Are you looking for a dynamic mental health therapist position filled with opportunity? Emergence is the place where you will make a difference. Our agency, through collaboration, integrity and inclusion strives to provide comprehensive outpatient treatment for mental health, substance use disorder, and problem gambling. For more than 40 years, our dedicated team of professionals has been committed to supporting individuals in their journey towards improved well-being. Whether facing challenges related to substance use disorder, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental health conditions, we provide evidence-based treatment modalities and a compassionate environment to help our clients find healing, resilience, and lasting recovery.
Emergence is looking for our next QMHP Mental Health Therapist who can absorb and honor our journey thus far while providing robust enhancements for the future. If you have curiosity, drive, enthusiasm, and a strong desire to help those involved in the justice system, we encourage you to apply. Emergence will provide you with ongoing training opportunities, amazing benefits, generous paid time off, space and time for professional development, and a supportive team to partner with. We hold opportunity, collaboration, and inclusion as inherent characteristics of our core values.
Hiring Bonus: $3,500. $1,500 paid on your first regular paycheck, $2,000 after 6 months.
QMHP Position Highlights
Salary exempt position, 40 hours per week
100% Employer Paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
401k with employer match
Generous paid time off
Paid holidays
Paid training and continuing education
Supportive, collaborative work environment
QMHP Position Responsibilities
Client Assessment: Uses a systematic approach to screening, assessing, and treatment planning, including referral, of individuals thought to have mental health and emotional disorders
Group Counseling: Demonstrates an interpersonal process and problem-solving strategies that stress conscious thoughts, feelings and behaviors to develop honest self-exploration, discovery of one's inner personal strengths, and constructively deal with barriers that are preventing optimal development
Individual Counseling: Establishes a collaborative process between individual and counselor that facilitates the individual's progress toward mutually determined treatment goals and intended outcomes
Fiscal Responsibility: Monitor individual accounts, make referrals, maintain current insurance information, and track changes in an individuals' financial status
Documentation: Use appropriate and approved methods of recording the screening and intake process, assessments, treatments plans, clinical reports, clinical progress notes, discharge summaries, and other related clinical data
Professional and Ethical Responsibilities: All Emergence employees must adhere to established codes of ethics that define the professional context within which they work to maintain professional standards and safeguard the individuals we serve
QMHP Requirements
Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Behavioral Science field, or Master's Degree in Art or Music therapy
QMHP certification or the willingness and ability to obtain
QMHP Preferred Qualifications
Two years' experience counseling individuals with mental and emotional disorders
Experience treating individuals with co-occurring disorders
CADC-I, CADC-II, CADC-III or experience treating individuals with substance use disorder
CGAC-I or experience treating individuals with disordered gambling
Experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community and adolescents and/or adults in gender-confirming therapy
Experience working with the BIPOC community
Experience treating eating disorders
Application
Complete applications include a cover letter with 3 references and a resume.
EMERGENCE is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with lived experience of substance use disorder and/or criminal justice involvement are encouraged to apply, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, living with disability.
Salary: $63000 - $70000 per year
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Individual and Family Services
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