Mental Health Therapist OR Therapist in Training - Black River Falls

About the role

This position is located in Black River Falls and is critical to the success of Children's Wisconsin's Mental and Behavioral Health strategy by increasing Access, reducing Stigma, engaging in Early Detection, Prevention, and Education. The role provides individual, group, and family therapy to children and their families in an outpatient clinic setting, using evidence-based/informed, trauma-informed, and inclusive practices. The therapist actively engages the child, their family, and caregivers in treatment and recovery planning, and participates in activities and initiatives related to the Mental and Behavioral Health (MBH) strategy.

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, aimed at improving the client’s psychosocial, psychological, and emotional functioning.
• 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, healthcare 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, trainings, conference presentations, funder functions, committees, workgroups, quality improvement initiatives, and Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity engagement.
• May supervise the training of graduate students/interns.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field, plus 3,000 hours of post-Master’s experience or a terminal degree (PhD, PsyD, MD, etc.) from an APA-accredited program.
• Experience working with children and families, diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and trauma preferred.
• Experience working with Electronic Health Records preferred.

Qualifications

For fully licensed therapists, one of the following is required:

• License Social Worker Clinical (123) – State of Wisconsin
• License MFT-Marriage Family Therapy (124) – State of Wisconsin
• License LPC-Professional Counselor (125) – State of Wisconsin
• License Psychologist (57) – State of Wisconsin

For therapists in training, one of the following is required upon hire:

• License Social Worker Advance Practice (121) – State of Wisconsin
• Professional Counselor Training Certificate (126) – State of Wisconsin
• Professional Counselor Training License (226) – State of Wisconsin
• Marriage and Family Therapist Training License (228) – State of Wisconsin
• Licensed Professional Counselor (Temporary-875) – State of Wisconsin

Schedule

This is a full-time position with hours of 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.