About Us:

CTS Health Services is a community mental health services center that specializes in a holistic approach to health and wellness for children, parents, and adults of varying circumstances and mental challenges. We provide one-on-one behavioral interventions for our clients and their support circles to help our clients navigate through life within their community at their highest level.

What We Are Looking For:

We are urgently seeking passionate, authentic, and motivated individuals to provide mental health therapy / counseling with an emphasis on prevention for the Community Support Team. The mental health therapist will work with individuals and groups to develop treatment plans and activities to promote optimum mental health, help individuals and their support systems deal with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; suicide; stress management; problems with self-esteem; and issues associated with aging and mental and emotional health, etc.

* Occasional traveling will occur in order to meet consumers where they are and in the community *

Responsibilities and Duties of a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Community support team (CST) Therapist, not limited to:

• Maintain billable and non-billable therapy hours as instructed.
• Perform physical and mental assessments and behavioral screening of clients and update as required.
• Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
• Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports with a high level of confidentiality.
• Counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
• Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, and tests.
• Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
• Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge and update as required.
• Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Meet with families, probation officers, police, and other relevant parties to exchange necessary information during the treatment process.
• Refer patients, clients, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives.
• Plan, organize and lead structured programs of counseling, work, study, recreation, and social activities for clients.
• Modify treatment activities and approaches as needed to comply with changes in clients' status.
• Gather information about community mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy.
• Monitor clients' use of medications.
• When necessary attend scheduled meetings, including, but not limited to, executive team meetings, state team meetings, school and treatment/plan team meetings.

What you get:

• Growth opportunities
• Encouragement of creativity
• Holistic and supportive culture and environment

Education / Qualification of a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Community support team (CST) Therapist:

• Master’s Degree in a human service field (Social Work, Counseling, Human Services, Psychology, etc.), required
• Full clinical Licensure Status (Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)) preferred
• Behavioral Screening Certification (IM+CANS) (CTS will provide process for certification if not in possession)
• Bilingual (Spanish) required
• Required Driver's License and Personal Vehicle

Trainings/certificates required (CTS will provide):

• Behavioral Screening Certification
• CTS Health orientation
• Rule 132
• Service Definition
• OIG Rule 50
• First Aid/CPR/AED/Bloodborne Pathogen
• HIPAA
• Client Rights
• Confidentiality
• Mandated Reporter
• Health and Safety
• Cultural Competency
• Workplace Violence and Safety
• Waste, Fraud & Abuse

To apply, click Apply Now, fill out the application and must attach your resume.