Behavioral Health Therapist

# **Caring for our community starts with you. Join a team that believes everyone deserves care.** 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**…