Job Purpose
Provides evidence-based individual therapy focused on building resiliency, illness management, and functional recovery for individuals experiencing early psychosis.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in behavioral health field, required.
- Must have all necessary course work and meet all the requirements to be licensed within the State of Missouri, at a minimum be eligible to begin supervision.
- Experience with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders, preferred.
Core Job Duties
- Deliver Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) interventions using evidence-based practices.
- Assist individuals in identifying, setting, and achieving personalized recovery goals.
- Teach coping strategies, wellness practices, and illness self-management skills to promote long-term recovery.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and provide individual therapeutic interventions.
- Provide psychoeducation focused on symptom management, recovery, and relapse prevention.
- Deliver case management services and coordinate care with internal and external providers.
- Actively participate in weekly NAVIGATE/Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) team meetings.
- Contribute to collaborative treatment planning, including six-month treatment plan reviews and updates.
- Participate in required trainings, clinical supervision, and ongoing professional development.
- Promote shared decision-making by partnering with clients and families throughout the treatment process.
- Engage and support natural supports, including family members, caregivers, and other significant individuals.
- Maintain a recovery-oriented, person-centered, and strengths-based approach in all aspects of service delivery.
- Coordinate services across multidisciplinary team members to ensure integrated, comprehensive care.
- Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models.
- Orally communicate information effectively and accurately.
- Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care.
- Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
- Other job duties and special projects as assigned.
Competencies/Working Knowledge
- Cognitive-behavioral and recovery-oriented interventions
- Knowledge of psychosis, substance use, and co-occurring disorders
- Skill in strengths-based and resiliency-focused care
- Ability to support long-term recovery and relapse prevention
- Demonstrate corporate vision in day-to-day activities
- Demonstrate corporate values in day-to-day activities
- Integrity, Commitment, Compassion, Empowerment, and Excellence
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of diagnostic criteria sets for substance use and/or mental disorders.
