Mental Health Therapist - CCS

POSITION SUMMARY

This position provides professional recovery focused mental health and substance use treatment services to Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) recipients and their families in a wraparound team model. The role offers the opportunity to build strong therapeutic relationships, empower individuals to achieve their goals, and collaborate with a dedicated team of professionals who share your commitment to holistic care. Responsibilities may 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, or 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.
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