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Connections Health Solutions

Provides 24/7 crisis behavioral health care

Mental Health Therapist

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timeChantilly, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A master's degree in social work, counseling, substance dependency, or a related field is required.
  • An unrestricted Virginia Licensed Mental Health Professional license is required; accepted credentials include LGPC, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LCP, CSAC, and the listed LMHP credentials.
  • Three years of experience in mental health, substance use treatment, or relevant work is required.
  • Knowledge of recovery principles, family-of-origin and intergenerational issues, and co-occurring psychiatric disorders is required.
  • Knowledge and experience working with people with serious mental illness, substance use diagnoses, brain injuries, and people over age 60 are required.
  • Ability to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques is required.
  • For work with youth, experience in the children’s system of care and with families and stakeholders is required.
  • Applicants must comply with the company’s mandatory vaccination policy, including providing documentation or qualifying for an exemption before the start date.
  • Virginia fingerprint clearance is required.
  • Applicants must pass the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services background check.
  • Applicants must pass the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Background Investigations Central Registry Search.

Responsibilities

  • Provide individual therapy, group counseling, life skills sessions, clinical interventions, crisis management, family therapy, and assistance with case management and support-system development.
  • Complete an accurate, clinically sound psychosocial assessment within 24 hours of admission, maintain the clinic record and document service delivery, and obtain treatment signatures when necessary.
  • Provide internal education on dialectical behavior therapy, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and service-plan documentation.
  • Prepare clinical reports and individualized service plans using the agency’s electronic clinical documentation software, ensuring documentation complies with clinical practices, contracts, regulations, and legal requirements.
  • Conduct brief interventions and individual, family, and group counseling within scope of practice; redirect behavior while maintaining a safe milieu when necessary; and document services and individual activities.
  • Arrange referrals and placements in community substance-use programs, housing, and employment opportunities.
  • Provide case management to promote recovery and community reintegration; conduct crisis interventions and follow-up as needed; and maintain working knowledge of Virginia’s involuntary commitment process.
  • Maintain working knowledge of the Virginia DBHDS and DMAS roles in the behavioral health system.
  • Participate in individual and group supervision, ongoing education, in-services, training, and other competency-development activities; demonstrate competency through post-testing, skill observation, and direct-supervisor assessment.
  • Complete continued authorizations for clinical and billing purposes.
  • Complete required training, attend monthly meetings, and maintain required competencies.
  • Coordinate the civil commitment process with necessary stakeholders.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with children, youth, families, and adults with behavioral health issues.
  • Knowledge of and experience with Virginia’s involuntary treatment process.

About the Company

Connections Health Solutions

Provides 24/7 crisis behavioral health care

Connections Health Solutions provides 24/7 behavioral health crisis care through crisis response centers that include walk-in urgent care, a 23-hour psychiatric observation unit, a crisis stabilization unit, and outpatient programs. It stabilizes patients quickly in a least-restrictive setting and works with state and local governments, health plans, nonprofits, and law enforcement to build value-based crisis systems that reduce unnecessary hospital admissions. It differentiates itself by operating specialized behavioral health facilities instead of EDs, accepts all patients regardless of insurance or acuity, and partners with agencies to lower overall healthcare costs. Its goal is to scale community-based crisis systems that improve patient outcomes and expand access to this model across more regions.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$58M
Headquarters
Phoenix, AZ
Founded
2009

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