Mental Health Therapist

Job Responsibilities:

50%

Direct client services:

• Conduct comprehensive intakes to assess clients' needs, complete psychosocial assessments, and identify clients' history of trauma, acuity, strengths, and healing/recovery goals.
• Develop family-centered, strength-based, and culturally appropriate treatment plans. Provide outpatient services including individual counseling, family counseling/training, and group counseling.
• Collaborate with UHHR case managers on shared cases to ensure cooperation with relevant case management services in alignment with the client's treatment plan.
• Provide clients with supportive referrals to community services and ensure follow-up and connection.
• Address unique mental health needs of clients by working with them in community settings, outside of the office, to support their mental well-being, community integration, and resource development.

40%

Indirect client services:

• Learn and understand eligibility requirements and documentation for torture and asylum programs.
• Collaborate with community partners, including case workers at refugee/immigrant serving agencies, to coordinate services for clients and avoid duplication.
• Maintain timely clinical documentation, including progress notes, patient assessments, service/treatment plans, and other required forms/records. Maintain detailed case files and other documentation.
• Participate in ongoing supervision with the Clinical Director.
• Flexibility is crucial to meet client needs, including the possibility of evening and weekend hours.

10%

• Agency Responsibilities:

• Participate in other department and organization-wide activities, meetings and trainings.
• Complete administrative responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Maintain licensure/credentials as needed, including required CEU’s
• Attend trainings relevant to job function, as supported by the budget and supervisor

Qualifications: 

Required education, experience, certifications, licenses, or registrations

• Interest and passion for healing trauma, working with marginalized and underserved individuals, and ongoing personal and professional development.
• Ability to work effectively with an interpreter.
• Current Utah licensure as a CSW, LCSW, CMHC, ACMHC, AMFT, or LMFT.
• Ability to pass a background check.
• Valid driver's license and current automobile insurance.
• Must pass and maintain background check

Preferred education, experience, certifications, licenses, or registrations

• Two or more years of experience providing direct services to culturally and linguistically diverse clients (including internships and/or practicum).
• Familiarity working with trauma and adolescents.

• Fluency in another language is preferred (Spanish, Arabic, Swahili, etc.)

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

• Experience, comfort, and sensitivity working in multi-cultural environment is required
• Demonstrated understanding of the US immigration system, including asylum process
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, recognize appropriate boundaries and cope with emotionally stressful situations
• Ability to work as a part of an interdisciplinary team and multi-cultural team

• Ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple priorities and one's own schedule

• Flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements and political climate

• Ability to work in a dynamic context and respond to various needs

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel) and Google Apps
• Demonstrated interest in issues of immigrant communities, political torture, severe war trauma, social justice, and human rights issues

Benefits:

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• 90% employer-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance. 30% employer paid dependent coverage
• 401k with a 3% match, eligible from the start date.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Paid lunchtime, holidays, vacation, sick leave, and self-care time.
• Generous training and professional development opportunities.
• A trauma-responsive culture that prioritizes self-care, professional development, and a client-centered approach to healing.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities; however, may oversee volunteers and/or interns. 

Work Environment: 

• Services are provided on-site at THRIVE offices. Hybrid schedule is up to 5 hours per week remote.
• Time spent on the computer is approximately 50%

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit (at a desk for extended periods of time), stand, and walk. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, of up to 10 pounds.

Travel: A valid driver’s license and insurance is required, and you may need to transport clients occasionally

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time as necessitated by organization needs