Therapist (UBS)

Job Description Summary: 

The Urgent Behavioral Solutions (UBS) Counselor is responsible for maintaining standards of professional and ethical practice in the provision of therapeutic services. They are responsible for delivering a full range of UBS services. UBS Counselor will provide services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (substance use and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. Demonstrate a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. UBS Counselor will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received.

Responsibilities:

• Therapist shall provide stabilization to patients presenting at Urgent Behavioral Solutions when requested.
• Therapist shall assure that the following basic principles of crisis intervention underlie delivery of these services:
  • Assistance must be easily accessed and immediately available.
  • Crisis should be viewed in systems terms, suggesting the need to involve significant others or other community safety net providers to resolve the precipitating event or crisis, if possible.
  • Medication may be a necessary strategy to reduce stress.
  • Active intervention including advocacy, supportive guidance, and identification of adaptive responses are generally required to resolve the crisis at hand as well as restore the client to a higher level of self-sufficiency.
• Therapist performs intake interviews and assessments, identifying presenting problems and generating preliminary, person-centered treatment plans for all new patients.
• Provide follow-up services for those seen.  Therapist will coordinate with the patient’s regular service provider(s) or provide continued service using evidence-based practices. Those patients without a regular provider until outpatient services are established or services are no longer necessary.
• Therapist shall be knowledgeable in involuntary detention laws and procedures.
• Therapist shall report to the Assistant Director of Crisis Services for program specific supervision and shall be under the Administration of the Director of Crisis Services.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

• Normal office environment. 
• Typical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting up to 25 pounds. 
• Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. 
• Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals.
• TB test upon hire.