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About the Role
The Intake Therapist will conduct telephonic, written, and face-to-face engagement, assessing treatment-based services to boost program participation for individuals seeking or receiving Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse services. This role involves assisting patients with removing barriers to treatment, motivating them to engage in their health, and supporting them throughout the process. The therapist will provide a range of services to individuals affected by substance use, mental illness, and/or opioid use in a high-volume outpatient setting using integrated treatment theory, principles, and methods in a timely manner.
Responsibilities
- Maintain Standards that apply to Confidentiality and 42 CFR/HIPAA
- Demonstrate the Canon of Ethics, healthy professional relationships and boundaries with patients and co-workers
- Conduct an average of 20 individual billable sessions per week
- Facilitate a minimum of 2-4 groups per week
- Provide individual and group activity, counseling and didactic sessions
- Participate in clinical supervision according to scope of practice guidelines
- Directly and actively engage, coach, motivate and support individuals via initial phone contact or through open intake process to improve retention and increase potential to be successful in services
- Apply master level MSW, MHC or MFT theory, principles and methods to prevent, assess, evaluate, formulate and implement a plan of action based on patient needs and strengths
- Engage in the administration of tests and measures of psychosocial functioning, provide patient advocacy internally and externally
- Provide comprehensive mental health screenings and initial assessments to medically referred and other patients
- Coordinate and collaborate with the patient’s primary care provider and care manager to improve treatment outcomes
- Facilitate referrals to other services (e.g., substance abuse treatment, specialty care and community resources) as needed
- Convey information inter/intra agency
- Work closely with supervisor on challenging cases
- Work to meet patient needs effectively and resolve individual barriers through follow-up, advocacy and collaboration with other clinicians and other community service providers
- Maintain accurate and timely records of all patient-related services and case management notes
- Provide crisis intervention as needed
- Performs other duties as assigned or that may develop
Requirements
- Must maintain valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
Skills
- Solid understanding of addictions treatment and regulations
- Knowledge of agency policy and procedures
Work Type
- Full-Time
Education Level
- Master's degree in Social Work (MSW), Mental Health Counseling (MHC), or Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)
Salary/Compensations
- LP $29.81/ hour
- LMSW/LMHC: $31.25/ hour
- LCSW: $34.62- $42.31/hour
- $5,000 sign on bonus