Behavioral Health Therapist

POSITION SUMMARY

Behavioral Health Therapist (BHT) works on a multidisciplinary team to enhance the lives of individuals and their families living with severe mental health illness. BHT provides appropriate, evidence-based therapeutic services based upon comprehensive assessments of clients’ and families’ strengths, abilities, needs, and preferences. This is a community-based service position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions:

• Assists clients in identifying strengths, needs, and realistic goals to develop a service plan.
• Accurately identifies risk and responds appropriately, and provides consultation to peers regarding high-risk situations and appropriate interventions.
• Effectively teaches social skills and household management skills.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of behavioral health symptoms, diagnoses, interventions, and impact.
• Collects and analyzes data to determine service efficacy, client needs, and program /staffing needs and provides reports to clinical director or administration as directed.
• Maintains professional boundaries and operates within agency / ethical guidelines.
• Knowledge of agency and community resources and referral processes.
• Provides appropriate, evidence-based therapeutic services based upon comprehensive assessments of clients’ strengths, abilities, needs, and preferences.
• Provides supportive services for clients and arranges for the provision of services from community resources based on the service plan.
• Coordinates and ensures proper authorizations for services as necessary.
• Coordinates ongoing service plan development and revision with clients to develop service plans that meet accreditation requirements.
• Completes accurate clinical documentation according to policy and as needed to ensure reimbursement for services.
• Performs regular evidence-based practice activities to assist clients with basic needs, referrals, service coordination, and skills training as necessary.
• Attends supervision, program, and agency-wide meetings as indicated.
• May assist with clinical consultation, clinical review, or auditing of clinical records.
• Performs other duties as requested within scope of license.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Fully participates and cooperates with SCHS’ compliance program.
• Meets dress code standards; appearance is neat and clean.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Completes annual educational requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled; excellent attendance record.
• Wears identification when on duty; uses the computerized punch time system correctly.
• Completes off site in-services as required and returns in a timely fashion.
• Attends annual review and departmental in-services, as scheduled.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings; reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education:

• Master or Doctorate Degree in social service field
• License in good standing in Louisiana or Compact state to practice as either an LCSW , LMFT, or LPC

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Other Requirements:

• Ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate in different languages desired.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to type 40 wpm desired
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Be able to work on-call hours including weekends, holidays, and after hours
• No restrictions or adverse actions that would disqualify for Medicaid or other billing