Mental Health Professional Hourly, Essex MAT

at  Wellpath

Compensation Range: $42.36 - $54.22 / hour

You Matter:

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE UNDERSERVED.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society’s most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:
As a Mental Health Professional, you’ll utilize counseling techniques to aid patients in overcoming addiction and modifying problem behaviors, adhering to clinic policies and professional standards. You’ll collaborate within interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care, fostering positive clinical outcomes and providing support throughout the recovery process. Your role will be pivotal in promoting patient well-being and facilitating a supportive environment conducive to healing and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts individual and group counseling sessions, maintaining detailed documentation, and may co-facilitate group or family sessions under supervision, while managing a caseload of up to 65 individuals.
• Performs initial and follow-up assessments, prepares individual treatment plans, and acts as a liaison between referral sources, patients, and insurance carriers, with responsibilities extending to aftercare planning and case management duties.
• Evaluates patient needs, determines referrals to other programs or facilities, and ensures timely and compliant documentation of patient care, treatment, and incidents, following organizational policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates therapeutic rapport, effective communication with patients and healthcare team members, and fosters constructive working relationships; participates in MAT collaborative meetings, team meetings, and professional development activities.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, addiction facilities, mental health, and primary care agencies, contributing to MAT program goals, grant tracking, and community outreach activities to enhance patient care and program success.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Graduation from an accredited college or university
• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in social or health services field

Experience

• Master’s Degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience in a counseling field, one year of which working directly with behavioral health or addiction recovery population
• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a counseling field, two years of which working directly with behavioral health or addiction recovery population

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensure or Clinical Certification as required by state in which clinic operates.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer:
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description

• Conducts individual and group counseling sessions, maintaining detailed documentation, and may co-facilitate group or family sessions under supervision, while managing a caseload of up to 65 individuals.
• Performs initial and follow-up assessments, prepares individual treatment plans, and acts as a liaison between referral sources, patients, and insurance carriers, with responsibilities extending to aftercare planning and case management duties.
• Evaluates patient needs, determines referrals to other programs or facilities, and ensures timely and compliant documentation of patient care, treatment, and incidents, following organizational policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates therapeutic rapport, effective communication with patients and healthcare team members, and fosters constructive working relationships; participates in MAT collaborative meetings, team meetings, and professional development activities.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, addiction facilities, mental health, and primary care agencies, contributing to MAT program goals, grant tracking, and community outreach activities to enhance patient care and program success