Psychotherapist - Community Support Program
Join our team and make a difference in your community as a Psychotherapist for the Community Support Program team.
A career with Sauk County will bring unlimited opportunities to provide support, assistance, and growth to local communities. Sauk County is the ultimate destination where anyone can happily live, work, and play. We are looking for someone who has the desire to support local communities and be a part of the Human Services team.
The purpose of the Psychotherapist-Community Support Program is to provide psychotherapy to clients and to provide community mental health services for the Sauk County Department of Human Services.
Essential Duties
- Provide various types of psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing.
- Provide clients with supportive psychotherapy, symptom management support, and life skills education to allow consumers to attain and maintain their highest level of independent living.
- Observe and monitor consumer compliance with medication prescriptions, including occasional evening and weekend medication observations.
- Consult with other service providers to coordinate treatment with mental health, vocational, and institutional personnel; refer clients to appropriate services/agencies; initiate legal commitments and provide other case management services; and coordinate client services during transition from commitment to community living.
- Advocate on behalf of the client for needed benefits and services, including applying for social security disability income, housing subsidies, medical services, and economic support.
- Perform case management tasks such as establishing consumer budgets and monitoring finances, assessing client needs and refer to services/agencies when necessary, preparing recovery plans and progress notes, and includes duties listed under State Statute HFS 63.
- Coordinate efforts to provide the support, consultative, informational, and educational needs of the recipient’s family or others in the support system.
- Intervene in crisis situations.
- Complete risk assessments.
- Lead or co-lead therapeutic, social, or recreational groups for clients.
- Compile in-depth assessments utilizing advanced interviewing skills for new clients and perform annual mental health functional screens on current clients.
- Assist clients seeking employment such as teaching employed related skills, such as punctuality, appropriate work behavior, etc. And monitor employment situation.
- Provide psychosocial rehabilitation to the individual, group, family, and couples psychotherapy according to client’s defined rehabilitative goals.
- Provide representative payee services and daily living skill training.
- Complete electronic logs, time sheets, and mileage vouchers.
- Assist in supervising the drop-in center for clients.
- Provide clinical consultation to CSP team members.
- Occasional after-hours interventions for CSP consumers as needed.
- And other duties as assigned.
Required Working Hours
Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am until 4:30 pm. Please note these hours are subject to change and additional hours may be needed or required. Compensation for additional hours beyond normal working hours are subject to applicable state and federal regulations.
Minimum Training and Education
Required:
Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or another related field
2000 hrs of supervised post degree clinical experience w/persons with chronic mental illness
Licenses/Certifications:
Licensed as a Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Professional
Counselor License or able to obtain within 6 months of hire
Wisconsin State Motor Vehicle Driver’s License
Preferred:
Licensed substance abuse counselor (SAC)
3 years of individual and group therapy sessions experience
Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
Sauk County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
