Clinician-LMHP/LMHP-E - ACT Grant
5 days ago
Compensation is dependent on experience
The Clinician - Licensed is part of a multidisciplinary team that provides community mental health services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The Clinician - Licensed provides mobile outreach and home visits to clients, as well as crisis intervention, short-term focused therapy, and supportive counseling. The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Clinician position is a grant-funded role dedicated to delivering intensive, community-based behavioral health services to rural clients who meet ACT admission criteria. This clinician provides comprehensive, team-based support designed to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, promote recovery, and improve quality of life for individuals with serious mental illness. By bringing services directly into rural communities, the ACT clinician helps address systemic barriers such as transportation challenges, provider shortages, and stigma, ensuring that clients receive timely, evidence-based care where they live.
Required Education and Experience
Minimum Required Education
- Master's Degree from a program that prepares individuals to practice counseling (60-hr Master's Program), which is offered by a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency. (Re: 54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia)
- No experience required.
- Resident in Professional Counseling, Supervisee in Clinical Social Work, Resident in Licensed Marriage, Family Therapy, Resident in Substance Abuse Treatment, or eligibility to apply for residency.
Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of and adherence to existing professional ethical standards. Knowledge and ability to provide evidence-based group/individual therapy. Knowledge of and ability to complete psychiatrically based assessments.
- Ability to form and maintain effective counseling relationships with clients, monitor client movement in the therapy process, and terminate the therapeutic relationship appropriately.
- Ability to effectively communicate orally, both in person and by telephone. Ability to effectively communicate in writing and to prepare written documents. Ability to maintain a consistent and dependable work schedule. Ability to travel to meetings, other campuses, and counseling sites. Ability to respond to emergencies in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Willing and available to work modified schedules (weekends, holidays, etc.) as required. Ability to drive and must possess a valid driver's license. May be called upon to travel to any Horizon worksite; transport clients and provide services to clients at other locations. Regular attendance at training and Horizon meetings may require travel to various Horizon sites.
- Ability to participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training, which includes both verbal de-escalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed.
THE BEST BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY
We're proud to offer some of the best benefits options in Central Virginia. Participation in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) is exclusively for public service workers in Virginia, while several options exist for life, health, dental, and vision insurance. Emphasis on work-life balance means a generous annual leave policy ensuring time for wellness, with separate time allocated for sick leave and additionally for paid holidays. Stay active with Horizon's annual wellness programs and various opportunities to interact with the community throughout the year. Horizon's clinical sites are NHSC/HRSA-approved for clinical student loan repayment and qualify for both the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and the Behavioral Health State Loan Repayment (BHLRP) programs. If you are interested in continuing your education, working at Horizon qualifies you to receive discounts at some local universities.
To Apply - Please visit our online career center at https://www.horizonbh.org/careers/
Horizon Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
This is a grant-funded position through April 2029.
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