Mental Health Therapist (Community Based)

General Description

The Mental Health Therapist (ACT Teams) provides disease management and skill promotion services directly to persons served and/or provides linkage or referral to appropriate community resources. This therapist also provides support and education to persons served on mental health, substance use, physical health, and/or infectious disease management. The individual filling this role assists persons served with addressing social determinants of health (e.g. – housing, transportation, community integration, etc.), and provides advocacy and crisis intervention as needed.

The individual filling this position must display HOPE for the future while only settling for EXCELLENCE in execution through positive COLLABORATION with others and displaying COMPASSION for our mission. You must be ready to make an incredibly rewarding and strong impact on our community.

About the Agency

Since 1972, Places for People has helped individuals in the St. Louis community find and define their places in the world.

Specifically, our mission is to provide caring, effective services to help those with the greatest challenges recover from mental health illness and associated chronic illnesses.

We fundamentally believe that each person we serve deserves a chance to be their best selves and we want to help them get to that point.

SOME perks of working at Places for People:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance 

Short and long-term disability insurance

Paid Vacation Time (6.67 hrs/month) and Sick Leave (10 hrs/month)

Free Employee Assistance Program 

8 paid holidays

Flexible work schedule

403(b) Retirement Plan contribution

Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate

Supervision available for licensure during work hours and at no cost

Loan forgiveness through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) for specific positions

AT&T Wireless membership perks

Free on-site fitness center (located at our Soulard campus - available to all staff!)

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide person-centered services to help persons served achieve expressed goals
• Conduct regular visits with persons served in the community and elsewhere per treatment plan and client schedule
• Write, implement, and monitor Individualized Treatment Plans with persons served within due dates outlined by agency guidelines
• Coordinate with HCH on individual’s SMART goals and other HCH services and actions
• Monitor the medical and psychiatric treatment of persons served to assure effective coordination and continuity of care
• Provide 50% of each work day to appropriate service visits with person’s served per treatment plan
• Complete and report service activities accurately, comprehensively, and within required standards outlined per agency standards of 5 business days
• Facilitate self-sufficiency of persons served and maximize independence in the community; link and refer to community resources as appropriate
• Complete assigned DLA-20 functional assessments quarterly and, when necessary, make appropriate contacts for change in level or type of service needed
• Maintain high quality and achievement of targeted results through active participation in performance management and the principles and practice of CQI
• Keep current on agency initiatives/procedures/policies through all forms of communication (email, intranet site, newsletters, etc.)
• Provide crisis intervention and resolution for persons served as necessary
• Maintain confidentially of persons served as outlined by agency policy
• Identify issues impacting abilities of persons served to function optimally; implement solutions or coordinate with other resources to resolve problems
• Positively contribute to the treatment team and attend team meetings as scheduled by team leaders
• Knowledgeable in ACT, CBT, DBT and other appropriate evidence based therapy modalities at a minimum of 80% per fidelity
• Effectively manage time and adjust to changes within the regular schedule and throughout the day to assure positive client outcomes
• Assist persons served in meeting vocational goals; when necessary, work as a job coach, link clients with job training and placement programs, teach job finding and retention skills, and provide support for persons served on the job
• Complete required training hours as outlined by employee handbook, and maintain any licensure requirements and provide timely documentation to HR Office
• Fulfill on-call requirements as assigned
• Completes annual training requirements as outlined by agency requirements and supervisor
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor