Mental Health Professional/ Therapist
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Baltimore, MD
Salary: $75,000.00 USD Annually - $80,000.00 USD Annually
Description: Our client in Baltimore, MD (and also for their Glen Burnie, MD location) is currently seeking a Mental Health Professional / Therapist.

This role requires:

• A Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Professional Counseling or related field preferred, and one of the following LCP, LCPC, LMSW, LCSW, or LCSW-C.
• 3 years post-masters clinical experience in a mental health setting.

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Conducting screening interviews and assessments using personal interviews, referral information, medical history, collateral contact and additional methods as needed.
• Recommending treatment plans to Physicians and/or other mental health professionals that address medical, psychiatric, and psychosocial needs/problems and specify modalities of treatment and support, to address specific goals. Modify the plan as necessary to reflect the needs of the client.
• Providing ongoing counseling to individuals, groups, or families as reflected in the treatment plan.
• Identifying gaps in service, barriers to treatment and the acquisition of community resources.
• Advocating for the reduction of such barriers and for the development of needed services.
• Building strong relationships with patients, families, co-workers and surrounding community.
• Providing education to families and other identified natural supports.
• Providing case management services as required for a group of assigned persons which includes coordinating and monitoring the Individual Treatment Plan for the team.
• Attaining all benefits a person qualifies for under Local, State, and Federal law.
• Teaching money management skills such as budgeting and banking.
• Providing crisis intervention and rapid support services to circumvent hospitalization.
• Scheduling medical treatments, dental treatments, and doctors visits as required.
• Visiting the person when admitted to inpatient somatic and psychiatric treatment as well as plan for discharge at the beginning of admission.
• Meeting all needs of the person starting with housing, food, and clothing before any other intervention occurs. Housing must be safe and affordable.
• Assisting persons to carry out daily living skills including person hygiene, nutritional needs, shopping, and food preparation as well as house cleaning and laundry.
• Teaching transportation skills.
• Developing and document psychosocial database.
• Documenting client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to COMAR and agency related requirements.
• Providing consultation and educational services to community agencies as needed.
• Coordinating with outside agencies to wrap services around the person.
• Participating in interdisciplinary conferences with appropriate medical, nursing, social work, and administrative staff.
• Providing ongoing assessment of client's issues and their response to treatment.
• Providing symptom education and illness management as prescribed by evidenced based practices or established guidelines.
• Providing group as well as family and individual therapy/treatment.
• Utilizing evidenced based practices for co-occurring disorders when performing group substance abuse treatment and individual treatment.
• Being available at all times for the persons on the team as well as the persons being treated.
• Providing case management for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team; assume responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans in conjunction with the ITP; provide individual supportive counseling; assist in symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as client's needs change.
• Educating and support client's families, and advocate for client rights and preferences.
• Conducting comprehensive assessment of all domains of a person's life.
• Providing on call crisis intervention when assigned covering nighttime and weekend hours.
• Becoming an expert of the ACT philosophy and follow and maintain high fidelity to the ACT Model of Care.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Skills Requirements:

• One to three months OJT required for efficient job performance.

Job Requirements:

• Must be a licensed Mental Health Professional in Maryland.
• Must exhibit excellent organizational, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must have a clean driving record.
• Must have the ability to work independently with minimum supervision

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Contact: acialone@judge.com@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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