Behavioral Health Therapist I

Rate of Pay: $29.87/Hour

Shift: Monday-Friday

Eligible Benefits

• 11 Paid Holidays
• 5 Additional Paid Days: 3 Self-Care, 1 Birthday, 1 Personal Holiday
• Generous PTO policy and Sabbatical
• Employer Paid Medical, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Dental, Vision, FSA, Long Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident Coverage, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance
• 5% Retirement Match with no waiting period 
• Annual bonus program
• Annual professional development allotment
• Mileage reimbursement at federal rate for work related travel
• Inclusive workplace culture
• Bilingual wage differential 

Job Summary  

The Behavioral Health Therapist I is responsible for providing outpatient mental health and substance use disorder assessments, individual counseling, and groups for individuals who are seeking mental health and substance use disorder services with Bridges to Change. This position collaborates with internal and external community partners and a multi-disciplinary team of BTC providers to ensure the best possible outcomes and care for their clients.   

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Serves a diverse population effectively, through trauma informed, culturally responsive and evidenced-based approaches to care. 

• Conducts mental health and substance use disorder assessments and makes diagnoses using DSM-V-TR criteria and ASAM PPC 

• Develops individualized service (treatment) plans for BTC participants in consultation with the participant, other BTC providers, the participant’s family (whenever appropriate), and representatives of BTC partner organizations 

• Completes and maintains accurate and same-day treatment documentation including individual service notes; services and supports plans; court reports or reports to probation/parole; assessments; and closure summaries that meet OAR/Medicaid standards 

• Organizes and manages schedule with the goal that a minimum 50% of hours worked are spent providing direct face-to-face services with BTC participants 

• Provision of culturally responsive individual, family and group counseling services congruent with BTC clinical orientation and care models. Maintains fidelity to evidence-based treatment models and practices adopted by BTC 

• Provides crisis screening, assessment and intervention services to clients to assist in minimizing periods of crisis, severe dysfunction and acute care utilization 

• Engages in care coordination and case management with other service providers internally and externally, and assists clients in developing and accessing natural community supports and community resources 

• Attends and actively participates in individual and group supervision, weekly MDT & Staff meetings, and other agency meetings as assigned  

• Completes agency assigned training requirements on a timely basis and maintains licensing requirements necessary for the position and agency requirements.  Attends seminars, training, and other educational opportunities in order to develop skills and abilities. 

• Abides by agency policies and procedures and all relevant state and federal regulations and professional ethical standards, including mandatory abuse reporting, and HIPPA requirements. 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

The following are the minimum levels required to successfully perform the Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities.  

• Master’s Degree in counseling, social work or similar field, required 

• Meets requirements of a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP), with current certification on file with MHACBO licensing board if applicable, required 

• Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) or higher certification preferred; CADC-Registrant required 

• Skilled in provision of individual and group counseling using respect, compassion and trauma informed care approaches, required 

• Well-developed clinical documentation skills and a strong commitment to quality assurance, and clinical compliance, required 

• Experience serving vulnerable, high-risk populations using evidence-based practices 

• Skilled in engaging and working with individuals experiencing acute behavioral health symptoms 

• Knowledge of comorbid substance abuse and mental illness diagnosis and treatment using DSM-5-TR and ASMA PPC 

• Demonstrated success at working effectively in a diverse, collaborative team environment, with skills promoting inclusion and cultural responsiveness 

• Experience collaborating with community partners to build partnerships and improve participant outcomes 

• Ability to consistently maintain high ethical and professional standards and communication with participants, staff, and community partners 

• Computer literate; functional ability with Word, Outlook, and the ability to maintain an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that assures compliance w/ agency, state and federal regulations. 

• Understanding of outcomes-based care and implementation of tools to assess outcomes 

Working Conditions 

Environment and Physical Requirements: The Behavioral Health Therapist I works in an office environment, and interacts constantly with staff, visitors, program participants, government agencies, and others. The position stands, walks, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during working hours. The incumbent must be able to lift, push, pull and move files and equipment in excess of 15 pounds. 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: The Behavioral Health Therapist I is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, forty hours per week, 8:30-5:00 with flexibility in scheduling, dependent upon business need. 

Other Duties and Responsibilities: This job description is a summary of the essential duties and responsibilities for this job, and it does not necessarily represent an all-inclusive list of duties, responsibilities, tasks or procedures. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instruction or assignments. Nothing in this description restricts Bridges’ right to assign or reassign duties at any time. 

Accommodation Statement: Essential job duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform the job successfully, an incumbent or applicant must possess the experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform each essential duty and responsibility proficiently. If you require an accommodation in order to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job, please contact the Bridges to Change Human Resources Manager and/or Director. 

Bridges to Change is an Equal Opportunity Employer