Mental Health Therapist

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Mental Health Therapist, you will be responsible for providing direct clinical services to child, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients and families to address interpersonal and family systems issues that cause emotional distress, as well as to provide discharge planning.  These include:  group therapy; family therapy; individual therapy; if certified, sexual offender therapy; if credentialed, play therapy or EMDR; psycho education, discharge planning and coordinating with community, government and mental health agencies to obtain aftercare services necessary to reduce and prevent relapse.

-Assumes personal responsibility for maintaining professional development and ensuring all required CEU’s are completed and license is action.

-Utilizes knowledge of professional social work in collecting and reviewing data collected from patients, their families, outside sources such as school & outpatient therapist to assess the patient’s psychological, social and discharge needs.

-Records and communicates data to physician and interdisciplinary treatment team.  In collaboration with physician and interdisciplinary treatment team prioritizes patient’s needs and develops plan of care which is developmental and age specific, individualized with specific, measurable goals and interventions to address the identified needs.  Gives rational for prioritization and /or deferment of problems.

-Demonstrates proficiency and skill in providing therapeutic interventions such as family, individual and group therapy.

-Maintains accurate documents of interventions, therapies and education.  Instructs patient and/or family members according to their identified need and interdisciplinary plan of care.  Communicates with the patient, family, physician treatment team and other health care providers regarding patient identified needs including discharge planning and actions.

-Demonstrates effective on going observation and reassessment of patient/family and their response to the interventions and changes in condition.

-Maintains patient/family confidentiality and provides sensitive, respectful and compassionate customer service at all times.

-Documentation: Maintains accurate documents of interventions, therapies and education.  Documents all interventions within given time period.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

-Masters Degree in Social Work or related field

Must possess at least one of the following licenses:

-Licensed Clinical Social Worker: KY (LCW

-Professional Counselor: KY (PROFCOUN:KY)

-Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/Counselo: KY (LMFT:KY)

Additional requirement upon hire:

Baic Life SUpport (BLS:KY)

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group, a full service network of primary care services specializing in family, internal, geriatric and pediatric care serving 88 locations across central and Eastern Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is dedicated to delivering customized care based on the unique needs of our patients and is recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for two years in a row (2023-2024). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.