Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist

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Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist

Type:

Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!  

Ready to make a difference in a supportive, small-town setting? Our Bakersville, NC office is looking for a dedicated Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist (LCMHC or LCSW preferred, associate-level considered) whose primary role will be providing outpatient therapy, and occasional comprehensive clinical assessments. We offer a $5,000 sign-on bonus, a collaborative team environment with strong ties to our Marion office, and the flexibility of up to two remote workdays per week once you’re fully trained in the processes and procedures of the position. If you value consistency, teamwork, and the chance to build something meaningful in a close-knit community, we’d love to welcome you to our team!

At RHA, we believe in living our values every day—Passion, Accountability, Communication, and Ethics—and staying true to our mission: to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes. Our motto, “Where Humans Bloom,” says it all: we’re here to help people thrive, including our team. You’ll have easy access to supervisors, strong clinical and operational support, and the backing of experienced leadership that has been with RHA for years. We’re committed to giving you the tools and guidance you need to succeed.

The position of Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist calls for a licensed professional clinician with direct experience and skill in treating a range of behavioral health issues. The position requires an individual who is able to treat and be successfully at assessing and treating co-occurring disorders including mental illness, personality disorders, and challenges in primary or secondary support systems. The position includes active engagement and coordination of care with internal resources including psychiatry and community support as well as external bodies including the legal system, families, and social support agencies. The position may call for back-up to the program director and or other therapists as needed. The position requires the individual to be an active and positive member of the clinical team. Based on setting, special skills and/or work with specific populations will be required. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to provide quality services with very little supervision and direction. Must be an individual that holds a license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession. Some services may require additional experience, licensure, or education.

Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position include:
Must meet the requirements of a LCSW, or LCMHC (Associate licensure considered for the right candidate).

As a Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist with RHA, your responsibilities will vary based on the groups you work with and the programs through which you provide services. In all activities, you will coordinate closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.

Additional responsibilities of the Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist include:

• Running individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions
• Conducts comprehensive clinical assessment and makes service recommendations. Conducts consumer screening and orientation.
• Conducting inpatient group therapy sessions
• Orienting new service users to RHA
• Developing person-centered plans for service users
• Oversee the discharge planning process
• Facilitating relationships between RHA, service user families/legal guardians and various social service community resources, such as food stamp and housing assistance, healthcare, job training and placement and substance abuse support groups

Our ideal Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist is an excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions. You must also excel at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.

Pre-employment screening:

• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Develop