Mental Health Therapist
Company: Mississippi Behavioral Health Services
Location: Sandersville
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
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 client’s 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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