Funding Coordinator

Sign-On Bonus

• $2,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR IN TRAINING LICENSED THERAPISTS SUCH AS LPC-IT, LCPC-IT, LCSW-IT OR LMFT-IT OR EQUIVALENT (REQUIRES 12-MONTH COMMITMENT)
• $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR FULLY LICENSED THERAPISTS SUCH AS LPC, LCPC, LCSW, LMFT OR EQUIVALENT (REQUIRES 18-MONTH COMMITMENT)

The Therapist develops, coordinates, and facilitates all direct social services to patients and their families assigned and performs duties as directed by their manager. The Therapist will work in an acute care setting that includes partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient services. As a Therapist, you are an integral part of a patient’s journey, to help change their story, and lead to positive outcomes.

In this role, you will provide therapeutic treatment services in individual, group and family settings. The Therapist collaborates with a multi-disciplinary treatment team to develop the plan of care for the patients. Successful candidate will advocate for and support our patients.

• 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 and dignity.
• Participate in psycho educational 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 procedures.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• For Inpatient and Residential only:
  Assist with coordinator of treatment director’s hold as needed and according to program policy and guidelines.
• Document discharge Identify patient’s presenting problem, progress, status and treatment recommendations.
• Contact outpatient provider(s), school and other stakeholders to discuss aftercare to ensure proper handoff.

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, or related field, from an accredited school of Social Work, Professional Counseling, or Family Therapy with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in health care and at least two (2) years in a psychiatric setting, preferred.
• Full, independent licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed…