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Help Us Help People to Realize the Resilience Thats Within Them.

Do you enjoy helping people to achieve their goals and dreams?

Want to work for a company committed to supporting, educating, and empowering people to choose and achieve what is important to them?

Monarch NC, a provider of high-quality and trauma-informed care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders, is seeking an experienced Therapist to join our team in Raleigh, NC.

The Mental / Behavioral Health Therapist will provide a clinical assessment to determine the level of behavioral health and substance use services needed for persons of all ages who present to the BHUC and are experiencing psychological and/or substance use difficulties.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain a therapeutic and safe environment while persons supported receive services and help facilitate appropriate linkage and transition to additional services or into the community upon discharge.
• Perform interviews with individuals and/or families to aid in identifying presenting problems, assessing mental status and dangerousness, gathering relevant facts of psychosocial history, and assigning accurate diagnoses that will help determine the best intervention to help the individual and his or her family achieve stated goals.
• Assist individuals and families in meeting other psychosocial needs by referring them to appropriate outside agencies upon discharge from the BHUC (such as specialty providers, doctors, social services, and other community resources) and providing information needed within the guidelines of confidentiality standards.
• Provide crisis assessments, stabilization, and service coordination in order to de-escalate crisis and potential crisis situations in an effort to maintain lowest level of care that promotes safety.
• Provide clinical consultation as required or requested by other professionals within Monarch to provide ongoing professional development and to process difficult client situations that may arise.
• Drive and travel to community locations, various agencies, and other outreach destinations as assigned.
• Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• A Master's Degree in a Human Services related field is required.
• Must have at least one of the following North Carolina licenses: LCAS, LCMHC or LCSW.
• At least 2 years of post-graduate experience working with people with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, mental health issues or substance abuse issues.
• A valid Driver's License is also required.

Benefits

We understand that in order for our professionals to take good care of our people, we need to take good care of them too. Thats why we offer the following benefits:

• Employee Care Fund for Monarch staff facing financial hardship as a result of unforeseen circumstances like a natural disaster, house fire or other emergencies!
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, including 10 paid company holidays
• Our company qualifies for the Student Loan Forgiveness Program!
• Employee Development Program
• Employee Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program