Licenses Therapist - First Episode Psychosis (FEP)

Empower recovery. Support resilience. Serve Dunn County. Join our team as a Licensed Therapist and help bring meaningful change to consumers facing some of the most complex mental health challenges in our region. This role offers the opportunity to do meaningful work with individuals experiencing severe and persistent mental illness, active psychosis, chronic suicidality, and frequent mental health crises

As part of our dedicated team, you’ll expand your clinical expertise while making services accessible to those who are underinsured, uninsured, or otherwise limited in their ability to access care. You’ll also contribute to a mission-driven team that values collaboration, equity, and compassion in everything we do.

If you are currently licensed in Wisconsin to practice and bill for mental health services and are ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Primary Responsibilities

The following duties are primarily performed and are essential for this position.  Employees are expected to be able to perform these job duties satisfactorily and successfully to be qualified for the position.  A licensed therapist may be assigned to one or more areas of detail below.  

Mental Health Therapist:   

• Provides therapy services using clinically appropriate techniques and approaches at the Department of Human Services or in the community. 
• Evaluates and diagnoses mental health concerns and needs.
• Administers, completes, and evaluates mental health screeners such as the GAD-7(Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7), PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences), Resiliency Screener, couple’s/family screener, and Columbia Suicide Severity Screener.
• Maintain clinical flexibility and pivot between modalities (individual, couples, and family) based on client response, crisis needs, or evolving treatment direction.   
• Develops treatment plans with consumers. 
• Prepares for therapy sessions with consumers, including researching the best therapeutic approach, researching diagnosis, and preparing worksheets/homework.
• Researches and prepares curriculum for group therapy.
• Provides case management to clients and their team as needed.
• Provides clinical consultation and support to DHS staff, both with and without the consumer present, related to the direction of care and consumer safety. 
• Collaborates with other service providers within and outside of DHS, including probation/parole, drug treatment court, family treatment court, physicians, family care teams, law enforcement, etc. 

Crisis Case Worker / Crisis Coordinator:

• Provides crisis assessments on a walk-in basis as well as crisis assessments to already established consumers.
• Completes crisis linkage and follow-up for persons who have interacted with the crisis system and/or been in a mental health crisis.
• Develops crisis plans and alerts for consumers at risk of needing crisis intervention. 
• Maintains data for crisis services.  
• Assists with the coordination of mental health crisis services within the Department of Human Services and Dunn County as a whole.
• Coordinates crisis stakeholder meetings and serves as a liaison between crisis services, law enforcement, DHS, hospital staff, the courts, and other community stakeholders.

Behavioral Health Case Management: 

• Attends Chapter 51 hearings and provides recommendations and testimony regarding treatment and placement.  
• Serves as a liaison between law enforcement, Corporation Counsel, inpatient and outpatient placement providers, crisis services, and BHS clinic staff in assessment and treatment planning for consumers involved in emergency detention and Chapter 51 actions. 
• Designs interventions that divert consumers out of formal interventions and into voluntary referral/services whenever safe and possible.    
• Monitors and case manages consumer compliance with settlement agreements and commitment orders.
• Facilitates access of families or other interested associates of mental health consumers to court action via Three-Party petitions.
• Performs functional screening for publicly funded mental health services.
• Provides case management to clients and their team as needed.
• Ensures the Department of Human Services 51.42 Board statutory requirements. 
• Communicates with Dunn County Corporation Counsel to ensure case management of mental health involuntary orders. 

Clinical Collaboration: 

• Attends and consults in multidisciplinary team meetings for consumers involved in mental health programming.
• Completes mental health status exams, determination of need, and reviews and approves other documentation requiring clinical review for mental health programming.
• Provides clinical supervision as required per statutes, revenue streams, and to ensure the clinical needs of programming.

Other Responsibilities: 

• Attend staff trainings and meetings as requested/required.
• Complete accurate, timely record keeping including case notes, assessments, treatment plans, crisis plan, court recommendations, crisis services and emergency detention data, and targeted case management claiming.  

• Travels within the community to provide therapeutic contacts to consumers.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s Degree of Science or Arts (MS/MA) in Clinical Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a directly related field. 
• Minimum of three (3) years previous social work, case management, or counseling experience.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Holds WI State Licensure in any of the following: 
  1. Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  2. Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  3. Professional Counselor (LPC)
  4. Licensed Psychologist (LP)
• Valid driver’s license or the ability to travel between work locations.
• Before hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted.  Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment, but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES QUALIFICATIONS

In order to perform the duties of the Licensed Therapist position (listed above), the following knowledge, skills, and abilities are essential for the Licensed Therapist to possess.

• Knowledge of approved social casework principles and methods in the field of welfare, family interrelations, and individual and group behavior.
• Knowledge of current social and economic problems and how these problems affect families and individuals.
• Knowledge of community welfare and mental health resources and how these resources may be made available to people in need.
• Skill in dealing with employees and clients on matters of a confidential and sensitive nature.
• Skill in operating a personal computer, word processing, and spreadsheet software.
• Ability to make difficult assessments and provide sound direction and advice in circumstances that encompass the range of human emotion and social settings.
• Ability to stimulate staff growth and development and to give effective casework consultation.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports.
• Ability to direct and supervise effectively.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships.
• Ability to follow Dunn County policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage time effectively, manage multiple projects, and complete work within established deadlines.
• Ability to work the allocated hours of the position and willingness to work nights and weekends on short notice. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships.
• Ability to follow Dunn County policies and procedures, including those of confidentiality.
• Ability to prioritize and organize job assignments.
• Ability to manage time effectively, manage multiple projects, and complete work within established deadlines.
• Ability to work the allocated hours of the position. Scheduled hours require flexibility to meet the needs of the clinic and community.

MINIMUM LANGUAGE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS 

In order to perform the duties of the Licensed Therapist position (listed above), the following language skills are essential for the Licensed Therapist to possess. 

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with other staff members, supervisors, and the general public in written and verbal form. 

MINIMUM REASONING ABILITY QUALIFICATIONS

In order to perform the duties of the Licensed Therapist position (listed above), the following reasoning abilities are essential for the Licensed Therapist to possess.

• Ability to understand and effectively carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Must have the ability to work accurately with attention to detail.
• Ability to prepare and maintain accurate and concise records and reports.

In order to perform the duties of the Licensed Therapist position (listed above), the following mathematical skills are essential for the Licensed Therapist to possess.

• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.

In evaluating candidates for this position, Dunn County may consider a combination of education, training, and experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this position.

Physical and Work Environment

The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law.  Employees needing reasonable accommodation should discuss the request with the employee’s supervisor or Human Resources.  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Continuous speaking, hearing and using hands dexterously; work frequently requires sitting; and work occasionally requires standing, walking and reaching with hands and arms.
• Work has standard vision requirements.
• The physical and environmental hazards and risks associated with the job can be characterized as minimal.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, moderate traffic).