Mental Health Therapist in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Wayside House Inc

Who We Are
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children and families.
Seventy years ago, Wayside Recovery, formerly The Wayside House, Inc., began with a mission to improve the quality of women’s lives.
Since then, Wayside has become an expert in delivering gender-specific and trauma-informed substance use treatment and mental health services for women and their families.
Wayside Recovery provides a holistic array of substance use treatment for adult women, including outpatient and residential substance use treatment, recovery support services, adult and children’s mental health therapy, long-term supportive housing, and family support services.
Our vision is that all women, children, and families achieve healing and hope for their future free from the effects of addiction and trauma.
Responsibilities:
• Become credentialed with all major health insurance agencies within a reasonable amount of time.
• Provide therapeutic services to individuals referred through Wayside’s Intake department.
• Participation as a member of a multidisciplinary team, crisis intervention, provision of supervision to trainees and staff seeking licensure and ongoing care planning.
• Provide individual and/or group therapy utilizing evidence-based intervention strategies and best practices.
• Provide mental health assessment, ensuring proper identification of mental health and substance use concerns, as well as barriers to recovery and stability.
• Provide mental health consultation and information in order to educate clients, customers, and staff members regarding the dynamics of mental health issues in recovery. Seek and receive consultation from others in order to provide comprehensive care.
• Facilitate crisis intervention to ensure safety and wellbeing of patients.
• Facilitate mental health focused groups as needed.
• Follow all 245G guidelines.
• Maintain client confidentiality in accordance with state guidelines and HIPAA requirements, in addition to a working understanding of CRF-42.
• This position may require work at alternative Wayside sites should staffing patterns require it.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
Requirements:
• Competence in providing trauma informed care, substance use disorder treatment, diagnostic assessments, motivational interviewing and family programming.
• Requires the demonstrated ability to relate effectively to women of diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.
• Must be able to pass DHS background study.
• Dual licensure is preferred. Master's degree in counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work or related field.
• Master’s Degree in the behavioral sciences
• Current clinical license as a mental health professional in the State of Minnesota (LP, LPCC, LICSW or LMFT) with no restrictions.
Join us in making a difference in the lives of those we serve through compassionate care and dedicated support.
Job Type: Full time
Benefits:
• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
• Student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
• Retirement savings plan with employer match (4% match after 1 year of employment)
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply.
Work Location: This is an in-person position. Hybrid/remote work is not offered for this role.