Mental Health Associate

SUMMARY:

We are seeking a Mental Health Associate to join our Partial Hospitalization team. This full time role will work days (Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM).

*Purpose of this position:*Under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional, a mental health associate provides direct psychiatric treatment for persons living with mental illnesses, evaluates care and programming, provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and develops programming as needed

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy
• Leads multidisciplinary care team rounds
• Provides mental health services including initial and ongoing screeners, assessments, diagnosis, treatment plans (and treatment plan updates), psychoeducation, treatment, crisis services, referrals, and termination
• Completes necessary documentation for accurate and timely billing for client services
• Provides psychoeducation to patient, families, referents, and community organizations
• Provides care coordination including discharge planning
• Provides on-call phone coverage for patient coaching
• May act as a preceptor to interns and students
• Assists in maintaining standards for clinic accreditation by health management organizations and state licensure/certification
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

/ Minimum Qualifications: /

• Post Master's graduate in Behavioral Health field, obtaining supervision hours for complete independent licensure as LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC

/ Preferred Qualifications: /

• Experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, working with persons living with mental illnesses, and chemical dependency experience is highly desired

/ Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities: /

• Ability to provide psychotherapy to patients and families; ability to recognize and document patient progress
• Ability to work cooperatively with other members of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Ability to interact with individuals of widely diverse lifestyles including ability to deal objectively with individuals whose attitudes and behaviors differ from his/her own
• Ability to read and interpret written instructions, patient charts, and physicians' notes
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures in an advisory capacity (educate)
• Ability to use computer systems, including electronic medical records, along with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, etc.)

/ License/Certifications: /

• LGSW, LPC, or LAMFT

Title: Mental Health Associate

Location: MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus

Requisition ID: 260756