Mental Health Therapist I or II

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Mental Health Therapist I: $58,282.61 - $66,699.89 annual salary, based on experience.

Mental Health Therapist II: $60,860.50 - $69,978.81 annual salary based on experience.

Employee Signing Incentive for Regular Full-Time Employees:

Livingston County Community Mental Health Authority is excited to offer an Employee Signing Incentive to eligible new hires. Regular full-time employees will receive $2,000, less applicable taxes. More information on terms and conditions will be made available at the time an offer of employment is made.

About Us:

Livingston County Community Mental Health is a public mental health services provider located in Howell, Michigan, between Detroit and Lansing. We are an agency joined by the shared vision to create a healthy and rewarding life in the community for everyone. Our team approach works together to serve individuals with a wide array of needs in order to create individualized pathways to wellness, resilience, recovery and self-determination.

Working for Us:

Join our team and enjoy a generous benefits package effective on Day 1, including a 5% employer retirement contribution and voluntary 457(b) salary deferment plan. We provide employer-paid 2X salary life insurance, long-term disability plus generous contributions to BCBS medical and Delta Dental. Find rewarding work supporting Livingston County residents alongside dedicated colleagues.

Our comprehensive benefits plan also includes vision coverage, short-term disability, accident coverage, legal and identity theft programs, and voluntary life insurance. Take advantage of our Spring Health Mental Health Wellness program offering free counseling, life coaches, and self-care tools. Generous paid time off with vacation, sick, personal, 13 holidays (4 floating), and more choices through our Cafeteria Benefit plan.

We prioritize your overall well-being through robust financial benefits, mental health support, and work-life balance offerings. Become part of our mission while enjoying a valuable total rewards package. All while enjoying rewarding work supporting Livingston County residents alongside dedicated colleagues.

The Mental Health Therapist will look forward to:

Meaningful, rewarding work with opportunities to develop your clinical skills through regular supervision. Join a supportive, diverse team allowing you to collaborate with experienced colleagues. Our positive environment values diversity and provides avenues to take on special projects aligning with your interests. Enjoy potential for career advancement plus an efficient, electronic health record system.

Advance your skills through our comprehensive training program in evidence-based treatments like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Treatment, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Adult/Youth Mental Health First Aid, and many more. Stay at the forefront of therapeutic best practices to provide exceptional patient care. Our commitment to your ongoing professional development ensures you receive cutting-edge, specialized training.

Role:

As a Home-Based Therapist at Livingston County Community Mental Health, you can meet youth and families where they are at and play an important role in getting them where they want to be in a collaborative environment where therapists have the tools, time, and training to provide excellent services in a positive team environment. Therapists go beyond the walls of the office to work in homes, schools, and with other system partners to help build a network of care around each family that we serve. In this role, teaming and individualized interventions come together to promote healthy development, family cohesion and empowerment, and to maintain youth in their homes and communities.

What you will do:

As a Home-Based Therapist, you will be an essential part of a treatment team and will combine individual & family therapy, crisis intervention, & case management to facilitate safety, ongoing stability, and to support those that you serve. On a given day in this role, you might connect families to services to help meet their basic needs, attend an IEP, Juvenile Court Proceeding or psychiatric assessment, provide individual & family therapy, attend a community-based workgroup, participate with a treatment team to provide crisis support and intervention, or provide psychoeducation or parenting education. Caseloads are around 10 per therapist, therapists work with each youth and family about twice a week, and there are some work hours that will occur after school and in the evening.

How we support you:

Therapists in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health program have free in-house trainings every month, free clinical supervision, help with licensing exam prep, free CEU trainings, tuition reimbursement opportunities, access to Evidenced Based Practice Learning Cohorts, and a positive and supportive work environment in vibrant downtown Howell.

Who thrives here:

This is an excellent job both for the beginning mental health professional or an experienced clinician with an abundance of skills to share. If you are energized by working in a supportive and dynamic environment while making a difference in the lives of youth and families, apply today!

Requirements to join us:

Candidates must be committed to our shared values and commitment to community care including clinical excellence, community inclusion, community benefit, innovation, integrated care and improvement. Our collaborative approach to treatment requires strong teaming skills. This is a dynamic, team-oriented position with great opportunities to grow.

Job Specific Requirements:

Prior treatment experience with children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and their families and strong teaming skills preferred.

Valid MI driver's license required.

Some after school & evening hours to meet the needs of our youth and families.

Qualifications and Experience:

Mental Health Therapist II: Master's degree with Michigan licensure as LMSW, LLP, or LPC.

Mental Health Therapist I: Master's degree with Michigan licensure, either LLMSW, TLLP, or LLPC, with requirement to obtain full licensure within 2 years of hire.