Therapist, Mental Health

Job Details:

Job Location:

Pembroke Pines - 1633 Poinciana Drive
- Pembroke Pines, FL 33025, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Graduate Degree, Salary Range: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 Salary/year, Job Category:
Nonprofit
- Social Services,

The person in this position will be responsible for planning and coordinating the clinical activities pertaining to services for families referred by child welfare agencies. Conducts admissions for consumers referred from outside agencies. Conducts assessments for consumers and provides individual and family therapy.

• Conduct admission and Biopsychosocial assessments using standardized Biopsychosocial assessment designated by the Managing Entity (ME).
• Conducts AAPI pre- and post-test after providing parenting models
• Prepare and review Interpretive Summaries to ensure they are based on information obtained from the assessment
• Develop Wellness and Recovery Plans in collaboration with the consumer
• Conduct monthly Wellness and Recovery Plan Reviews with the consumer
• Document all clinical services and activities in accord with licensing, Medicaid, and Joint Commission standards and agency policy and procedure
• Document all clinical services and activities in accord with FSFN
• Administer verbal reprimands and learning experiences to consumers according to agency's policies and procedures
• Participate in the discharge planning process for the consumer and family
• Write monthly Progress Reports regarding assigned consumers for courts, probation departments, Department of Corrections, and employers as necessary
• Consult with Program Coordinator and Clinical Coordinator before the termination of a consumer from treatment
• Provide referral and linkage for ancillary services for the consumer and family, as needed
• Provide in-home/on-site individual therapy, as needed.
• Provide in-home/on-site group therapy, as needed.
• Provides therapy to additional populations, as needed.
• Participate in case conference
• Prepare Discharge Summaries, as needed.
• Understands HIPAA, Professional Ethics, Consumer Rights and Confidentiality
• Participate in performance improvement activities
• Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goals of West Care Foundation.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

• Certification as a CAP or MCAP, in good standing by an agency approved and recognized by the Florida Certification Board is preferred at time of hire;
  
  Preference will be given to those candidates who are currently Certified;
• Licensure as a LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT in good standing by an agency approved and recognized by the state of Florida is preferred at time of hire;
  
  Preference will be given to those candidates who are currently licensed.

Graduation from an accredited masters program with a degree in Addiction Counseling, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology or related field is required

• Two years of previously supervised work experience in providing individual/family therapy is preferred
• Bilingual is preferred.
• Must have reliable means of transportation
• Must have familiarity with Miami-Dade County
• Maintains confidential files and records.
• The ability to determine eligibility of a consumer’s admission
• The ability to use DSM IV/5 diagnostic criteria to provide substance use, mental health, and behavioral diagnoses
• The ability to identify and evaluate an individual’s strengths, barriers, problems, and needs for the development of a Wellness and Recovery Plan
• The ability to evaluate the impact of substance use and mental health problems on the consumer’s functioning in major life areas
• Knowledge of the inter-relationship among substance use, mental health, and primary care disorders.
• The ability to conceptualize cases within a developmental framework for the purpose of treatment planning, therapeutic intervention, and discharge planning
• Knowledge in the understanding of Motivational Interviewing;
  Motivational Enhancement Therapy;
  Comprehensive, Continuous Integrated System of Care (CCISC); and Trauma-Informed Care
• Demonstrate proficiency is the administration and interpretation of the below listed assessments, as needed:
  • SMQ
    10
  • PCL-5
  • ASAM
  • Confidence Questionnaire
  • Child/Adult Behavioral Checklist
  • Overdose screening
  • Sissar/Cfars/Mental health outcome
  • GPRA
  • Locus
• The ability to provide Wellness and Recovery Planning through the identification and prioritization of problems needing resolution; the development of goals and objectives for the…