Access Therapist

At Riverwood Center we have a team of caring and committed professionals providing a wide array of personalized services to individuals with behavioral health, intellectual & developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. Riverwood Center is located in beautiful Southwest Michigan with staff at seven sites across Berrien County. We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and a member of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, and the National Council for Behavioral Health.

• Fourteen (14) Holidays
• Twenty (20) PTO Days
• Defined Benefit Pension
• Outstanding Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending
• Strong Work/Life Balance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Continuing Education
• YMCA 360
• Flexible work schedules
• Full administrative support

• Provides phone and face-to-face triage, crisis intervention, brief therapeutic interventions, and initial “Requests for Service” to consumers seeking services
• Provides a screening of consumer benefits and level of need to determine population eligibility
• Provides referrals to services to internal and external service providers

• Master’s Degree in an appropriate mental health discipline
• Two or more years’ experience providing treatment to individuals with a mental illness
• Excellent computer and interpersonal skills, punctuality, ability to organize and manage several projects/tasks simultaneously, and work independently
• Licensed by the Michigan Department of Commerce or Professional Regulation as a LLMSW, LMSW, TLLP, LLP, LLPC or LPC and must become fully licensed within 30 months of date of hire