Therapist Nursing Home-$3000 Sign-on Bonus!! at Neighborhood Service Organization – Detroit, Michigan

Position Title: Nursing Home Therapist

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Location: Hybrid

Position Type: Full-Time

Reports to: Team Lead Nursing Home Therapist

Summary:

This position promotes the mission, vision, values and strategic plan of Neighborhood Service Organization and helps to achieve the strategic goals and objectives of the unit. This is a clinical position providing outreach mental health services to adults living in Long Term Care Facilities across Detroit/Wayne County. Interventions include individual psychotherapy, assessment, and consultation with professionals and support staff.

Responsibilities:

• Gathers information pertinent to consumer functioning and consistent with best practices of clinical assessment.
• Attends person centered treatment plans when schedule allows to support Case Manager in identifying needs, desires, services and measurable goals synthesized from the integrated biopsychosocial assessment.
• Formulates provisional diagnoses consistent with the assessment.
• Identifies persons in need of hospitalization or placement into other protected environments.
• Appropriately shares findings and recommendations with consumers’ significant others, family and guardians and other professionals in order to ensure implementation of treatment plans and integration of services with other agencies/institutions.
• Establishes supportive and effective relationships with consumers, care givers, significant others and professionals.
• Maintains an ongoing caseload according to assignment of Long-Term Care Facility
• Provides individual interventions to clients according to the amount, duration and frequency in the consumer's treatment plan.

Candidate Requirements:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university, specializing in psychology, social work, or counseling.
• Must be licensed as an LLMSW, LMSW, or LP by the State of Michigan and maintain licensure.
• Valid Michigan driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Neighborhood Service Organization is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those with diverse backgrounds and those with disabilities.