Primary Therapist

Responsibilities include providing clinical services to the clients of Victory Bay who are diagnosed with a gambling use disorder. Therapist will assist with the development of coping skills and emotional regulation. Therapist will be responsible for a minimum of 20 – 30 hours of direct client care which consists of a variety of group and individual sessions on a weekly basis.

Therapist is expected to meet with clients on caseload on a weekly basis. Therapists are expected to make consistent contact with family or support member.

• Assess the counseling needs of the client.
• Assessing client for substance abuse and mental health diagnosis using DSM, PHQ-9 and Columbia Scale criteria in determining appropriate level of care based on ASAM and DSM criteria.
• Review previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode.
• Preparing and providing the gambling, mental health counseling and co-occurring portions of the client treatment plan
• Development of the client discharge/continuum of care plan to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care.
• Documenting all client records, counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals and follow-up in the client’s clinical record.
• Provide coordination of support services for the client/family and record the services provided in the client’s clinical record.
• Contact and coordination with referral sources, (i.e. legal, school, employer, etc.)
• Facilitate needed interventions for crisis-orientated issues utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach for assigned clients.
• Facilitate group sessions.
• Facilitate in gambling specific interventions
• Documenting:
  Discharge, Individual Sessions, Weekly Calls, Level of care changes, group sessions and treatment plans.
• B. Additional Duties
  • Assists and covers other staff when necessary to maintain high productivity and efficiency in the department.
  • As the company continues to grow, additional responsibilities that are essential for the department to be successful will be assigned accordingly.
• C. Interpersonal Relations
  • Create Meaningful Connections:
    Demonstrates ability to function effectively as a part of team. Uses outstanding oral and written communication with employees at all levels of the business for support and sharing of information.
  • Take Accountability:
    Take constructive feedback and prevent discourse among our peers.
  • Live in the Solution:
    Critically thinking should be the solution when problems arise. Having the ability to accepts constructive criticism well in an open and non-defensive manner.
  • Be Professional:
    Wear business casual attire (please see dress code policy).
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Ethics
• Interpersonal Skills
• Job Knowledge
• Conflict Management
• Organization Skills
• Productivity
• Self-Development
• Teamwork
• Screening
• Intake/Orientation
• Assessment
• Crisis Intervention
• Counseling
• Consultation
• Case Management
• Client Education
• Referral
• Report and Recordkeeping

• Compliance with essential and incidental duties; compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Compliance with state and federal laws and regulations applicable to the business.

• Documentation of Individual and Group Therapy Notation Interface within 24 hours. Level of Service Report is reviewed on a weekly basis to indicate therapist efficiency at documentation.
• Group Auditing Procedure conducted semi-annually to ensure efficiency of following group curriculum and ensuring client skill building for substance use and mental health needs. Group Audit score meets minimum of 3.3 requirement.
• Completion of Client Treatment Planning within 30 days of initial evaluation/assessment.
• Ensuring quality of care is met with use of evidence-based treatment and utilization of…