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Marriage and Family Therapist

UnityPoint Health • Des Moines, IA • 2h ago

Area of Interest: Behavioral Health Services

FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0

Department: Cropp Clinic

Shift: Monday - Friday 8-4:30

Job ID: 183647

Overview

The therapist will provide, at a minimum, weekly one-hour, home-based family therapy sessions to clients. Therapist will utilize the FFT model with families who have adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18. Therapist will be required to carry a caseload of 10 to 15 families, providing services anywhere from eight to 26 weeks. This position requires flexibility in hours to meet families when they are available.

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30pm; after school/evening hours will be likely

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options focused on your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in.?Here are just a few: ???

Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

Dental, health and vision insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. ?

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Join our team of experts and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Key Accountability:

Performs comprehensive psychosocial and behavioral assessments, treatment plans and appropriate interventions and therapy for behavioral health illnesses and concerns. Conducts assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the social and emotional factors related to the patients illness, need for care, response and adjustment to illness and care and completes appropriate patient-centered plan of care and interventions according to the scope of practice. Provides information and referral services to appropriate individuals and agencies as needs identified. Conducts immediate intervention including supportive counseling to patient/family/significant other in dealing with impact of an emergency situation. Completes all documentation in the patient record accurately and timely. Provide educational in-services to the community as requested. Consistently utilizes a holistic approach considering psych/social, physical, spiritual, educational, safety and related criteria approach to the age of the patient. Participates in the development of the plan of care and attends department team meetings. Maintains current licensure with specific board. Completes all continuing education and follows Ethics Code specific to the discipline.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in social work, Human Services, Psychology or related studies Required. Master's degree in social work, Counseling or a related field from an accredited school preferred.

Experience: A minimum of two years' previous experience in Behavioral Health.

License(s)/Certification(s): Bachelor's level Social Worker (LBSW), Master's Level Social Worker (LMSW); Master's Level Independent Social Worker (LISW); Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC); Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Ability and willingness to work with families in their own homes, Flexibility to work when the families are available to meet, Ability to work independently, as well as contribute to a team, Strong clinical skills, Ability to work with adolescents, Ability to work with respect for cultural diversity, Ability to engage families who may not want the service, Ability to adapt and individualize program interventions to utilize family strengths and skills, Ability to establish a mutually respectful relationship, in which the family is a full partner, empowered to solve their own problems, Ability to set appropriate boundaries and limits for best practice.

Other: Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

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