Mental Health Therapist

3 weeks ago


Billings, United States Native American Development Corporation Full time

Job Summary:

The Mental Health Therapist provides clinical treatment services to the Native populations of our community, with a specific emphasis on adult treatment. This is an outpatient treatment program designed to service patients with a mental health diagnosis who meet dimensions for outpatient services. This position requires highly independent clinical decision-making, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Mental Health Therapists must possess a comprehensive knowledge of mental health and substance use symptom interference, therapeutic modalities, trauma-informed care, culturally and linguistically competent healthcare, ethical standards, confidentiality, self-care, and compassion fatigue.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities and Expectations:

  • Assesses changing needs of patient per regulator guidelines associated with outpatient programs and incorporates patient care needs into active treatment planning and reviews.
  • Adheres to legal and ethical standards of practices as well as NADC-BUIHWC policies and procedures.
  • Provides individual and group therapy to patients in the program and engages families in the assessment and treatment processes when indicated.
  • Demonstrates positive and therapeutic relationships with patients as well as demonstrates facial expressions congruent with language.
  • Uses psychotherapeutic techniques and concepts to effectively assist patients with treatment goals, skill building, emotional regulation, and recognizing symptom interference.
  • Completes clinical documentation on the same day of service delivery and provides clinical information to relevant patient treatment and insurance providers to ensure authorization for services.
  • Creates treatment plans that include an effective continuum of therapeutic, supportive, and other services for patients with a variety and complexity of needs serviced by the program.
  • Responds to mental health crisis and emergencies using crisis intervention and assessment modalities within BUIHWC and the greater community as indicated.
  • Establishes effective crisis care plans for patients and makes appropriate clinic referrals.
  • Participates in regular treatment team meetings to discuss clinical cases, review and update treatment plans, monitor therapeutic progress and initiate recommendations for referral and continuing care.
  • Reviews cases and/or group therapy periodically, as well as serious clinical patient conditional changes with supervisor and other clinic personnel as indicated.
  • Under direct supervision, conducts assessments of new patients using the identified format for documentation in the electronic health record system and clinical decisions regarding treatment, interventions and referrals, as instructed.
  • Provides culturally appropriate resources when indicated to patients and families.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (Experience/Education):
  • Master's degree in social work, psychology, or other counseling field from an accredited university and a minimum of two years of direct clinical experience in crisis assessment, therapies, and clinical case management is required.
  • Current Montana licensure--Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license required.
  • Experience working collaboratively with families, coworkers, and other professionals and all collaborative partners in the community.
  • Previous experience with electronic heath record systems.
  • Must have communication skills, both verbal and written, required.
  • Must have valid Montana State driver's license and reliable transportation.
  • Must be able to pass a background check.
  • Must adhere to NADC-BUIHWC core values.
Competencies or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's):
  • Knowledge of principles and standards related to healthcare and confidentiality.
  • Knowledge of professional counseling principles, procedures, and techniques.
  • Thorough knowledge of legal and ethical performance standards and their application.
  • Working knowledge of office practices and procedures, programs, and services.
  • Skilled in interpersonal relationships and conflict management.
  • Cross-cultural skills, experience with culturally diverse populations.
  • Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communication skills.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
  • Work is primarily in an office environment.
  • Incumbent must be able to perform computer, data entry and word processing related tasks for a majority of the workday, as required.
  • Frequently sit, with continuous full use of hands, repetitive movement, keyboarding, and clear vision, as well as speak and hear normal conversation.
  • Requires high attention to detail with frequent deadlines, and internal and external social interaction.
  • Incumbent must move, stand, bend, or kneel on an intermittent basis.
  • Requires intermittent, moderate physical effort, moving or carrying 5 to 25 pounds. May occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Incumbent is occasionally exposed to on-street driving and moving vehicles with an overnight stay away from home.
Hours/Travel
  • Generally, have a set schedule each week.
  • Usually work 40 hours a week unless position is exempt in which typical hours worked may increase.
  • Work hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM, but will include early morning and/or evening meetings and events.


NADC-BUIHWC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NADC-BUIHWC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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