Behavioral Health Therapist, Variable Part Time Rotating Shifts, Emergency Services

White Oak Medical Center

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White Oak Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Behavioral Health Therapist who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Behavioral Health Therapist, you will:
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality therapeutic care that is appropriate to the age, diagnoses, developmental state, and mental status of the clients that are assigned to their specific unit/department
• Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
• Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
• Participates in and interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
• Assists clients in their development of self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-actualization through a multitude of traditional and adjunctive therapeutic services
• Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i.e., DJS, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc.
• Co-Ordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety an stability B
• Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues
• Promotes positive patient-family-community relations
• Supervise interns psychotherapeutic treatment of patients and their families including individual therapy, parent collateral work, family therapy, couples therapy, and group therapy. Monitors progress of patients in treatment and formally reviews treatment plan and goals regularly. Supervises interns consultation with other professionals working with the client to assure coordinated and comprehensive service delivery.
• Supervises interns documentation, including maintenance of charts in a complete, timely and legible form, including parent information forms, consent forms, data collection forms, progress notes, and treatment plans and goals as required by state DHMH

Qualifications include:
• Master’s Degree in Social Work /Counseling
• Requires full licensure, e.g., LCSW-C, LCPC, or equivalent.
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Work Schedule:

6:30pm-7:00am  1 shift every 2 weeks

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Pay Range:

$32.17 - $48.25

In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount or if the position is Per Diem (offering a fixed rate), salary discussions will occur during the screening process.

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

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• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• 403(b) retirement plan

• Free Employee parking

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

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