Outpatient Therapist

About the position

Employees of Darke County Recovery Services, DBA Recovery & Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio are expected to value highest ethical standards, quality clinical care, and good customer service. We also value quality communication skills in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary and often multi-agency service environment.

Responsibilities

• Informs clients of limits to confidentiality, rights regarding services delivered, and payment expectations
• Performs diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy services within scope of practice in collaboration with clients
• Completes the Individual Treatment Plan in collaboration with the client before any services are provided.
• Coordinates interventions with a multi-disciplinary treatment team
• Provides emergency consultation, assessment, and crisis intervention, in the office or at the ICU.
• Completes all billable documentation within 24 hours of the service. Maintains efficient and timely documentation on all other non-billable services such as referrals, discharges, etc.
• Integrates services and/or make referrals to appropriate professionals or outside agencies as indicated
• Participates in the assessment of program needs and peer review, as well as cooperate with performance improvement objectives
• May supervise interns in professional training or graduate level unlicensed mental health therapists.
• Performs community outreach and education assignments including mental health education and prevention programs, as well as consultation services.
• Provides Billable services in excess of a minimum of 50% productivity
• Complies with confidentiality and protected health information rules.
• Attends staff meetings, in-services, case conferences, etc. as scheduled
• Performs other related duties as assigned including support activities as needed to augment functioning of the agency
• Collaborates in maintaining clean, safe workplace, including maintenance of CPR/First Aid skills and aggressive client management skills (TAPS or equivalent)

Requirements

• Independent Licensure (LISW, LISW-S, LPCC, or Psychologist) or Base Level Licensure (LSW, LPC, or graduate level psychology trainee or assistant)
• Must be willing to provide licensure supervision if licensure includes training supervision designation
• If not independently licensed, supervision is provided by appropriately licensed mental health provider.
• Oral & written communication skills
• Competency in areas prerequisite for performing activities noted above.
• Displays good customer service skills with clients and public at large.
• Utilizes computer well enough to perform clinical documentation in Carelogic (MIS system) directly, as well as generate written communication in WORD or via email.

Benefits

• Competitive benefit package including medical, dental and vision
• Employer paid short term, long term disability insurance
• $25,000.00 life insurance policy for all full time employees
• 10 paid holidays
• PTO package that starts accruing at day one, averaging 4 weeks per year
• EAP program for staff
• Wellness hour monthly
• Eligible to participate in 403B retirement program