Behavioral Health Therapist | ACT

Department Details

The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team is a vibrant mix of mental health professionals from various fields, working together to achieve common goals. The client base served is adults with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Work location is flexible with opportunities to go into the community, home, and clinic setting with clients.

Therapeutic approaches include traditional CBT, MI and EMDR bases but also art, movement, engagement with natural supports, animals, and creative ways to engage individuals.

Summary

The Behavioral Health Therapist requires a broad and thorough understanding of human behavior, theories of counseling, and psychopathology. May work with a wide range of patient populations and presenting issues, requiring a foundation in a variety of treatment modalities. This role has total independence and responsibility for patient well-being.

Job Description

The Behavioral Health Therapist provides diagnostic assessment, onsite crisis assessment and intervention, and determines need for ongoing care according to level of clinical ability, medical, and psychosocial complexity.

• Develops treatment plans and implements treatment interventions specific to patient needs.
• Continually assesses patient's progress and revises diagnosis(es), treatment plans, and interventions accordingly.
• Documents treatment sessions.
• Provides patient progress updates to interdisciplinary team, as needed.
• May educate patient support members about patient issues and interventions.
• May refer for additional clinical services or to specialists, as needed.
• Must stay current on emerging issues in the profession.

In a clinic setting, the Behavioral Health Therapist conducts scheduled face-to-face therapy sessions designed to assess and improve patient's emotional, mental, and behavioral health.

In a community setting, the Behavioral Health Therapist provides treatment for patients with severe and persistent mental illness, including community-based interventions aimed at improving daily living skills, social skills, and self-regulation skills. Serves as a consultant for a multi-disciplinary team to ensure treatment interventions are implemented and that the patient is in compliance with treatment.

In a residential setting, the Behavioral Health Therapist provides treatment for patients requiring a higher level of care than outpatient therapy, including assessment and diagnosis, individual and group therapy, development, implementation, and evaluation of therapy programs, and consultation and coordination with a multi-disciplinary team.

Credentialing through the Allied Health Staff of the organization where you will be working will be required.