Group Therapist - Inpatient Behavioral Health (per diem)

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Natchaug Hospital is Eastern Connecticut’s leading provider for children, adolescents and adults with mental illness and substance abuse addictions. We offer a variety of programs including inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, residential treatment for court-involved teenage girls, geriatric services, clinical day treatment schools and chemical dependency services. Through our multi-site network of care, we constantly strive to meet its mission in helping people find their way while educating and empowering individuals to participate in their own care and recovery.

Job Summary

Group Therapist provides inpatient functional assessments to patients across the lifespan range and facilitates individual and group clinical programming utilizing an evidenced-based practice framework in collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team. 

• Conducts a functional assessment in relation to the patient’s reason for admission to support making recommendations of group topics, general safety, milieu engagement, and transition planning

   

• Follows treatments plans, organizes and implements individual and group treatment activities using a variety of best practice creative therapy techniques and interventions in alignments with the multidisciplinary treatment team plan.

• Provides enhanced individual support (1 on 1) to patients identified by the clinical team under the guidance of the department supervisor, facilitates creative group therapy sessions.

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