Mental Health Therapist (Masters Level) NON-EXE

+ 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 + Click here to view physical requirements. ( )