Mental Health Professional (Children's Therapist)

About the role

The role of Mental Health Professional (Children's Therapist) requires a master’s degree in mental health related discipline. Must be licensed or licensed eligible in the State of Oklahoma, e.g. LPC, LMFT, LBP, LCSW, LMSW.

Responsibilities

• Using integrated models of assessment, intervention, and recovery, including screening for co-occurring disorders, this position will be responsible for providing assessments and clinical counseling behavioral health care services to adults.
• Incorporate the agency’s Sanctuary Model principles and tools into client care.
• Complete appropriate documentation of services to meet licensing, state, and agency standards.
• Explore and support the intersection of academic, personal, social, and familial pressures that students may be experiencing.
• Identify factors that enhance and impede the child’s academic, social, and emotional functioning and help create and identify effective coping strategies to implement.
• Work closely with the child to better understand the issues they are facing and try and establish underlying causes, then through a comprehensive and collaborative treatment plan, help create strategies with the child and caregivers to effectively manage the issues being faced with included input from teachers, school counselors, and other school administration as applicable.

Requirements

• Support and promote a service environment for individuals in need of behavioral health and/or co-occurring services that is trauma-informed, recovery focused, welcoming, and attentive to the needs of individuals who may have experienced trauma in their lives.
• Educate family members and school administration on interventions they can do for the child and how to respond to certain behaviors.
• Must possess good working knowledge of community social service resources, effective crisis management skills, behavioral health resources, ability to provide trauma-informed care and a commitment to the Sanctuary Model components and philosophies.
• Ability to work well under pressure meeting deadlines with efficiency and consistency while maintaining a balance between good physical and mental health and the job requirements.
• Will provide assessment and behavioral health services to children, and their families, as needed and assigned to maintain minimum agency productivity requirement of at least 22.5 hours billable service per week.
• Have knowledge of psychotropic medication and their actions.
• Provide detailed documentation and records of evaluation and treatments according to in-house policies.
• Have working knowledge of DSM-V.

Special Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to diagnose, intervene, and effectively refer persons in need of mental health services.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in practice.
• Ability to de-escalate clients who are agitated, anxious, angry, or in other vulnerable emotional states.
• Manage a crisis involving a client, including a threat of suicide or harm to others.

Benefits

Competitive 2026 Market Value Salaries. 4% 403B Employer "Gifted" Contribution. Up to 4 weeks Vacation time. Gym Membership Stipend. Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Plans. Employer-paid Life Insurance. Employer-paid Long Term Disability. Continuing Education Stipend up to $500.

Pay

• Therapist I (under supervision): $74,000.00 / year
• Therapist II: $82,000.00 / year

Schedule

Must be able to move from location to location, bending, stooping, lifting 25 pounds, communicate clearly, prepare written communications, present information to other employees, process complex information within established procedures/programs, enter data to various programs.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to move from location to location, bending, stooping, lifting 25 pounds, communicate clearly, prepare written communications, present information to other employees, process complex information within established procedures/programs, enter data to various programs.

Drug Free Workplace Policy

This job is classified as a "safety-sensitive" position as defined by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Possession of a medical marijuana license does not exclude any applicants; however all employees are subject to the Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma Drug Free Workplace Policy.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled

Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma (CRS) is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, CRS will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact The Human Resources Director by calling 918-392-5810.