The Intensive Day Treatment Therapist provides clinical services within the Intensive Day Treatment program, ensuring high-quality therapeutic care, program compliance, and continuity of services. This position is responsible for assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, documentation, and clinical oversight of behavioral aides in the program.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Adheres to all standards relative to the program
• Assesses, screens, and reviews appropriateness of all patients re intensive day treatment programs
• Enroll patients in Intensive Day Treatment program
• Complete Extension of Stay notes according to standards
• Review, approve, and reconcile all weekly intensive day treatment notes in a timely and accurate manner.
• Complete court petitions for patients who need involuntary hospitalization (as needed)  
• Complete DHR report for any suspicion of neglect or abuse (mandatory reporter)
• Provide effective clinical assessment of the patient
• Utilize assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis
• Complete DLA-20 upon admission, every 3 months,  and upon discharge from the program
• Provide individual and/or group therapy for at least an hour weekly utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to patient needs as stated in the treatment plan
• Develop, implement, and regularly update individualized CCBHC treatment plans every 90 days with measurable goals and objectives. Ensure plan is person- centered, recovery oriented, and meets medical necessity and  obtain signatures each time the plan created, updated and/or revised
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and know how to deescalate or resolve the situation.
• Effectively collaborate with the treatment team members and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
• Seeks referrals and actively work to increase the census of the program
• Evaluate the patient for discharge planning
• Link patient with appropriate program upon discharge from Intensive Day Treatment and follow up to ensure appropriate hand off care
• Effectively demonstrate the application of adult specific competencies
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, nurses, behavioral aides, supervisor, and case managers.
• Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in accordance with agency, state, and federal guidelines.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, clinical supervision, and staff training as required.
• Adhere to any duties assigned by the supervisor
• Adheres to professional code of ethics

Supervision and Consultation:

• Seek clinical supervision and consultation as needed
• Accept and employ suggestions for improvement
• Actively work to enhance clinical skills

Clinical Record Keeping:

• Document in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
• Document appropriate, complete, and clinically comprehensive mental health assessments
• Document measurable and specific problems, goals, and objectives in the treatment plan
• Document in a clear and concise manner, types of patient problems, treatment goals and objectives addressed, services, and techniques used, patient response and progress and plan for continued services
• Document case disposition, case closings, follow-up and referrals
• Document legibly and provides credentials with each signature

Case Load Management:

• Effectively manage caseload based on patient needs
• Meet AHS productivity standards
• Ensure census of intensive day treatment program is maintained

Courteous and respectful attitudes towards patients, visitors and co-workers

• Treat patients with care, dignity and compassion
• Respect patients privacy and confidentiality
• Is pleasant and cooperative with others
• Assist visitors and patients as needed
• Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
• Is sensitive to the patients needs, expectations and individual differences
• Is gentle and calm with patients and families

Administrative and Other Related Duties as Assigned:

• Complete Environmental rounds (if assigned)
• Actively participate in Performance Improvement activities
• Actively participate in AHS committees as required
• Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner
• Access appropriate community resources according to patient needs
• Follow AHS policies and procedures
• Maintains current license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), if applicable, and attends to required in-services and workshops

Master’s degree in counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, or a related mental health field. Prior clinical experience in mental health or substance use treatment, day treatment or structured treatment settings strongly preferred. Knowledge of adult specialty, outlined below, is to be attained within (6) six months of employment.

• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the adult population
• Knowledge of cultural diversity
• Knowledge of CCBHC
• Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to acute psychotic patients, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice
• Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to adults and senior adults with psychiatric disorders
• Knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitative principles
• Must be license-eligible
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.