Mental Health Associate Therapist – Temporary

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🌽 Illinois, Kansas – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌪️ Kansas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

😶‍🌫️ Therapist

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Discovery Behavioral Health

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Hospitality • Healthcare Insurance

Discovery Behavioral Health is a healthcare provider specializing in behavioral health treatment. Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH) operates a network of recovery centers across the United States offering services for substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and eating disorders. They provide multiple levels of care including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient services, and addiction medicine. DBH runs divisions for Eating Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health Disorder, and Psychiatry, plus a Veterans & First Responder program. The organization has 2,500+ employees, 130+ locations, serves 4,000+ patients daily, and maintains a large database of verified patient outcomes. It also provides career opportunities, partnerships, and resources for professionals and payers.

📋 Description

• Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment • Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones • Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude • Understands role in providing expeditious access to care for individuals seeking services • Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members • Maintains a case load of 5-6 patients in RTC and 10-15 in OP level of care • Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions assigned weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care • Facilitates process oriented and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily in RTC and 2-4 times daily in OP • Required to sit at a meal and/or snack a minimum of once per week • Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend • Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary • Is appropriately accessible to family members or loved ones • Assesses patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required • Operates under supervision and is not fully licensed

🏖️ Benefits

• Completion of state requirements to conduct therapeutic interventions, required • Must possess a current driver’s license and be in good standing