Community Based Therapist

Job Summary

Sharing the love of Jesus Christ, Marygrove provides a safe home, compassionate care, and high-quality mental health services to children who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood, and equip them for their future.

Job Responsibilities

• Works closely with all treatment team members in developing, monitoring, modifying, and implementing the specific treatment plan for each foster home child.
• Maintains flexibility in work schedule to meet the needs of clients, including availability a minimum of two evenings per week.
• Completes an initial therapeutic bio-psycho-social assessment, consults on risk and safety planning, and documents diagnosis on each assigned client, as a component of the Intake Assessment, within contracted deadlines.
• Completes Initial Treatment Plan to address clinical goals, ensuring input from involved team members, to support successful client outcomes.
• Completes discharge or transition planning throughout the intervention and provides a written discharge or transition plan within 14 days of termination of services.
• Provides 1-hr weekly or semi-weekly sessions followed by written progress notes as appropriate on each assigned client. Sessions may be conducted in-home, in office and remotely as needed.
• Provides crisis intervention as needed and group therapy at least once a month.
• Provides clinically appropriate family therapy at frequencies and durations prescribed in the Individual Treatment Plan followed by written progress documentation on each participating client.
• Ensures that billing for therapeutic services provided is submitted within established time frames, with notes entered in FamCare system and submitted for Medicaid billing and preauthorization.
• Billable notes are to be completed by the 5th day of the following month.
• Attends all required meetings on and off campus.
• SUBMITS various required reports and documentation in a timely manner.
• Participates in staff trainings as mandated.
• Participate in continuous program/quality improvement efforts.

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree (MSW), MA/MS in the field of mental health or equivalent.
• 2-5 years related experience and/or training.
• LCSW or LPC license preferred, or license eligible and in supervision for licensure.
• Experience in working with severely emotionally disturbed children, adolescents and their families.

Benefits

• Options include generous parental leave policies, flexible working arrangements, group life insurance, permanent health insurance, and dedicated support to help you find the right child care or elder care.