Sr. Mental Health Practitioner-CCAT Team Job at New Horizons of the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee, Fort Pierce, FL

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  • New Horizons of the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee
  • Fort Pierce, FL

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New Horizons is the largest mental health and addiction recovery provider on the Treasure Coast (and beyond), serving 15,000 children and adults annually through inpatient crisis services, 24-hour help line and mobile response team, and outpatient programs conveniently located across Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties. In addition, New Horizons assists 22,000 students in area schools, and we work closely with the courts, law enforcement, jails, and hospitals to help improve the health of individuals and the quality of life in our community.

New Horizons is a nonprofit agency seeking a caring and compassionate Sr. Mental Health Practitioner. The Mental Health Clinician provides mental health assessments, therapeutic services, crisis intervention, and/or any

other identified clinical services deemed necessary to stabilize and improve the functioning of individuals served.

They will function as a clinical member of the CAT Team.

As a Sr. Mental Health Practitioner, your responsibilities will include:

  • Engages in hours of direct client services for assigned clients at the rate determined to meet contractual and clinical obligations
  • Conducts biopsychosocial evaluations for new and existing clients as assigned
  • Develops and maintains a written treatment plan for each client
  • Conducts individual, multi-client and family counseling
  • Practices a brief, solution focused counseling strategy in the home, school, and community settings
  • Ensures that each service is medically necessary and approved by the LPHA, for services billed as TBOS, ensures that a certification form is present and signed by LPHA

Requirements

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Master's degree from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation, special education, health education, or a related human services field
  • Two years professional experience providing services to persons with behavioral health disorders
  • Master’s level clinicians hired after July 1, 2014 with degrees other than social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or mental health counseling must have completed graduate level coursework in at least four of the following thirteen content areas:
  • Human growth and development
  • Diagnosis and treatment of psychopathology
  • Human sexuality
  • Counseling theories and techniques
  • Group theories and practice
  • Dynamics of marriage and family systems
  • Individual evaluation and assessment
  • Career and lifestyle assessment
  • Research and program evaluation
  • Personality theories
  • Social and cultural foundations
  • Counseling in community settings
  • Substance use disorders

Must have a valid Florida Driver's License with 6 points or less in the last 5 years

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