Mental Health Therapist - Full-time

About the role

The Mental Health Therapist at Children’s Wisconsin is a key member of the Mental and Behavioral Health strategy. They provide individual, group, and family therapy to children and their families, focusing on selective mutism. They also engage in consultation, education, and outreach to colleagues, trainees, and community members.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, diagnoses, and treats children, adults, and families with mental health/emotional challenges.
• Develops and facilitates active, timely treatment plans with appropriate SMART goal setting and parent/child engagement.
• Maintains case files with complete, accurate, and timely documentation.
• Develops and nurtures partnerships and collaborative working relationships with referral sources, hospital system staff, and community organizations.
• Communicates and closely partners with each client’s established care team including parents/caregivers, school personnel, health care providers, and other identified individuals/teams.
• Provides case consultation/review, and professional development with colleagues.
• Collects and provides data for reports, donors, and funding sources and participates in other program specific projects and activities as requested.
• Attends staff meetings and other organizational, committee, and community meetings as required.
• Participates in community engagement and other activities that support Children’s mission and MBH strategy such as media events or interviews, trainings or conference presentations, United Way or other funder functions, committees, workgroups/coalitions, quality improvement work, Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity engagement, and/or other approved activities.
• May supervise training of graduate students/Interns.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field, plus 3000 hours post Master’s experience or PhD or PsyD from an APA accredited program.
• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Professional Counselor (LPC) from the State of Wisconsin and satisfy continuing education requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to provide quality individual, group and family therapy using Evidence-Based Practices.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with caregivers, colleagues, medical staff, and community partners.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with Electronic Health Record preferred.

Qualifications

• No previous experience in working with this population is required.

Skills

• Undertake training in family-based treatments (PCIT-SM).
• Participate in consultation as needed to implement treatments.
• Learn about additional evidence-based treatments for anxiety.
• Provide longer-term therapy and participate in provision of therapy groups for patients with Selective Mutism.

Benefits

Children’s Wisconsin offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $70,000 - $90,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This position is full-time, M-F, first shift hours.