Mental Health Therapist, Part-time
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Licensed Mental Health Therapist – Foster Care
CTSHealth - North Carolina
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • North Carolina
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💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Mental Health Counseling with emphasis on prevention.
- Provide clinical coverage and support for additional NC lines of service including but not limited to: Therapeutic Foster Care, BHUC, Rapid Response, etc.
- Perform assessments and behavioral screening as assigned and update as required.
- Clinical oversight of CTS location to which you are assigned.
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
- Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
- Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports.
- Counsel clients and families, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
- Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, and tests.
- Act as client advocates in order to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge and update as required.
- Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans as assigned.
- Evaluate clients' physical or mental condition based on review of client information.
- Facilitate Child and Family Team Meetings with probation officers, police, and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during the treatment process.
- Refer patients, clients, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives.
- Plan, organize and lead structured programs of counseling, work, study, recreation and social activities for clients.
- Modify treatment activities and approaches as needed to comply with changes in clients' status.
- Monitor clients’ use of medications.
- Discuss with individual clients their plans for after leaving therapy.
Requirements
- Maintain licensure requirements with board of applicable counseling.
- Master’s degree in human service field
- Qualified Mental Professional status required.
- Experience with Medicaid and other types of clients billings
- Ability to work flexible hours.
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work in and adapt the culture of a multi-cultural, community-based organization.
- Commitment to maintain confidentiality.
- Understanding of the Agency’s mission and culture and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with staff and clients in all circumstances.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to the diversity of the population served by CTS Health
- Abide by the MCO’s and school districts memorandum of understanding.
- Demonstrate Cultural Competency and good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well with persons from a variety socioeconomic and cultural group.
- Reliable transportation, valid state Driver’s License with a clear driving record and proof of insurance.
- Employment is contingent upon clear fingerprints and criminal history record.
- Proficiency in computer skills, especially using Outlook, Word, Excel and customized databases.
- Responsible for equipment assigned to perform duties.
- Maintain the required level of insurance.
- Ability to provide 24-hour coverage and on-call support when necessary.
- Shift flexibility to meet the needs of consumers
