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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

House of Mercy is seeking licensed mental health therapists to serve adults, families, and children for outpatient mental health and substance abuse services. House of Mercy uses evidenced-based practices to provide high-quality, personalized care for each client. Since opening in 1988, House of Mercy has dedicated itself to making the community a healthier place by providing quality substance use disorder treatment and mental health programs to individuals and families in need of these services. Together with our clients, we help them create a healthy lifestyle and sense of personal self-worth and well-being.

Join the MercyOne House of Mercy Family!

We are seeking a Full-Time Therapist or Counselor:

(LMSW/LISW, tLMHC/LMHC or tLMFT/LMFT)

Applicant Qualities:

We are looking for candidates who: possess a passion for serving individuals and families with sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics; have a desire to meet clients where they are through a trauma-informed, person-centered approach; and can maintain a high standard of courtesy, cooperation and professionalism when collaborating with members of clients’ interdisciplinary teams.

Essential Functions include:

+ Performing comprehensive assessments (psychosocial history) to analyze and synthesize the client’s status and addresses the client’s strengths, problems, and areas of clinical concern.

+ Continually assesses client needs/strengths, behaviors, and progress toward desired outcomes.

+ Maintain timely and compliant clinical documentation

+ Provide psychosocial counseling/treatment services to restore clients to optimum social and physical well-being (within their capacity).

+ Provide therapy in individual and group sessions for co-occurring, substance abuse mental health, trauma, and personal growth related concerns.

+ Coordinate services with community agencies as needed to provide an extended, high quality continuum of care

+ Prepare and distribute required reports and other documentation of services according to House of Mercy policies and procedures, applicable laws, regulations and licensing requirements.

General Requirements:

+ Master’s Degree in a human services related discipline, required.

+ Temporary license to provide mental health therapy in the State of Iowa or LMSW (licensed master social worker)

+ Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within first 30 days of employment.

+ Understand medical terminology and communicate effectively with healthcare professionals.

Clinical Benefits from House of Mercy:

+ Supervision towards independent licensure

+ Licensure Fee Reimbursement

+ Paid trainings towards specialization in field

+ Weekly consultation with colleagues and supervisors

+ Flexible hours including part-time

MercyOne offers the following benefits to support you and your family:

+ Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

+ HSA and FSA spending accounts

+ Voluntary Protection such as Group Accident, Critical Illness, Identity Theft

+ Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family

+ Paid Time Off (PTO)

+ Tuition Assistance for career growth and development

+ Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs

+ Wellness Program

+ Visit MercyOne Careers (https://www.mercyone.org/careers/) to learn more about the benefits, culture, and career development opportunities available to you at MercyOne Health System circle of care.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran