Mental Health Therapist - Transitional Living Services

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 of Mental Health Therapist for our Transitional Living Service Division will report directly to the onsite OMHC 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 would be self-managed with evening & weekends required. 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 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: $68,000 - $78,000 (based upon experience and licensure)

3 Weekday Evenings & Weekends Required  

Remote placement at Transitional Housing (2) in the Frederick area. 

Documentation time, travel time, and clinical meetings included 40-hour work week. 

Gas / Mileage reimbursement available 

Clinical supervision provided by Orenda no additional cost. 

Flexibility available for a self-managed appointment schedule on a 5-day work week 

4.5 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options 

401K program with company 3.5% match (after 1 year of employment)

Company offered cost sharing for all medical, dental and vision plans

Company paid life insurance 

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 [email protected]