Senior therapist job description

3 Cs:

Care - Provide the best possible patient care

Compliance - Ensure the program operates within all regulations

Community - Become a wonderful addition to your local community

Care: All employees are expected to provide the best possible patient care

- Ensure accurate completion of the psychosocial assessment on each patient

- Ensure accurate completion of group psychotherapy notes for each patient

- Ensure accurate completion of treatment plans

- Demonstrate understanding of mental health assessment of older adults

- Demonstrate an understanding of gerontological counseling treatment, group therapy, theory, and evidenced based practices

- Provide understanding of gerontological case management

- Ensure understanding of mental disorders associated with aging

Compliance: Ensure the program operates within all regulations

- Participate in outcome studies timelines, understanding of administration of the tests and when they are to be reported

- Participate in treatment team meetings with medical director

- Comply with 25-point check list

- Complete all notes in prescribed timeline

- Comply with all regulations

Community: Become a wonderful addition to your local community

- Demonstrate understanding of community education definitions and activities

- Participate in customer service training as it relates to community integration

- Present Senior Life Solutions to community as directed by Program Director

- Participate in cohesive team environment to ensure program success

Working conditions

Incumbent will be exposed to virus, disease, infection from patients.

Physical requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

- Education: master's degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work or master's degree in other counseling related field.

- Licensure: License in Social Work or Counseling as recognized by state. May include LCSW, LPC, LMFT, etc.

- Certification: Must meet any applicable state certification standards.

- Experience: Two to three years of clinical experience with older persons, extensive group work, hospital or nursing home experience preferred.

Direct reports

This position has no direct reports.

Benefits

- Monday through Friday schedule

- No after-hours call

- Competitive salary and benefits

- Diverse roles including clinical, leadership, and community liaison

- Matching 401K with immediate vesting

- Relocation assistance considered

About PMC/Senior Life Solutions

Founded in 2003, Psychiatric Medical Care manages more than 65 Senior Life Solutions programs across the U.S. Senior Life Solutions is an intensive outpatient behavioral healthcare program designed to meet the needs of adults over the age of 65 who are struggling with symptoms of depression or anxiety often related to aging. Patients are offered services by an interdisciplinary team of caring, experienced, behavioral health professionals, which includes a psychiatrist, licensed therapist, and registered nurse.

To ensure we retain and invest in great people, PMC provides its employees with excellent benefits, recognition, training, and the opportunities needed for professional growth. Join us in making a difference in the lives of seniors in your community.

To apply for this position, please visit www.psychmc.com/careers/listings.

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Full Time 40 hours/week; Hudson Falls Office

St. Anne Institute: St. Anne Institute is a private, not for profit, secular residential & community-based preventive service agency committed to providing the highest level of care & rehabilitation services in the briefest time to children & families throughout NY.

Description of Duties:

St. Anne Institute is currently seeking a dynamic, trauma informed full- time Senior Therapist for the Adult Program located in the Hudson Falls office. The Senior Therapist will provide individual, family therapy and/or group therapy and supervise staff as needed. This position will work to help justice-involved individuals with the goal of preventing future harm and fostering healing.

• Coordinate the clinical treatment plan and develop comprehensive clinical assessments on assigned individuals and/or families.
• Serve as the ongoing liaison with community agencies and referral sources.
• Facilitate case planning on each client and/or family.
• Work cooperatively with client’s case manager/probation/parole officer and/or outside service providers to coordinate clinical services and resolve issues.
• Plan and coordinate aftercare services and complete a discharge summary.
• Coordinate and complete necessary reports and correspondence.
• Maintain updated assessments and progress notes in the SAI Electronic Health Record.
• Train to become an employment skill builder and offer workshops/education to designated individuals (i.e. SFI Supervisor Field Instructor training).
• Train new clinical staff and provide supervisory assistance as needed.
• Attend weekly individual and team/group supervision and present clinical treatment summaries on client/family.
• Provide training regarding treatment to clinical/agency staff and/or service providers in a variety of areas (i.e. sexual abuse and sexually offending behaviors).
• Collaborate with QI and Professional Development staff to inform and expand therapeutic services to juveniles and adults with a wide range of issues.
• Keep abreast of current trends in clinical treatment, trauma-informed care and evidence-based models through reading, in-service training and conferences.
• Adhere to NASW, AMHCA, NYS Justice Center and SAI Codes of Conduct/Ethics, and ATSA Guidelines.

Qualifications:

LCSW, LMHC, or other relevant degree and experience working with individuals, families and groups. Experience collaborating with community organizations; ability to work autonomously and with a multi-disciplinary team; ability to work well with collaterals; supervisory ability. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

St. Anne's Institute offers generous planned time off including vacation, personal and paid time off for preventative screenings, sick time, group health, dental & vision insurance, life insurance, FSA (flexible spending account), EAP (Employee Assistance Program), tuition assistance and 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.

St. Anne Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer, disabled/protected veterans,

female, minorities, sexual orientation, gender identity.

El Camino Health is committed to hiring, retaining and growing the best and brightest professionals who will carry our mission and vision forward. We are proud of our reputation in the community: One built on compassion, innovation, collaboration and delivering high-quality care. Come join the team that makes this happen.
FTE
0.8

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours
64

Work Shift
All Shifts: 8 hours

Job Description
To provide assessment, group psychotherapy, individual therapy and case management to acute psychiatric patients in the Behavioral Health Services Outpatient Programs. In addition, to provide leadership to the multidisciplinary team including patient assignment, management of intakes and patient census, primary contact for outside inquiries, coordination of admissions from ECH inpatient BHS, has clinical expertise in specific specialty tracks (e.g., Older Adult, Adolescent, Dual Diagnosis, Addictions etc.). To participate in program development and marketing opportunities.

Qualifications
Licensed PhD/PsyD, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, or licensed clinical social worker.
A minimum of two (2) years group psychotherapy experience with acute psychiatric adults in an inpatient setting and/or experience with acute adults.
Experience with focused groups, i.e., cognitive therapies, DBT, addictions, couples, family, special interest.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:
Licensed in state of CA: Psychologist, LCSW, LPCC, or LMFT.

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions of this job are available. El Camino Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability if that will allow them to perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the hospital, or causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace which cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.

Sedentary Work - Duties performed mostly while sitting; walking and standing at times. Occasionally lift or carry up to 10 lbs. Uses hands and fingers. - (Physical Requirements-United States of America)

An Equal Opportunity Employer:El Camino Health seeks and values a diverse workforce. The organization is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of qualifications and competencies. El Camino Health prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, ancestry, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, age, medical condition or any other status protected by law. In addition to state and federal law, El Camino Health also follows all applicable fair and equitable employment policies from the County of Santa Clara.