salary and growing opportunities.

At Psynergy, you will be offered a professional home where you can build skills, your career and best practices in behavioral health treatment. Join Us!

Full Job Description will be provided if selected for an interview

The pay range assigned to this role is based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

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