Primary Therapist: Complex Care
Job Description:
Are you looking to work in a team-based environment with adults and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities? Are you looking for an environment that values reasonable caseloads? Gavia LifeCare Center is hiring primary therapists for our Complex Care team who value a team building culture where you can practice at the top of your license.
At Gavia Lifecare Center, we are an OMH licensed outpatient mental healthcare center on the forefront of implementing integrated mental healthcare services independent of a large medical facility. We pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health counseling, medication management, and crisis services in an outpatient setting.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Responsibilities:
Direct Clinical Services (100%)
- Clinical Expectations: Book 30, See 27 clients/week. Maintain a client caseload which allows you to meet these clinical expectations on a weekly basis.
- Clinical Focus: Provide individual therapy to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Collaborate with clients’ other providers, caseworkers, house managers, families as necessary.
- Complete/close out all encounter notes/treatment plans within 72 hours
- Maintain appropriate paperwork as required by OMH standards
- Attend all required meetings (Case Review Meetings, Team Meetings, Site Meetings, All Agency monthly meetings, etc.)
- Sign up for and attend all required trainings
Physical demands:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Requirements:
- MS or MA in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling required
- LMHC (or limited permit eligible) or LMSW/LCSW
- 1-2 years working with the ID/DD adult population
- In depth understanding of ethical and theoretical considerations for counseling
- Ability to sit, stand, and fulfill other job-related physical duties
Other duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.