Therapist

Company: Discovery Behavioral Health
Location: Pico Rivera
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionOur Primary Therapists carry a caseload and provide clinical treatment in the form of individual, family and group counseling. As a member of the treatment team, you will meet weekly in a collaborative fashion with the rest of the team to discuss treatment plans.

• The Primary Therapist attends all treatment planning meetings, all treatment review and goals setting groups, in-service training-----TMs, and general staff meetings and clinical retreats
• Interfacing with insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial certification and continuing stay certification as required
• On-call responsibility with this position where the clinician is on call every 3 or 4 weeks to the facility to support with any HLOC transfers, AWOL, suicidal ideation and self-harm issues that may occur in the evenings and on weekends.
• Completing the Biopsychosocial assessment within 72 hours-- of admission
• Meeting with clients within twenty-four hours of admission to establish therapeutic rapport
• Meeting with each client in individual sessions as clinically indicated, providing psychotherapeutic interventions to thoroughly educate each client to the CTP and its intent, target dates, and revisions
• Identifying weekly treatment goals and writing contracts specific to individual client needs
• Writing and facilitating the Discharge Summary
• Individual psychotherapy sessions, 2 times weekly for each client
• Conjoint family psychotherapy sessions at least once per week
• Facilitating Multifamily and Alumni groups
• Creating a written plan for continuing care (DC plan) and discharge summary
• The Lead Therapist -------oversees----- the daily treatment experience of each of their clientsThis is a-- full-time-- salaried position that will work either Tues-Sat or Sun-Thur.-- ARC has three different facilities all within a few blocks of each other. Must be able to float between facilities if needed.-- Qualifications
  • Clinicians must be licensed or registered in the state in which they are applying
  • Must be licensed as LMFT or LCSW
  • The Lead Therapist must have at least one year in acute care or residential treatment or closely related experience.
  • Must understand the therapeutic process, understand confidentiality laws, and have strong knowledge of professional ethics
  • Must be able to demonstrate leadership abilities, and be able to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds
    • Must demonstrate tact, initiative, resourcefulness, a professional manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitude-- Additional InformationWe are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.-- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.For more information about our company benefits, please visit us at discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/-- PandoLogic. Keywords: Addiction Counselor, Location: Pico Rivera, CA - 90661

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