We are hiring for:
Outpatient Therapist
Type:
Credentialed
If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!
The position of Outpatient Therapist calls for a professionally licensed clinician (Fully or provisionally licensed) with direct experience and skill in treating a range of behavioral health issues. The position requires an individual who can treat and be successful at assessing and treating co-occurring disorders including mental illness, personality disorders, and challenges in primary or secondary support systems. The position includes active engagement and coordination of care with internal resources including psychiatry as well as external bodies including the legal systems, families, and social support agencies. The position calls for organization, frequent communication and critical thinking. The position requires the individual to be an active and positive member of the clinical team. Based on setting, special skills and/or work with specific populations will be required. The position relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment to provide quality services with very little supervision and direction. Must be an individual that holds a license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession. Some services may require additional experience, licensure, or education.
LOCATION: Taylorsville
SALARY: $48,000 -$52,000 based on licensure and experience
SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday- no weekends or on call
Are you a talented and dedicated Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)/ Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA) or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC)/ Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate (LCMHCA) looking for a satisfying career opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people facing mental health challenges?
Then join our team at RHA Behavioral Health Services!
We are seeking compassionate and positive clinical professionals to provide therapeutic support for service users with mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse issues.
As a clinician with RHA, you will coordinate and monitor the array of services and supports identified in each service user’s person-centered plan. These interventions are strength-based and focus on the promotion of recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills and the achievement of the highest level of social functioning.
Job Responsibilities
As a clinician with RHA, your responsibilities will vary based on the groups you work with and the programs through which you provide services. In all activities, you will coordinate closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals and the Clinical Director.
Additional responsibilities of the Clinical Social Worker include:
Conducting Clinical Assessments
Running individual, family and group outpatient therapy sessions
Conducting inpatient group therapy sessions
Orienting new service users to RHA
Developing person-centered plans for service users
Oversee the discharge planning process
Facilitating relationships between RHA, service user families/legal guardians and various social service community resources, such as food stamp and housing assistance, healthcare, job training and placement and substance abuse support groups
Our ideal candidate functions well in a team setting, excellent communicator and listener, is organized, flexible and self-motivated to be the best version of themselves. You must also excel at behavioral interviewing techniques to uncover service user needs and be able to anticipate these needs.
Additional requirements for the Licensed Clinical Social Worker include:
Graduate degree in Social Work or a related field
Valid licensure to provide mental/behavioral healthcare in the state of North Carolina
Minimum 2 years’ experience working with individuals with mental and/or behavioral health issues that includes writing person-centered plans, conducting effective group therapy and providing mental health diagnoses
General working knowledge of the human services delivery system in North Carolina
Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
Ability to pass a drug screen and background check
Ability to lift between 20 and 50 pounds and meet the physical requirements of performing CPR and therapeutic holds
Employee supervisory experience preferred
Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred
Pre-employment screening:
We offer the following benefits to employees:
*contract/contingent workers and interns do not qualify for any of the above benefits
EEO Statement RHA is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact our solutions center.
About RHA:
At RHA Health Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes.
For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey.
If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of people we serve and support apply to join the team today.
At RHA Health Services, the people we serve and support are at the very center of everything we do.
Founded in 1989, RHA began as a small provider of support services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in North Carolina. Over the years, we have expanded to include a broad range of disability services and continue to add other types of services across multiple states to meet our communities’ needs. Today, RHA provides disability services in Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
We have also added high-quality behavioral health services in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to support people with a wide variety of mental health and substance use needs as well as support services for those who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
We focus on helping people live their best lives through setting and reaching personal goals, forming and sustaining meaningful community connections and relationships, achieving positive outcomes in health and wellness, and more.
