Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist $2,000 Sign-on Bonus

Location: Marion

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Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist $2,000 Sign-on Bonus Type:

Regular If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

The position of Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist calls for a licensed professional clinician with direct experience and skill in treating a range of behavioral health issues. The position requires an individual who is able to treat and be successfully at assessing and treating co-occurring disorders including mental illness, personality disorders, and challenges in primary or secondary support systems. The position of Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist includes active engagement and coordination of care with internal resources including psychiatry and community support as well as external bodies including the legal system, families, and social support agencies.

The position may call for back-up to the program director and or other therapists as needed. The position requires the individual to be an active and positive member of the clinical team. Based on setting, special skills and/or work with specific populations will be required. Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to provide quality services with very little supervision and direction.

Must be an individual that holds a license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession. Some services may require additional experience, licensure, or education.

Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position include:

Must meet the requirements of a LCSW or LCMHC.
** This is a remote position
** As a Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist with RHA, your responsibilities will vary based on the groups you work with and the programs through which you provide services. In all activities, you will coordinate closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.

Additional responsibilities of the Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist include:

Running individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions

Conducts comprehensive clinical assessment and makes service recommendations. Conducts consumer screening and orientation.

Conducting inpatient group therapy sessions

Orienting new service users to RHADeveloping person-centered plans for service users

Oversee the discharge planning process

Facilitating relationships between RHA, service user families/legal guardians and various social service community resources, such as food stamp and housing assistance, healthcare, job training and placement and substance abuse support groups

Our ideal Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist is an excellent communicator and listener with strong therapeutic skills who works well as part of an interdisciplinary team and runs open and productive therapy sessions. You must also excel at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.

Additional requirements for the Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist include:

Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist is defined as an individual who is: (a) an individual who holds a license, provisional license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession or (b) the individual must meet the requirements for continuing education to maintain licensure. Must meet the education, experience, licensure/certification requirements specified by the service definition of the service being provided.#RHABHPre-employment

screening:

Complete criminal background

Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
Drug testing

Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.

Proof of employment history or references (if required)
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