Behavioral Health Therapist - Mendota Minnesota

Company: Rogers Behavioral Health
Location: Mendota, Minnesota
Posted On: 04/15/2024

Job Duties & Responsibilities:Provide social services to patients and their families/significant others

• Provide therapeutic treatment services to the individual, group, family and/or significant others.
• May provide individual treatment sessions with patients as indicated per the program and patient needs.
• Provide crisis intervention services as needed and assess for safety daily.
• Interact with patients, family members, significant others and referents with respect and dignity.
• Participate in psychoeducational support sessions with patient/family/significant others.
• Provide case management and therapeutic interventions to all assigned patients.
• Serve as patient advocate when a patient has a grievance, following the System policy and procedure.
• Adhere to materials provided to ensure clinical effectiveness and consistency. Manage patient/family expectations related to services provided. Initiate and maintain contact with referring providers, school, if applicable, and care team for patients.
• Implement goals and interventions as specific on the Care Plan, within the therapeutic component of the patient's program.
• Ensure goals are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely).
• Ensure goals and interventions are patient specific and individualized according to patient diagnoses.
• Document progress according to the treatment plan. -Complete all documentation within required time
  • Complete admissions documentation.
  • Social Services Admission Assessment.
  • Suicide Risk Assessment and collaboration with treatment team according to identified guidelines.
  • Complete a safety plan (at Provider discretion for patients age 12 and under).
  • Initial treatment goals and interventions on the Care Plan.
  • Obtain necessary consent for release of records to access information that will assist in providing treatment or facilitating discharge, including coordination with referents and other mental health treatment providers.
  • Complete ongoing treatment documentation, as required, according to program guidelines.
  • Write clear, concise, collaborative, and obtainable treatment goals in the Treatment Plan.
  • Document patient's treatment status in medical record daily.
  • Complete therapeutic documentation for group treatments including a description of the group and information about the patient's engagement and participation. Update the Care Plan goals and interventions.
  • Document contact notes for each conversation with outpatient provider, school, or parent.
  • Summarize the patient's progress and decision making from multidisciplinary team meetings in the master treatment plan each time the patient is officially staffed. -Complete discharge documentation as required and on time
    • Document the initial discharge plan in the medical record.
    • Document discharge summary. Identify patient's presenting problem, progress, current status and treatment recommendations.
    • Contact outpatient provider(s), school and other stakeholders to discuss aftercare to ensure proper handoff.
    • Report and document suspected cases of physical, sexual abuse and/or neglect according to the law in the state of employment and according to System policy and procedure.
    • Implement understanding of the System policies and procedures.
    • Implement understanding of the Mandatory Reporting in the state of employment. -Support changes in staffing/scheduling when program and patient care needs requireAdditional Job Description:Education/Training Requirements:
      • Master's Degree in Social Work, or related field, from an accredited school of Social Work Professional Counseling, or Family Therapy with experience in health care and in a psychiatric setting, preferred.
      • In-training as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC-IT), Marriage and Family Therapist Training License (MFT-TL), Social Worker Training Certificate (SWTC), Advance Practice Social Work (APSW) or equivalent in state practicing.
      • A SAC-IT, SAC, or CSAC required in WI. A substance abuse specialty authorization applicable to the state hired in is required.
      • Working knowledge of therapeutic intervention and techniques for all age groups, as well as the dynamics of human growth and behavior.
      • Per program description, this job may include duties of cognitive behavioral therapies in addition to social services.
      • American Red Cross Professional Rescue is required within thirty (30) days of date of hire. Bi-annual re-certification is required.
      • Formal training in the management of the aggressive patient (NCI) is required within sixty (60) days of date of hire. Annual re-certification is required.
      • Attend all mandatory in-services and other in-services relevant to the position. Be responsible for all educational requirements and related obligations pertaining to the license of the program/unit license regulatory requirements governing the program(s).The System also includes Rogers Behavioral Health Foundation, which supports patient care, programs, and research; and Rogers InHealth, an initiative that works to eliminate the stigma of mental health challenges. style="text-align:inherit"> EOE/MFDV
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