Mental Health Court Therapist

Legacy Behavioral Health Center, Inc. is a community mental health center that has been serving residents of Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Indian River and Brevard Counties since 2005. We are committed to improving the quality of life and level of performance of emotionally and behaviorally challenged infants, children, adolescents, families and adults through an array of evidence based and diverse services.

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We are currently seeking a Mental Health Court Therapist (preferably bilingual) for our Okeechobee location.

The candidate will meet these tasks:

1.        Provides direct clinical mental health services to patients from the Mental Health Count Grant;

2.        Services are provided in office and/or as designated by the Judge;

3.        Assesses the Client’s therapeutic needs;

4.        Develops Prior Authorization requests for services when required by Medicaid/HMO;

5.        Develops treatment planning and reviewing;

6.        Monitors progress towards goals, re-assesses needs and upgrades treatment planning;

7.        Develops progress summaries as required by contractual agreement with funding sources;

8.        Seeks clinical consultation;

9.        Documents clinical sessions following Medicaid-HMO and other contractual agreements;

10.     Completes forms required by the program (progress notes, discharge summaries, attendance forms, and any other program-specific documents);

11.     Submits to the Lead Site Consultant documentation and fee for services (billing) on Mondays. The documentation must cover the prior week of services;

12.     Attends monthly team meetings and other meetings scheduled by the Lead Site Consultant;

13.     Follows Prior Authorization instructions for number of sessions, frequency, and allowed length of services;

14.     Follows HIPAA confidentiality requirements;

15.     Follows data security requirements;

16.     Follows abuse reporting procedures;

17.     Follows Agency policies and procedures;

18.     Fulfills in-service training requirements per Medicaid Community Behavioral Health Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook and/or other contracts;

19.     Carries a cell-phone for availability to clients, office staff and other contacts in the community.

Skills/ Requirements

1. Minimum of Master’s degree from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, nursing or related human services;
2. Multicultural awareness and procedural knowledge of DSM-5;
3. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist preferred;
4. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. 

This is a full-time employment position.