Primary Therapist

Mission:

To provide, oversee, and coordinate quality case management and psycho-therapeutic services to residents and families, serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team supporting the residential treatment program and philosophy, and ensure quality treatment delivery to our residents.                

Essential Functions:   

• Conduct assessments to document the history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus through the interview process. 
• Provides group therapy using various professional treatment modalities.
• Conducts educational and other didactic groups for residents. 
• Documents entries to residents’ charts describing therapy performed, progress in the discharge planning process, or other interventions.
• Reports incidents of suspected abuse using prescribed forms and protocols from the relevant community/state agency.
• Participates in training and development for the purpose of Professional growth and skill enhancement.   
• Support the residents' safety and security program. 
• Provide service excellence to patients, family members, and visitors as measured through informal feedback, formal surveys, and written compliments.
• Treat patients and coworkers respectfully by “praising in public and criticizing in private.” 
• Show personal and professional integrity through dress code, cellphone usage, and courteous interactions.

Job Requirements: 

• Master’s degree in social work or related discipline; master’s degree and/or License preferred. 
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in an inpatient (Drug and Alcohol) setting is preferred. 
• Written and oral communication skills. 
• Developed case management Skills, 
• Ability to manage time effectively, 
• Understanding of implementing crisis intervention strategies. 
• Skills in the provision of group and individual psychotherapy. 
• Ability to maintain highly confidential information.

Physical and Mental Job Requirements:

• Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner.
• Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation, and foot traffic.
• Ability to handle interruptions often and move from one task to another.
• Must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinion.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must accurately convey details or important spoken instructions to others, sometimes quickly and loudly. Hearing is to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss a Hz, 1000 Hz, or 2000 Hz with or without correction.
• Ability to perceive detailed information through communication and make fine sound discriminations.
• Individuals must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and to be able to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks and visually observe patients on the unit and in therapeutic activities.
• While a worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.
• Required to travel throughout the city where drug trafficking activity is prevalent.