Mental Health Therapist
Company: Mississippi Behavioral Health Services
Location: Laurel
Posted on: February 13, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Salary: PROGRAM: Mississippi
Behavioral Health Services, LLC REPORTS TO: Case Manager, Clinical
Director, Corporate Compliance SUPERVISED BY: Regional Manager;
Regional and agency Clinical Manager (LMHP); Corporate Compliance
Officer RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide Strength-based, solution-focused
supportive therapeutic services in the community. Be knowledgeable
of your clients including their strengths, diagnosis, treatment
goals and treatment plan. Assess each recipient for Strengths,
Resources, and Goals within the first 30 days of treatment; provide
Strength-based planning and treatment on an ongoing basis. Ensure
each recipient has an Individualized Crisis Recovery Plan on file
within 30 days to reduce the risk of harm to self or others,
identify precursors, reduce hospitalization, and restore stability.
Participate in collaborative meetings with Mississippi Behavioral
Health Services staff, other agencies or community and natural
supports as needed. Provide Crisis Intervention services to
recipients as needed according to agency policies, procedures, and
service definitions. Communicate clients status on a regular basis,
including, but not limited to changes in mood or functioning,
medical issues and all crisis and health and safety issues. Be
knowledgeable of and adept at producing effective, clinical
documentation of every contact with the recipient. Turning in notes
on time according to policy. Document all no shows, and communicate
all difficulties contacting clients with the appropriate office
staff. Be able, or willing to learn, to use computer interface to
complete documentation for billing or other purposes as needed.
Attend all office trainings as well as regular clinical supervision
sessions with Clinical Manager and/or Case Manager. Document
services provided regularly, concisely, and completely in
accordance with clinical standards by office deadline. Return phone
calls promptly Follow all safety rules Actively participate in all
evaluations conducted by Mississippi Behavioral Health Services
Other duties as assigned MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS A Mental Health
Therapist (MHT) must meet the following educational criteria: A
Master of Social Work degree; or A Master of Arts, Science or
Education degree in a mental health related field (an academic
program with a curriculum content in which at least seventy percent
of the required courses for the major field of study are based upon
the core mental health disciplines); and DMH credentialed as a
Mental Health Therapist A minimum of fifteen (15) hours of graduate
level course work and/or practicum experience in applied
intervention strategies/methods designed to address behavioral,
emotional and mental disorders, as a part of, or in addition to the
master's degree.
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