Mental Health Therapist - Transitional Living Services

**$2,500 SIGN ON BONUS OFFERED**

The Orenda Center of Wellness, LLC is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for a motivated individual to join the team and help expand our clinical Mental Health services in the greater Frederick community. We are a fun energetic company doing our part to fight the battle against addiction and Mental Health stigma. We treat all clients as family when at Orenda, ensuring they are provided with the highest standard of love, compassion and care while working on the healing of themselves through our comprehensive addiction treatment programs and therapeutic Mental Health services.

This role ofMental Health Therapist for our Transitional Living Service Division will report directly to their assigned onsite Clinical Manager and work concurrently with our administrative team and direct care departments to ensure that all clients receive the appropriate level of therapeutic services. The work hours and weekly schedule is to be self-manager under the parameter of nights and weekends with a 28-hour max allowance.  Hourly rate will also be paid for all internal/external required weekly meetings, set documentation / travel time, and ancillary tasks related to this position. Orenda offer weekly clinical supervisor to all board-certified therapist (LG/LM) that we include in our employment benefits package. Reliable transportation in all weather conditions is required for this role. Options for onsite office space usage and/or fully remote workdays is available upon request and by approval.  

This role will be responsible for a cross spectrum of clinical duties ranging from but not limited to, conducting individual, and/or family sessions, facilitating Mental Health individual sessions, facilitating weekly Mental Health group therapy sessions, completing Mental Health clinical assessments, conferring with onsite addictions counselors and completing documentation in our EMR system within the 48-hour time frame deadlines. The therapist should be comfortable working with dual diagnosis client that are actively enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs. Qualified candidates must be skilled at personal time management as well as able to prioritize their daily workload alongside unexpected crisis intervention needs. Quick calm responses and a cool head during a crisis is an indispensable skill for this position to possess. De-escalation and crisis response training is preferred but not required for this role. 

Position Offering:

• Competitive Hourly Rate: $32 to $40 hourly (based upon experience and licensure)
• **$2,500 SIGN ON BONUS Available**  
• Evenings and Weekends Required  
  • Remote placement at Transitional Housing (2) in the Frederick area. 
    
  • Documentation time, travel time, and clinical meetings included 28-hour work week. 
  • Gas / Mileage reimbursement 
• Clinical supervision provided by Orenda no additional cost. 
• Flexibility available for a self-managed schedule and work week under position requirements
• 2 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options 
  
• EAP Program (Immediate Access)

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Mental Health, Counseling, Social Work 
• Appropriate Maryland state licensing such as LGPC, LMSW, LCPC, LCSW
  
• CPR/First Aid Certified 
  
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years' experience working in the field of addiction treatment and/or Mental Health counseling as a licensed provider
  
• Experience facilitating therapeutic group and individual sessions.
• Understanding of treatment planning, clinical notations, dual diagnosis charting, Mental Health diagnosis and interventional skills 
  
• Ability to pass local & federal background checks along with being able to clear a full panel drug screening. 
  
• Adaptability and motivation to improve clients' lives are indispensable.  
  

Please apply below using the link and answer the requesting informational pre-screenings questions.

For further information or question please feel free to contact us directly at HR@theorendacenter.com