Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Crisis Residential Unit Therapist

Position Summary 

The SUD Therapist will serve as a therapist for individual, group, and family therapist, and make recommendations for ongoing therapy and programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support and information to residents and program staff on a variety of issues related to the SUD program. Prepare educational material and documents for the residents.
• Assist with the intake process as needed, as well as, orientating new residents to the program.  
• Attend daily and weekly treatment planning meetings reporting on client’s progress as related to their Individual Service Plans and the expected outcomes.
• Monitor individual service plans.
• Serve on-call as necessary.  
• Provide 5 hours per week group therapy per client and a minimum of 1 hour of individual therapy per assigned client
• Provide family therapy a minimum of 1 time per admission and/or documents thoroughly any failed attempts to provide family therapy.  
• Provide didactic-educational groups 1 time per week
• Complete intakes including Alcohol and Drug assessments on assigned clients within 24 hours of admission.  
• Provide assessments, individual, group, and family therapy in compliance with DMH standards.
• Coordinate discharge planning and serve as liaison with referring and referral facilities.   
• Report any unusual incidents, safety concerns, or changes in client behavior indicating that the client may be a danger to self or others immediately to the CRU Supervisor
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times.  
• Document appropriate activities in case note format that justify the need for treatment.
• Complete and submit service logs, when applicable, per agency policy.
• Maintain case record documentation that is adequate, appropriate, complete, and timely.
• Responsible for DMH record compliance for records and billing of all forms and documentation in case record of assigned clients.
• Identify and report to the CRU Supervisor or his/her designee in a timely manner any safety concern in the work environment.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of the 12-Step Model of Recovery and ASAM criteria.
•  Working knowledge of the DSM.  
• Previous experience working with an SMI/SED or Substance Abuse population in a treatment setting is strongly preferred.
• Complete additional job duties assigned by supervisor. 

Education and Qualification Requirements 

• Master's degree in behavioral science or related field.
• License/certification (i.e., LPC, LMSW, LCSW, or DMH Certification) within 30 days of hire and maintained throughout duration of employment.  
• Certification of CPR/BLS and CPI/Mandt within 30 days of hire