Behavioral Health Clinician IOP - LCSW, LPC or LMFT

About the role

We’re searching for a Behavioral Health Clinician to join the best-ranked children’s hospital in Texas and one of the top in the nation. In this position, you will develop, plan, and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families within our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). The IOP is supported by a collaborative, multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centered care for adolescents ages 12–17 of all genders.

This role includes facilitating group therapy, providing individual and family therapy, and working closely with team members to support treatment planning and progress.

Responsibilities

• Provides evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screenings, assessments, and focused patient/family counseling/therapy in accordance with patients’/families’ right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality.
• Conducts psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families to gather information about social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial, and health situations, as required for patient care and treatment/transitional planning.
• Delivers evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals, families, parents, and groups to help reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments.
• Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients and tracks progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessments, using reliable and valid measures where available. Adjusts treatment plans based on findings.
• Creates and manages individualized and/or family treatment plans to address the mental health needs of patients.
• Completes therapy notes for each individual/family therapy session and/or summaries regarding services when needed.
• Assists in maintaining privacy and confidentiality of therapy records.
• Complies with all expectations set by the licensing board and TCH compliance/risk management regarding informed consent, confidentiality, and documentation of services.
• Coordinates care with other mental health providers to ensure selected treatments align with the patient’s current diagnosis, symptoms, developmental level, and functioning across environments.
• Actively participates in provider conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of patients/families and provide relevant psychosocial information for formulating Plans of Care.
• Assesses and follows up on providers’ recommendations regarding changes in patient/family status and/or needs.
• Develops, implements, and/or updates comprehensive pediatric or adult women’s social work care plans.
• Facilitates patient/family use of community resources.
• Pursues professional development.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or a related field (required).
• One of the following licenses issued by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (TBHEC):
  • LCSW – Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
  • LPC – Licensed Professional Counselor, or
  • LMFT – Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (required).
• 2 years of licensed social work, professional counseling, or marriage/family therapist experience (required).
• Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling, or a fieldwork practicum in health care (preferred).
• Experience with groups and family sessions (preferred).

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education, and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. Consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Texas Children’s is also recognized by the Houston Business Journal as one of the city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes:

• Our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center, with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties.
• The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI).
• The Feigin Tower for pediatric research.
• Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births.
• Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston.
• Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston.
• Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, a state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families.

We have also created:

• Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children.
• Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country.
• Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics, specializing in after-hours care tailored specifically for children.
• A global health program channeling care to children and women worldwide.

Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse, and successful pediatric programs in the nation.