Mental Health Therapist (Master's Level) NON-EXE

Part-Time

680 Oyster Point Road

Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Days/Evenings

28.5200 Through 42.7800

• GENERAL SUMMARY

• The Mental Health Therapist (Master's Level) is responsible for conducting mental health assessments and providing evidence-based therapies to patients and their families under the supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. Reports to department leadership.

• ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts mental health evaluations to identify mental health symptoms and psychosocial stressors and/or supports to include chronic illness, trauma, disability, primary support group, educational experiences, social environment, legal system and other psychosocial or environmental factors.

• Develops an individualized treatment plan to address identified diagnoses and symptoms.

• Provides evidenced based therapies to children with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring acute or chronic illness, trauma, or disability.

• Completes comprehensive evaluations for review by the broader treatment team (such as treating MD referral source).

• Completes psychosocial evaluations, progress notes and individualized treatment plans in accordance with the established best practice and third-party guidelines.

• Evaluates children and adolescents at risk for harm to self or others to determine the appropriate level of care and facilitates admission to inpatient psychiatric facilities and/or referrals to other community mental health services, as appropriate.

• Obtains outcome measures, through use of psychometric tools to track clinical trends and share data on patient progress with collaborating physicians.

• Leads coordination efforts with patients' medical care providers to ensure seamless integration of medical and mental health care.

• Runs evidence-based groups as a co-facilitator.

• May participate in department on-call as needed.

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• Required Licenses and/or Certifications

• Must be in the process of working towards clinical hours of a current Virginia clinical license (Licensed Clinical Social Work or Licensed Professional Counselor).

• Must complete all licensure requirements within 3 years.

• Must complete all training requirements that is determined by department leadership, including MATCH and any other evidence-based trainings offered.

• Preferred Licenses and/or Certifications

• None preferred.

• MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Required Education and Experience

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling or Mental Health required.

• 6 months of therapy and assessment experience required.

• Preferred Education and Experience

• One to two years of related work experience preferred (including internship) and approval letter toward clinical supervision.

• Experience with implementing evidence-based treatments with children and families in both individual and group treatment modalities preferred.

• Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills necessary.

• Ability to work as a multidisciplinary team member.

• Position may require occasional travel to offsite locations.

• Increased Security Clearance Required for Job Role in Children's Pavilion: FBI fingerprinting, criminal background check, Child Protective Services registry search and National Sex Offender.

• WORKING CONDITIONS

• Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature and the like.

• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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