Mental Health Therapist - Clinic

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position provides professional mental health services and case management to clients and their families. Responsibilities include therapeutic interventions, assessments, referrals, crisis planning, and collaborative service planning to promote development and recovery within a natural environment. This position does not require availability on weekends, on-call, overnights, and holidays.

The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Provides individual, family, and group therapy for mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders in an integrated outpatient clinic setting, including in-person, telehealth, phone contact, and written correspondence.
• Conducts integrated mental health and substance use assessments, including completion of ASAM Criteria (3rd Edition) multidimensional evaluations to determine appropriate level of care.
• Develops diagnoses, treatment plans, and recovery plans in collaboration with clients and interdisciplinary team members, incorporating evidence-based practices for co-occurring disorders.
• Performs ongoing risk assessments, creates crisis plans, and determines appropriate levels of care as needed.
• Delivers emergency and crisis stabilization services including screening, referral, and short-term care planning.
• Conducts ongoing assessment of client stability, including evaluating risk of harm to self or others, development of crisis/safety plans, and determining level of care needed.
• Provides substance use counseling services including individual and group counseling, relapse prevention, psychoeducation, and aftercare planning.
• Documents assessments, ASAM evaluations, treatment plans, progress notes, referrals, and discharge summaries in accordance with agency, professional, state, and federal standards.
• Prepares and submits service billing and completes data collection and state reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provides community education, psycho educational groups, and prevention activities on mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.
• Offers training, screening, consultation, and collaboration to internal divisions, law enforcement, schools, and other community partners.
• Provides clinical input to justice-system-aligned programs including Drug Court, including assessments, staffing participation, treatment recommendations, and court communication.
• Participates in clinical staffing, case consultation, and team-based care planning across mental health and substance use programs.
• May provide services or coverage in other program areas within Health and Human Services.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to meet deadlines and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficient in preparing accurate, legible, and timely documentation and reports.
• Knowledge of modern office procedures, standard software, and electronic health records.
• Understanding of local and county government operations, agency protocols, and interdepartmental workflows.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with clients, community partners, legal entities, and internal staff.
• Skilled in analyzing information, preparing functional reports, and exercising sound judgment in decision-making.
• Ability to work the allocated hours of the position.

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with a wide range of individuals, including the public, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Capable of reading and interpreting policies, manuals, correspondence, safety data, and instructions.

• Ability to perform basic mathematical computations required for billing, data reporting, and clinical documentation.

• Ability to interpret and implement federal, state, and local regulations…