DBT/Outpatient Licensed Therapist

Sign on incentive up to $6,000!

Full Time - Salary Starts at $51,000 annually plus unlimited monthly incentive opportunities!

The individual(s) who fills this position demonstrates that he or she is capable of carrying out the following roles and responsibilities:

• Provide individual dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to adults and/or children, including participating as a DBT Group Facilitator.
• Diagnose client's by using DSM 5 and other standardized diagnostic tools.
• Assess client’s immediate functional impairments, including biopsychosocial information using standardized assessment tools and evaluations.
• Treat clients focusing on moving consumers through DBT stages of treatment, crisis planning, and improvement of quality of life functioning.
• Develop treatment plan using person-centered processes and client input to determine goals, objectives and adhere to DBT program implementation principles to meet evidence-based standards of DBT.
• Obtain other needed treatment and resources by making referrals as needed, including coordination of care with other treatment professionals, such as primary care physicians, psychiatrists and case managers.
• Monitor progress toward treatment goals by evaluating progress on a regular basis and adjusting treatment as needed.
• Educate family members by advising on the most appropriate and helpful roles they can fulfill in the treatment process; treating relationship issues with appropriate consents and releases of information.
• Maintain patient records by following protocols; adhering to timeliness, entering and updating data; maintaining case history and progress notes.
• Prepare clinical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing patient data and trends.
• Attend weekly DBT consultation meetings.
• Have a cell phone to be available to provide 24/7 DBT phone coaching as well as back-up coverage as needed, per DBT fidelity.
• Uphold recipient rights standards.

Required Skills: 

• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Team player
• Knowledgeable in evaluating treatment activity, person-centered planning principles, and self-determination principles

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Applicant must be qualified to be a CMHP with 1 year experience with a master's degree in the examination, evaluation, and treatment of minors and their families and a current Michigan state license.
• 18 years of age or older
• Working telephone
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Pass all regulatory checks
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Masters degree conferred
• State licensure: LMSW, LLMSW, LPC, LLPC, TLLP, LLP, or LP
• DBT trained
• Administrative support
• National Health Services Corp (NHSC) student loan eligible

Benefits Offered

• Personal time
• Vacation time
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid company holidays
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• Flexible work schedule
• Unlimited monthly incentive opportunities
• Administrative support
• National Health Services Corp (NHSC) student loan eligible

To Submit Your Resume

• Click the following link: Submit Resume
• Fax to Human Resources at (810) 234-0941

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Taylor Life Center is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability,  genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.