Therapist

Description

STR Cedar Creek is seeking a Full-time Therapist to join their growing team in Warminster. 

Schedule: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm 

Who We Are

To meet an ever-expanding need for mental health services in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas, STR Behavioral Health is honored to announce our residential mental health treatment center in Warminster. Treating both male and female adults with complex mental health issues, our facility is nestled on 13 beautiful acres in the heart of Bucks County. This unique 30-bed facility was designed with intimate and personalized care in mind and provides an ideal client-to-clinician ratio for unparalleled treatment, individualized support, and holistic recovery.

Conditions We Treat:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Co-occurring substance use disorders
• Co-occurring eating disorders
• Borderline personality disorder
• Depressive disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

What We Offer

•        Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
•        Multiple Career Development Pathways
•        Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
•        PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
•        Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
•        100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
•        100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
•        100% Company Paid Life & ADD
•        401K with Company Match
•        Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
•        Generous Team Member Referral Program
•        Parental Leave

How You Will Make a Difference

The Program Therapist is responsible for providing individual and group therapy sessions for clients in a specialized Mental Health Residential treatment facility. Position is responsible for assessing the therapeutic needs of the individuals and families, and for developing appropriate treatment. Program Therapists act as the primary contact for clients and families throughout the treatment process and serve as a client advocate with the treatment team. Position acts as a liaison with referral sources, clinical partners, and internal resources to coordinate care throughout the treatment process.

Position Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates a high level of clinical skill in assessing the clinical needs of clients, determining appropriate interventions, and conducting individual and group therapy sessions in accordance with these needs.
2. Completes psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, contact logs, discharge plans and other reports required for each client in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines and payor source guidelines.
3. Conducts weekly individual and family therapy sessions for assigned caseload.
4. Monitors behavioral interventions for clients and provides skills coaching, as needed.
5. Conducts specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises or co-leads groups with staff or interns when appropriate.
6. Selects appropriate interventions to meet the clinical needs of individual clients.
7. Maintains therapeutic relationship with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes.
8. Sets limits and hold boundaries in a kind and firm manner.
9. Demonstrates effective verbal crisis intervention and de-escalation, involving other staff as needed.
10. Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate client care from admission through discharge.
11. Attends weekly clinical, consultation and business meetings; present cases to be discussed as pre-assigned.
12. Completes documentation on the day services were provided, in a timely and accurate manner reflecting ongoing assessment of client’s clinical presentation and behaviors.
13. Communicates client progress with the referral source, family, parent, or guardian informed of treatment goals and plans, as appropriate.
14. Documents in accordance with policies and procedures services provided, incident reports, shift reports, or department reports in a timely and accurate manner.
15. Communicates with referents, clients, and families appropriately and effectively.
16. Uses the referral process to build relationships with new referents and engages in collaboration with referents.
17. Addresses clients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in a pleasant and respectful manner.
18. Responds to clients and families with empathy and positive professional skills.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled and is rarely absent from work, notifying the supervisor if absent.
2. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests; adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
3. Maintains positive attitude and acts as a team player with others on the team.
4. Attends and completes all trainings within assigned time frames as required by the facility.
5. Provides consultation and coaching to direct care team members, as needed.
6. Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

What We're Seeking

Education and Experience

Position requires a master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy or psychology. Must hold or be working toward Pennsylvania licensure (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LMHC). Position requires a minimum of one (1) year experience in a behavioral healthcare setting, preferably with clients with Mental Health diagnoses, including Thought Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma History, Anxiety and Depression, strongly preferred.

Other Requirements

• Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance and acceptable driving record. 
• Clearance of TB test, [insert background clearance requirements if applicable], and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.

Compensation Range

$63,585-$78,500 annually (Depending on license, level, and location)

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against companies of similar size within the behavioral healthcare industry. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

STR Cedar Creek provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. STR Cedar Creek reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” 

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Salary : $63,585 - $78,500