Clinical Therapist FT

Description

Reports To: Program Supervisor

Department: Adult Residential Program (ARP)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Travel: 5%

Shift/Schedule: Full-Time

Are you ready to make a real difference? Join our passionate team and help transform lives by providing a safe, supportive environment for individuals facing behavioral health challenges, addiction, and homelessness. We believe in the power of recovery, offering personalized care that combines psychology and medicine to meet people where they are on their unique journey. Our certified, compassionate team is at the forefront of innovative programs and treatments, empowering individuals to rebuild their lives and return to the community as confident, productive members. If you're driven by purpose and want to be part of a movement that fosters lasting change, we want you on our team!

Position Summary

The Clinical Therapist is responsible for the overall clinical services provided to clients of the residential program and is expected to provide clients with clinical, and supportive social services designed to overcome substance use, mental health, family, personal, health, and other functional problems. The Clinical Therapist is responsible for managing, motivating, and following through with client treatment planning and clinical services.  This position will be responsible for providing individual and group counseling, and other appropriate clinical services within the needs of the residential program and the scope of their training. This Clinical Therapist position is for Tellurian's Adult Residential Program located in Madison, WI.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

Persons occupying this position must be able to perform all essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodation. 

Essential Functions

• Provide individual and group counseling services to clients experiencing mental health and substance use issues; maintain a caseload of up to eight clients
• Facilitate up to three group counseling sessions or psychoeducational groups weekly
• Complete client biopsychosocial assessments and develop client treatment plans
• Work closely with multidisciplinary treatment team and community partners to ensure an integrated treatment plan that is person-centered and team-focused and reflects assessments of both psychosocial and recovery goals of the client
• Maintain correspondence, present clinical updates to Program Clinical Supervisor
• Advocate for clients by providing clinical reviews and authorization request for various funding sources including commercial insurance agencies, County Human Services Departments, and Tribal Agencies

• Monitor, evaluate, and document client progress with respect to client treatment goals
•  Assess clients for safety including suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation & self-harm; develop appropriate safety plans
•  Recruit community groups to make presentations to clients and families regarding resources they provide and networking channels for food, shelter and employment
• On-call requirements—clinicians are required to be on-call for program clinical needs one week monthly

Qualifications

• A master's degree in health or social services
• Licensure as an LCSW, APSW, LPC, LPC-IT required.
• Licensure/Certification as a Substance Abuse Counselor or SAC-IT is Preferred