Behavioral Health Therapist

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Candidates must reside within NorthLakes' service area at the time of hire and maintain residency throughout employment.

The purpose of a behavioral health therapist is to assess, diagnose and treat individuals using individual, family, couples and/or group counseling and make informed, appropriate referrals in order to assist individuals in achieving mutually agreed upon goals, promoting recovery and leading to a more satisfying, emotionally and socially healthy life. Providers work with individuals experiencing behavioral health concerns, including substance use, and support recovery-oriented services as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering whole‑person care.

Essential Job Functions

Position Summary

Behavioral Health Therapists counsel individuals, families, couples, or groups regarding psychological or emotional concerns such as stress, substance use, or family and interpersonal challenges. Therapists develop and implement therapeutic treatment plans in alignment with patient needs, including participation in recovery‑supportive services when applicable.

Essential Functions of the Job (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Provide assessments, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, discharge planning, and consultation.

• Interview clients, review records, and collaborate with other professionals to gather information relevant to treatment.

• Works with people presenting with psychological or emotional problems such as stress, substance abuse,

or family situations.

• If trained and certified, selects and administers various tests such as psychological tests, personality inventories, and intelligence quotient tests, to identify behavioral or personality traits and intelligence levels, and records results.

• If trained and certified, reviews results of tests to evaluate client needs.

• Develop individualized therapeutic treatment plans.

• Plans and administers therapeutic treatment such as behavior modification and stress management therapy to assist patients in controlling disorders and other problems.

• Provide therapeutic treatment in individual, family, couples or group settings.

• Discusses progress toward mutually established therapeutic goals with patients to evaluate success of therapy, and adapts treatment as needed.

• Consults with medical doctor or other specialists concerning treatment plan and amends plan as directed.

• Conducts therapy sessions.

• Participate in multidisciplinary team discussions as needed to support coordinated care with medical teams, care coordinators, peer specialists, and community health workers.

• Plans and administers therapeutic treatment by telephonic/ telehealth methodologies as indicated by patient needs and state guidelines.

• Provide education and support to patients and families, including information about recovery principles, relapse prevention, and available community supports.

• Facilitate or co-facilitate groups focused on skill building, mental health, or recovery-oriented topics, depending on program needs.

• Refer patients to additional supports such as medical evaluation, social services, employment resources, and recovery-oriented community programs.

• Complete documentation in the Electronic Health Record professionally and in a timely manner.

• Participates in behavioral health quality improvement programs.

• Appropriate use of PPE/infection control protocols when providing treatment to patients.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelors Degree plus a Master Degree in counseling required.

Required Credentials, Certification, Licensure

LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or In-Training licenses (LPC-IT, LMFT-IT, and APSW) required in Wisconsin.

Specific training/certifications may be required for certain types of therapy/assessment. Employees will not work outside of their scope of education and training.

Preferred Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Electronic Health Record Systems Database software and Word Processing software.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 24 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical and dental insurance
• Employer paid group term life and disability
• Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 6 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Leave Bank
• 403(b) with a 4% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Vision Insurance
• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health and Wellness reimbursement program
• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
• Partner of HRSA/NHSC loan repayment program

Our Mission is to respond to the healthcare needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to wellness.

NorthLakes Community Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

At NorthLakes Community Clinic, our organizational competencies highlight the behaviors and values that guide how we work and provide a shared foundation for performance, development, and growth throughout an employee's career with us.

NorthLakes Community Clinic Organizational Competencies

Mission Driven - Advances the organizational mission, vision and values in executing  job duties.

Customer Service - Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Creativity - Generates new ideas, supports change, provides innovative solutions, solves problems creatively.

Integrity - Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior and professionalism in all interactions.

Teamwork - Contributes to meeting team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a cooperative team atmosphere.

Self-Development - Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.

Job Knowledge - Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Communication - Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

Dependability - Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Trauma/Resilience Informed - Understands that trauma is prevalent and resilience can be cultivated and improved; and operates in a manner consistent with these principles.