Therapist - Children, Youth and Families Mental Health

Davis Behavioral Health (DBH) is hiring a full-time Therapist to join the Children, Youth and Families Mental Health outpatient team. The outpatient Therapist is a licensed mental health professional who provides therapeutic services for Davis County children and youth who are experiencing a variety of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms.

Essential Job Functions

Essential duties assigned to the Youth Dual Diagnosis Therapist include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and diagnosis as appropriate.
• Develop individualized treatment plans consisting of mutually agreed upon goals and objectives and update as needed.
• Provide individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based interventions to decrease symptoms and improve functioning.
• Maintain clinical documentation as required by agency standards.
• Coordinate with other staff and community agencies as needed to provide effective care.
• Participate in weekly staff meetings and regularly scheduled supervision.
• Must meet agency productivity standard.
• Other duties as assigned.

Compensation

This position is classified as full-time, exempt. This position is eligible for a hybrid base rate salary plus incentive model if the candidate is interested.

Base Rate
The base rate for fully licensed clinicians is calculated with a starting annual rate of $75,500 plus credit for years of full-licensure experience as defined below:

• $75,500.00 to $88,000.00 per year is the approved base rate range
• 1% per year for each year of full licensure
• $3,000 Spanish-language incentive annual stipend (paid bi-weekly) available. Must pass a Spanish assessment.
• The compensation for under licensed clinicians (CSW, ACMHC) is $64,000.00 per year.

Incentive Payment Option
DBH has implemented a salary incentive model to help improve access to mental health services. Employees who choose to participate in this compensation model will receive a per service incentive for all direct service hours provided during each pay period at the following rates:

• $45 per service for services 49-60 in a pay period
• $50 per services for all services 61 and beyond

Clinical documentation for all services completed during each 2-week pay period must be completed no later than 12:00 am on the Monday following the end of a pay cycle to receive payment for services provided during the period. While this program is designed for clinicians working in an outpatient mental health program, clinicians who are interested in participating in this program may develop and present a plan on how they can help improve access and have it reviewed by their Program Director and the DBH Clinical Director for approval. Certain positions at DBH may not be approved for this position due to the nature of their core job and the essential duties assigned to that position.

Schedule & Location

The Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Therapist is a full-time position and is normally assigned to weekdays. This schedule may require two evenings per week. DBH reserves the right to require overtime, weekend work, and/or assignment to evening or night shifts, depending upon operational need, some in and out of state travel may be required.

This position is housed at the DBH Syracuse office located at 1799 West Antelope Drive, Syracuse, UT 84075.

Qualifications

Required

The Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Therapist must fulfill the minimum required qualifications:

Master's degree in social work or related field. Current licensure in the state of Utah as an LCSW or equivalent (if under licensed, must work towards obtaining full licensure). Must have relevant experience in the behavioral health field.

Experience

Required

Experience in completing behavioral health assessments and providing clinical care to youth and their families.

Skills/Abilities

The follow skills and abilities are critical to the success of the Youth Dual Diagnosis Therapist

• Clinical expertise in screening, assessments, diagnosis, and crisis intervention.
• Skill in administering and interpreting the SASSI-A2.
• Must have skills in working with SED populations, substance use, and with individuals and families undergoing acute episodes of psychiatric distress.
• Knowledge of the ASAM criteria for determining level of care and guiding treatment.
• Demonstrates the skills necessary to motivate and engage youth and their families.
• Considerable knowledge of the techniques and principles of child and family development and family systems theory.
• Considerable knowledge of trauma-informed care, including screening, assessing, and treating from a trauma-informed lens.
• Good organizational and practice management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and community agencies (such as DCFS, juvenile courts, etc.).
• Flexibility in days and hours available for scheduled work, including evenings.

Benefits

Davis Behavioral Health, Inc. offers an incredible valuable and comprehensive benefits packages to eligible employees. A copy of the current DBH Benefits Guide is available upon request.
DBH benefits include:

Medical Insurance with multiple plan options - The current carrier and network is SelectHealth Share.

• High Deductible Health Plan with a sizeable employer Health Savings Account contribution
• Traditional Health Plan

Dental Insurance - The current carrier and network is Dental Select Platinum.

Vision Insurance - Offered by Opticare of Utah

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Annual healthcare spending limit: $2,750
• Annual dependent care spending limit: $5,000

Retirement

• Utah Retirement System participating agency
• 401(k) - DBH matches up to 2% of annual earnings
• Voluntary employee-funded options available (457 Plan Roth IRA)

Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

• Basic Life and AD&D Benefit Amounts
• Employee:2x your base annual earnings, rounded to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $300,000
• Spouse: $10,000
• Child(ren): $5,000 on each eligible dependent child
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability

Health Reimbursement Account offered to employees to voluntarily opt out of DBH medical and/or dental insurance

• Up to $2,860 per year contributed by DBH after required employee contribution

Voluntary Insurance - Administered by Allstate

• Voluntary Accident
• Voluntary Identity Protection
• Voluntary Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Offered through the SelectHealth LiVe Well program.

Davis Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer.

DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer

Davis Behavioral Health is a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.

Further, all employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as part of DBH's licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and/or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and/or open charges will likely impact a candidate's ability to pass the pre-employment criminal background screening.

Salary : $75,500 - $88,000