Mental Health Therapist (Fairborn)

You're passionate, purpose-driven, and you envision a community of healthy and productive individuals. You care about improving lives by providing clinically excellent and accessible behavioral health services.

Join us on our mission and come be a part of our positive company culture filled with diverse talent, clinical excellence, and dedication to supporting the needs of our communities.

Salary & Benefits

  • The annual salary commences at $43,000 and is negotiable based on experience and licensure level.
  • Licensure reimbursement
  • Clinical supervision hours towards independent licensure
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Professional development and paid CEUs
  • Additional compensation for advanced licensure
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Long-term disability
  • 401k retirement options with company match as of day one
  • Generous paid leave options
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Flexible or work-from-home options
  • Casual Friday-Sunday dress code

This position is full-time and benefits eligible. Standard office hours; no weekends required.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provides direct mental health treatment services to clients in an outpatient setting.
  • Provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy under clinical supervision that meets productivity and quality requirements set by the Agency and that is within the limits of services permitted by license and scope of practice.
  • Provides diagnostic assessments under clinical supervision that meet productivity and quality requirements set by the Agency.
  • Meets or exceeds standards pertaining to services provided.
  • Meets or exceeds standards pertaining to assessments and documentation.
  • Develops and maintains quality, accurate clinical charts for all clients served.
  • Develops and maintains positive collaboration with other social service agencies serving clients.  Provides consultation if needed.
  • This position requires concurrent documentation.
  • This position requires that any incomplete documentation be completed within 24 hours.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, etc.

Required Education, Certifications, and/or Experience

  • Master's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field.
  • Independent Licensure of LISW, LPCC or PsyD.
  • Two to four years of clinical experience in mental health treatment.
  • Well organized, proficient with typing and computer skills

Preferred Education Certifications, and/or Experience

  • Eligibility for private insurance paneling is a plus.
  • CPR/First Aid Certifications, De-escalation.

EEO Statement

TCN is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.



POSITION SUMMARY 

This position provides direct mental health treatment services to adult clients in an outpatient setting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1.  Provides individual, group, family, and couples psychotherapy under clinical supervision that meets productivity and quality requirements set by the Agency and that is within the limits of services permitted by license and scope of practice.

2.  Provides diagnostic assessments under clinical supervision that meet productivity and quality requirements set by the Agency.

3.  Meets or exceeds standards pertaining to services provided.

A.  Accumulates the required number of billable hours of clinically allocated time based on Agency standards for position and profession.

B.  Therapist-canceled appointment rate will not exceed 10%.

4.  Meets or exceeds standards pertaining to assessments and documentation.

A.  Provides only those services that have been authorized by Utilization Management and provides services within the authorized frequency and duration of services.  Requests additional services when initial authorization has been met.

B.  Written assessment of individual's history, mental status, strengths, needs and resources including recommendations for treatment completed within 24 hours of the assessment.

C.  Assessment and other documentation will provide sufficient reasoning for diagnosis and the type, frequency, and duration of services provided.

D.  Individualized Service Plan and Discharge Criteria with specific goals and objectives that are measurable are developed with the consumer and signed at time of the initiation of services and at time of each update. 

E.  Assessment, Individualized Service Plan, Progress Notes and other documentation clearly identifies consumer's input in services by having consumer's and parent's/guardian's (if applicable) signatures when clinically appropriate.

F.  Completes progress notes at the end of each session and turn in within 24 hours of completion.

G.  Notifies consumer and referral source (when applicable) prior to completion of the discharge summary and document this notification on discharge within 30 days of last contact.

5.  Develops and maintains quality, accurate clinical charts for all clients served.

6.  Develops and maintains positive collaboration with other social service agencies serving clients.  Provides consultation if needed.

7.  Has no unexcused absence from assigned clinical and administrative committee meetings and training.

8.  Maintains license or registration appropriate to profession and appropriate to job requirement, including appropriate amount of continuing education at all times of employment.

9.  Maintains agency-required annual training including, but not limited to, client rights and grievances, safety training, infection control, and others as required by OHMHAS.

10.  Remains free from citations by other providers or by consumers for unethical practice and meets standard for own profession.

11.  Adheres to all organizational and departmental policies, including compliance with all behavioral and ethical expectations.

12.  Participates in weekly supervision with manager.

13.  Other clinical duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1.  Education:  Bachelor Degree

2.  Experience:  One year experience in mental health services

3.  Certification:  LPC, LSW, or Counselor Trainee.

4.  Other:  Meets all standards and regulations of the Counselor and Social Worker   Board of the State of Ohio (or Psychology Board).  Demonstrated

competencies for working with the populations served.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Knowledge of:   Safety rules and procedures, Agency policies and procedures, Greene County area and resources, documentation requirements.

Skills:   Interpersonal skills.

Abilities:   Lifting up to 25 pounds, sitting for long periods of time, writing legibly or use of computer, ability to see, hear, read, and communicate information clearly, ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions related to persons with disabilities.

WORKING CONDITIONS

May require evening and/or weekend hours and occasional travel.  Strict confidentially is required.  May be exposed to clients who are angry or potentially violent.

This position description does not list all the duties of the job.  You may be asked by supervisors or managers to perform other instructions and duties.  You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in the position description.

TCN has the right to revise this position description at any time.  The position description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the Agency may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when needed.