Therapist

Do you have experience treating Substance Use Disorder?

There are immediate openings for Therapist at Cornerstone of Recovery.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Help provide and maintain a therapeutic community for clients.
• Maintain training requirements as defined by Cornerstone Policy, the Joint Commission and TN State Licensure.
• Maintain patient safety at all times. Monitor and assess patients for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Complete CSSRS, personal safety plan and risk assessment as warranted.
• Coordinate weekly or biweekly treatment team meetings with program staff.
• Assist in formulating a diagnostic summary identifying special issues, problems and co-morbidity through review of assessments.
• Initiate the referral process as needed based on the need for psychiatric services, specialty groups and address special needs related to referral contact.
• Develop treatment plans and treatment summaries weekly and or biweekly based on diagnostic summary findings.
• Individual therapy weekly (residential) or biweekly (IOP) based on individual need to address treatment progress, review of treatment plan, and psychological issues.
• Conduct Individual and family therapy weekly and or biweekly. Schedule patient and family for family fundamentals weekend.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate assigned groups per week including specialty groups DBT, Anxiety Management, Anger Management, Pain management, Mindfulness and Accudetox, veterans, Wings, Impaired Professionals, and Group therapy.
• Coordinate weekly or biweekly referral source contact and update and discharge conferences.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal skills
• The ability to work effectively with others from various backgrounds
• Must have a good clinical and assessment knowledge in the field of addictions and psychiatric disorders.
• Comprehensive understanding of the 12 steps of recovery and the ability to implement it into the treatment process of our patients
• Comprehensive understanding of Schema Therapy and the ability to implement it into the treatment of our patients

• Must be able to work a minimum of 4 days per month (one Saturday and/or Sunday per month), in order to sustain PRN Status

Education:

• Masters in Psychology, Social Work, Family Therapy, or related field.